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It's Hand of God v Iron Mike - sporting documentaries are talk of film festival (Guardian Unlimited)
Bosnian Serb director to celebrate footballer as 'teacher, family man and critic of US'

Ron van der Ende: Motor Memory (Seattle Weekly)
Dutch artist Ron van der Ende, who was born in Delft (home of the famous blue porcelain dishware), here makes his U.S. debut. "Motor Memory" renders manufactured machines as oversized, hand-wrought bas-relief figures.

MOT 'Traviata' sparkles in a solitary star (Detroit News)
The Michigan Opera Theatre brings down the curtain on its season with a production of Verdi's "La Traviata" that's curiously memorable for its strengths and shortcomings in roughly equal portions.

Ratings & Review (WTA Tour)
Fans of chef "Tim Raue, one of the ‘ junge wilde ' (young wilds)", credit him for translating his "good ideas" into "excellent", "inventive" New French–International cooking that "never fails to excite", making "multiple" visits to this "quiet, romantic" venue on the top floor of Wilmersdorf's modern Swissôtel "a joy"; critics, though, claim the menu "tries very hard to be interesting" but ...