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Introducing Food for Thought

[Ed: This is our newest culture column, devoted to that divine crossroads between art and science: food. Moderated by Katie Mannino. Today, you will find her first two reviews, and the first starts below. Enjoy! or, Bon Appetit...

by Kate Mannino

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Andrew Ross Sorkin's Too Big To Fail

A raving review from The Atlantic Monthly on the flap jacket of “Too Big To Fail” states: “Andrew Ross Sorkin pens what may be the definitive history of the banking crisis.” The adulation is not undeserved as Sorkin des...

by Brian Lee

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The Weekender: Bowery Remains a Hotspot Three Years After CBGB

On the Bowery in New York City in the 1970s, a crappy little bar would become a monument in the history of rock & roll. For 33 years, CBGB & OMFUG, or Country, Blue Grass, Blues, and Other Music for Uplifting Gormandize...

by Lindsay Woodruff

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Review: Paranormal Activity

Paranormal Activity, a horror film directed by Oren Peli, might at first be thought of as a clone of another well known horror film, The Blair Witch Project. Both are low budget horror films shot with a handheld camera and both...

by Karl Sharma

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Review: Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds

"Basterds" will remind moviegoers of the Clint Eastwood/Charles Bronson “spaghetti western” films. Add this to the film noir effect from “Casablanca” and you have one weird film that somehow works.

by Karl Sharma

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