Rodrigo Dorfman’s life has been shadowed by a sense of uprootedness. Many people are fortunate enough to live their early years with at least the illusion of comfort and security, but Dorfman wasn’t so lucky. He began his life in Chile, but in 1973, the right-wing military coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet and encouraged […]
David Fellerath
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Full Frame 2010: Which movies should you see?
Capsule film reviews The Indy‘s arts writers will be in attendance all weekend; visit us at Artery, the Indy arts blog. There will be one prominent new feature at this year’s Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. After festival founder and guiding spirit Nancy Buirski stepped away after leading Full Frame through its first decade, two […]
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Duke dodges Butler bullet: Scenes from Cameron Indoor Stadium
All photographs by D.L. Anderson and, in Indianapolis, Jeremy M. Lange
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“One Shining Moment” with Jennifer Hudson, reviewed
Will tonight be the apotheosis of the most annoying basketball team since… well, since last year’s NCAA champion? Whether Duke wins by 30 points, or Butler loses by 28, you can count on one thing: One shining moment. Ah, yes: our favorite slo-mo montage of about 264 snippets of apoplectic coaches, fist-pumps and chest-bumps, slam-jams […]
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Cory Elenio impresses in Carolina RailHawks 1-1 draw with Montreal Impact
Creative CommonsCory Elenio with the Columbus Crew WAKEMED SOCCER PARK/CARY—First off, apologies for the confusion around Camp T.O. We’ve been conducting a massive overhaul of the Indy’s main Web site. Among the features: The blogs will be integrated into that main site. The renovation is ongoing, and there will surely be hiccups along the way. […]
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The violent, powerful French prison drama A Prophet
A Prophet opens Friday in select theaters (see “Now Playing” below) Our rating: A Prophet, the French entry into the foreign language Oscars competition, is one of the most plot-packed character studies I’ve ever seen. The story is so dense that when we arrive at the end of this two-and-a-half-hour film, we feel like we’ve […]
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RailHawks announce signing of forward Sainey Touray
Three days after struggling to create chances in the final third against the New England Revolution, the Carolina RailHawks officially announced the signing of 20-year-old striker Sainey Touray. Formerly a reserve with the New York Red Bulls, where he played with RailHawks left back John Gilkerson (who gets credited for bringing him to the attention […]
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Stewart, Safi and Trialist No. 16: RailHawks show veteran team and intriguing new faces in 4-1 stroll over NC State
WAKEMED SOCCER PARK/CARYThe first thing we saw last night was a red-clad team that looked like the N.C. State Wolfpack. Then we saw a team that was neither the Wolfpack nor the Carolina RailHawks. Closer observation revealed that the New England Revolution were in town, finishing up a light workout on their first day of […]
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An English coming of age tale in Fish Tank
Fish Tank opens Friday in select theaters Kitchen-sink realism has been associated with British theater since the early work of John Osborne in the 1950s, and these depictions of the intimate, messy lives of working-class families have never really gone away. And on it goes through the films of Alan Clarke, Mike Leigh and Ken […]
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Literary event of the night: Ex-Harpers editor Roger Hodge to discuss his “rise and fall” tonight at CDS
If you haven’t heard of Roger D. Hodge, you’re likely familiar with the magazine he used to edit: Harpers Magazine.The 43 year old, who first began working at Harpers as a fact checker in 1996, was recently sacked from the editorship, which he assumed in 2006. Why was he canned? Well, that’s the subject of […]
