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Lars and the real girl

Comedic yet poignantly thought-provoking, the charming Lars and the Real Girl tackles the sensitive subject of mental illness with the story of Lars Lindstrom (Ryan Gosling).


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Monk lives in Moran's Mind

Duke Performances' Following Monk series doesn't wrap up until Barry Harris' solo piano concert Sunday, but it's fair to say that the world premiere of Jason Moran's In My Mind Saturday is the...


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Manbites makes manly Hello

Tell anyone that you're going to see a play called Hello Penis: a Man-ifesto and he or she would likely assume that you are seeing either a misogynistic satire or some obscure revival of penis...


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Lust, Caution

Ang Lee's latest fare, Lust, Caution, has received attention for its pair of lengthy sex scenes that boldly showcase the film's stars (Tang Wei and Tony Leung) sprawled across a bed in various...


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Deep Water

Crowhurst's desire for fame and fortune pushes him to abandon his wife and four young children and pour the entirety of his personal finances into the race.


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Monk music

There is no piano player in jazz who isn't indelibly marked by Thelonious Monk, but Randy Weston wears the mark more proudly than most.


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Will Hoge registers

Joe College Day seeks to remind students what great music sounds like: at 6 p.m. this Saturday, Will Hoge will demonstrate what indie rock should be.


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Players put on Pajama

Normally, seven and a half cents isn't worth very much. Any Duke student could find at least as much by digging through the cushions of the questionably clean chairs in the Bryan Center.


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Gone, Baby, Gone

Affleck's new film, however, is an infinitely darker tale, which scours the soiled underbelly of blue-collar America in a dramatized critique of modern morality.


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Neil Young

"He sings like a woman." That's what my father said to me when I told him that I was reviewing the new Neil Young album. In a crude sense, my father was referring to the nasally, alto singing that...


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Joe College re-enrolls at Duke

They say only the good die young. From the early '50s until its untimely "death" in the mid-70s, Joe College Day was the highlight of Duke University, bringing only top-name artists for an all-day...


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Sunset Rubdown

Since Wolf Parade's last release in 2005, Sunset Rubdown has already released an EP and two full-length albums, the latest of which is the abstractly titled Random Spirit Lover.


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Radiohead

Radiohead have been able to do whatever they want to for years, mostly because whatever Thom Yorke touches seems to turn to gold.


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Eddie Vedder

Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder takes a quieter vocal route in the soundtrack to Into the Wild.