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Two Kinds of Writers

Jonathan Safran Foer is a smart dude. Like, really super intelligent. Princeton undergraduate. Full-time writer of both fiction and nonfiction. Yada yada yada.


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35 Shots of Rum

The French film 35 Shots of Rum addresses the difficulty of departure, among other existential crises, with a subtlety that leaves a sonorous effect.


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The Philosopher Jests

My legacy is not safe. It’s not politically correct. It’s not satisfied with the norms of society. Maybe some people aren’t ready for it, but I believe that one day this world will be ready for...


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Date Night

Despite a plot that’s nowhere near new and contrived action sequences, Tina Fey and Steve Carell manage to make Date Night a marginal moviegoing experience.


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The Village Elder

Time and my Duke education are gradually shaping me into a real human being, but sometimes college fights back. Looking toward my final year in the playpen, I feel stuck in the limbo of college’s...


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'In My Mind' synthesizes Monk's

Professor Gary Hawkins and his intermediate documentary filmmaking class never imagined that their Spring 2009 class project would be premiering at the Full Frame Festival. But this weekend, their...


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Hoof N Horn toes careful line with Rent

Rent is perhaps the most iconic representation of the 1990s there is. When trying to recreate something so distinct, failures are easy. Duke’s Hoof ‘n’ Horn has managed to avoid that sad fate, but...