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Pedro Almodovar's bizarre but bloodless The Skin I Live Innew
The Skin I Live In is a hyper-realized illustration of Almodovar's fondness for audience manipulation.
My Week with Marilyn's intellectual slovenlinessnew
Director Simon Curtis' film is not effective or well-made enough to make any lasting impressions, but that doesn't mean its sentiments are any less inartistic or offensive.
Rapsody's For Everythingnew
On For Everything, Rapsody's third full-length project overseen by producer 9th Wonder, her sex appeal and tomboyish, B-girl charisma work in tandem.
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Can Mark Gottfried Move N.C. State Beyond Third-Wheel Status?new
The essential ingredients missing in and around the Wolfpack program the last several seasons were a sense of stability and authority.
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Hang on to the good days of the ACCnew
With Roy Williams and Mike Krzyzewski entering their golden years and a changing competitive landscape, it's time to be nostalgic for the present.
This rough magic: Why Coach K is Prosperonew
Among the curious things about Prospero as a dramatic hero is that he has no real obstacles or antagonists. As his name suggests, he thrives from beginning to end. Because he possesses magic, it's easy for him to ward off any threat, overcome any trouble and fulfill his every desire.
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NBA Lockout? We've got your pro basketball right herenew
The rules are written to make college players perform as vassals in a system that pays everyone but them. Instead, the system should start with the players and write the rules to be fair to them.
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The Muppets keeps family entertainment realnew
The Muppets aren't just one-note characters. They're fully realized beings, perfectly able to convey emotions. Even monosyllabic drummer Animal is just a dude looking for some inner peace.
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Scorsese's Hugo celebrates the joy and art of moviemakingnew
The brilliance of Hugo is that director Martin Scorsese appropriates the en vogue 3-D technology of today's movies to preserve and venerate pioneers of the medium.
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Charanga Carolina's La Familianew
La Familia, a combination studio and live album produced in UNC's Kenan Music Building studio, celebrates a mature moment in Charanga Carolina's history.
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Fourteen Cents of Changenew
There were hundreds of people, maybe thousands, on the grounds of the State Capitol. Many of the women had dark green buttons pinned to their shirts. Printed in thick white numbers, the buttons read "59¢."
Nine Fingered Thug's Women Are Magicnew
Nine Fingered Thug's debut cassette isn't just rough around the edges; it's rough to the core. (Hollow Bunny)
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Soul Survivor in Martha Marcy May Marlenenew
Elizabeth Olsen's performance throughout is somber and self-assured, a promising debut encouraged perhaps by her own efforts to escape the suffocating shadow—and cult of personality—of her older siblings.
Archival Record Label Numero Group Excavates Hidden Artistic Historiesnew
Chicago's Numero Group gives forgotten and unknown artists a strange second chance; this weekend, their Eccentric Soul Revue comes to Duke Performances.
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Duke and UNC Team Up to Make Poetic Connectionsnew
"This conference is happening here--and that's not an accident. They haven't had one like this in New York yet, or in San Francisco yet. This is a thing that could only happen here."
