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...slower, more romantic tracks on “Bitte Orca” truly amaze. Following immediately after “Stillness Is the Move,” “Two Doves” is the flip-side to its predecessor’s irrepressible optimism. The romanticism is still there—“Your love, better than wine”—but now it is tinged with harsh reality: “But our bed is like a failure.” While the song is far from hopeless, it adds depth and pathos...

Author: By Chris R. Kingston, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dirty Projectors | 9/4/2009 | See Source »

Judge's gifts parallel those of his leading man. His plotting is full of funny, unpredictable moments but lacks the grating hysteria of the comic genre. In one scene, Joel arrives at a party, sees Cindy, then leaves. To skip a party scene involving romantic interests is tantamount to blasphemy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mike Judge's Extract: Full of Flavor | 9/3/2009 | See Source »

Dealing in cash only is a classic trap for immigrants - when it's gone, it's really gone - but Dabis stretches her credibility here. Having worked in a bank in the West Bank for 10 years, Muna would surely have planned ahead, if only where the transfer of money is...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Amreeka: A Palestinian Innocent Abroad | 9/3/2009 | See Source »

If a relationship is a pyramid, then in high school, you most likely built your pyramids from the bottom up. Before college, if you were suave enough to have a stable significant other, you’d probably known that person for years before anything romantic happened. You?...

Author: By Charles J. Wells, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Guide to ‘Top-Down’ Dating | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

It’s the kind of cafe that makes you linger and want to do coursepack reading while enjoying a latte and a sublime, delicious grilled sandwich. (Try their Crema grilled chicken with avocado and corn, or their sweet potato sandwich.) Great baked goods and solid soups make it...

Author: By Lingbo Li and Amy Sun, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Classy Eating in the Square: Tapas, Thai, Foie Gras, and Clam Chowder | 8/20/2009 | See Source »

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