In the Cut: Clint Eastwood's boxing picture 'Million Dollar Baby' has a heart of caramel underneath the body armor.
Flick My Bickle: The inspiration for 'Taxi Driver' becomes a pale shadow of it in 'The Assassination of Richard Nixon.'
The Sea Outside: 'The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou' pilots 'Rumblefish' into uncharted waters.
The Rock Show: First Night Santa Cruz; the Kamakahis.
Sirius Matters: In his new history of the counterculture, author Ken Goffman tracks down history's freethinkers.
Old World, New World: A traditional Slovak holiday meal--the kind that's been carried over for generations--overwhelms our resident foodie.
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