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  <title><![CDATA[Carnivàle]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/dvd/2010/03/carnivale/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[DVD Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Depression-era carnival and its patrons are shown with earthy authenticity ]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:51:35 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Planet Earth]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/dvd/2010/03/planet_earth/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[DVD Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ BBC series is a breathtaking survey of the majesty and beauty of life]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:55:37 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Kings]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/dvd/2010/03/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[DVD Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Kings teases out the complex relationship between its characters and God]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:48:19 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[In Treatment]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/dvd/2010/03/in_treatment/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[DVD Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Series about a therapist and his patients is intense and revelatory]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:17:11 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Battlestar Galactica]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/dvd/2010/03/battlestar_galactica/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[DVD Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Reimagined series asks what it means to be human in an increasingly technological society]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:09:34 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Six Months in Sudan]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2010/02/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ MSF doctor asks why atrocities draw so little reaction from the global community]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:41:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Dead aid]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2010/02/dead_aid/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Economist-turned-author says foreign aid is a political and humanitarian disaster]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:41:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Common Wealth]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2010/02/common_wealth/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Sachs shows that sustainable development is achievable]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:41:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Half the Sky]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2010/02/half_sky/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Authors say elevating women is key to making progress on poverty ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2010/02/half_sky/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:41:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Wars, Guns and Votes]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2010/01/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ New book links honest democratic elections to rising incomes]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:41:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[No Direction Home ]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2010/01/no_direction_home/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Film Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Famed folk singer's musical expedition is retraced in Scorcese film]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2010/01/no_direction_home/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:18:01 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[We Are Together]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2010/01/we_are_together/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Film Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Documentary shows the joy, sadness and hope of an orphaned South African girl]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:20:58 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[War Dance]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2010/01/war_dance/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Film Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Directors shine a light on the musical talents of Ugandan students amid war and poverty. 
]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:22:02 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Young @ Heart]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2010/01/young_at_heart/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Film Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Film about a seniors' choir gives new meaning to old, familiar songs ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2010/01/young_at_heart/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:18:45 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Playing for Change]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2010/01/review_playing_for_change/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Film Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Music documentary gives insight into far-flung cultures, despairs and desires]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:03:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Skim ]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2009/12/skim/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Graphic novel is not your usual coming-of-age story]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2009/12/skim/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:08:36 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Three Cups of Tea]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2009/12/three_cup_tea/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Best seller's children's edition offers important lessons about cultural sensitivity, religious tolerance and the power of education ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2009/12/three_cup_tea/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:09:34 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Recycling the old Scrooge story]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/faith_culture_now/2009/12/scrooge_films/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[FAITH.CULTURE.NOW]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Modern-day Ebenezers are far more sinful than Dickens' classic character, but their role in Christmas movies remains the same]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/faith_culture_now/2009/12/scrooge_films/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:02:41 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[One Peace: True Stories]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2009/12/one_peace/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Young activists' stories show that peace is more than the absence of war]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2009/12/one_peace/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:12:42 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Gwen]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2009/12/gwen/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Overcoming adversity is the hallmark of this historical tale about homeless children sent from England to work as domestics in Canada]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2009/12/gwen/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:13:54 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Sweetest One of All]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2009/12/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Children's book bears an important message about yearning and belonging
]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2009/12/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:43:04 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Fifty Dead Men Walking]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2009/11/fifty_dead_men_walking/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Film Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Film about Northern Ireland depicts explosive passions without indulging in brutality]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2009/11/fifty_dead_men_walking/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:45:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[My Sister’s Keeper ]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2009/11/sisters_keeper/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Film Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Heartfelt story spins a web of human bonds and then delicately undoes them]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2009/11/sisters_keeper/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:07:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Food, Inc. ]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2009/11/food_inc/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Film Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Hard-hitting documentary sets out to empower us as consumers]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2009/11/food_inc/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:07:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Hurt Locker]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2009/11/hurt_locker/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Film Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Tensions are high in this film about bomb experts in Iraq]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2009/11/hurt_locker/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:45:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Away We Go]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2009/11/away_we_go/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Film Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Road movie is a cross-country tour of 21st-century family dysfunction]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2009/11/away_we_go/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:45:00 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Food movies for the soul]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/faith_culture_now/2009/09/food_movies/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[FAITH.CULTURE.NOW]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Food as an act of love, healing and personal achievement is something we can’t seem to get enough of in cinema
]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/faith_culture_now/2009/09/food_movies/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:13:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Prisoner of Tehran: A Memoir]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2009/09/prisoner_tehran/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Author vividly describes the horrors of imprisonment in Revolutionary Iran]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2009/09/prisoner_tehran/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:02:45 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Extraordinary Canadians: Norman Bethune]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2009/09/norman_bethune/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Former governor general embraces a Canadian physician as the true Canadian hero he was
]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2009/09/norman_bethune/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:12:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[True Patriot Love]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2009/09/patriot_love/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Liberal leader believes in the brand of patriotism expressed in our national anthem]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2009/09/patriot_love/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:12:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[A Memoir of Friendship]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2009/09/memoir_friendship/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ The exchanges between two authors brim with the details of their everyday lives ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2009/09/memoir_friendship/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:12:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Lester B. Pearson]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2009/09/pearson/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Biography examines the human elements of a former PM's diplomacy]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/books/2009/09/pearson/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:12:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Religion on NPR podcast]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/2009/07/npr/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ There’s a whole new universe to explore on national public radio]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/2009/07/npr/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:27:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The New Yorker: Fiction Podcast]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/2009/07/newyorker/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Podcast contains all the grit, violence and sensuality of adult fiction
]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/2009/07/newyorker/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:27:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Philosophy Bites Podcast]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/2009/07/philosophy_bites/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Top philosophers offer a surprising amount of insight in very little time]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/2009/07/philosophy_bites/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:27:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[NOW on PBS Podcast]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/2009/07/now/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Exchanges on this award-winning public affairs show are electrifying]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/2009/07/now/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:27:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[This American Life Podcast]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/2009/07/american_life/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Program explores global issues as well as the peculiarities of human nature
]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/2009/07/american_life/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:27:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Gran Torino]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/dvd/2009/06/gran_torino/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[DVD Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Clint Eastwood's latest film shows audiences bigotry, banditry and the fading American way of life]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/dvd/2009/06/gran_torino/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:30:54 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The superhero psyche]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/faith_culture_now/2009/06/superheroes/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[FAITH.CULTURE.NOW]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Comic book adaptions reveal the complex human beings behind the masks ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/faith_culture_now/2009/06/superheroes/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:06:11 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Act of God]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2009/06/act_of_god/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Film Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Thought-provoking documentary examines the primal role of electrical impulses on our planet and in our minds]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2009/06/act_of_god/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:33:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Tyson]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2009/06/tyson/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Film Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Brutally honest film returns some dignity to the former heavyweight boxing champion]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2009/06/tyson/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:33:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Way We Get By]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2009/06/the_way/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Film Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ A trio of troop greeters find joy and meaning in this documentary]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2009/06/the_way/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:33:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Bloody Mondays and Strawberry Pies]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2009/06/bloody_mondays/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Film Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ New documentary evocatively explores the upside of boredom]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2009/06/bloody_mondays/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:33:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Adoration]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2009/05/review_adoration/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Film Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ A new film by Canadian director Atom Egoyan reveals the fault lines of fear in our post-9/11 consciousness]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2009/05/review_adoration/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 11:55:37 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Soloist]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2009/05/soloist/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[Film Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ New film exposes the underbelly of Los Angeles homeless life but gets carried away with its sentimental message]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/film/2009/05/soloist/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 17:41:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Water ]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/dvd/2009/05/water/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[DVD Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Canadian director reveals the exquisite beauty of India amidst Hindu fundamentalism ]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/dvd/2009/05/water/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 17:41:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Born into Brothels ]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/dvd/2009/05/born_brothels/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[DVD Review]]></category>
  <description><![CDATA[ Award-winning documentary exposes the tribulations of childhood in Calcutta]]></description>
  <guid isPermaLink="true"><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/dvd/2009/05/born_brothels/]]></guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 17:41:00 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Namesake]]></title>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.ucobserver.org/arts/dvd/2009/05/namesake/]]></link>
  <category><![CDATA[DVD Review]]></category>
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  <description><![CDATA[ Marriage, identity and escape are at the heart of this classic Bollywood melodrama
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  <description><![CDATA[ Acclaimed film shows the power of faith and the pursuit of dreams against all odds]]></description>
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