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BERKELEY'S NEWS • NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Maya Thompson

Maya Thompson joined The Daily Californian's arts and entertainment staff in spring 2020 and currently contributes to the department as the 2022 summer training manager and as a senior staff writer. Her previous roles include film beat reporter (fall 2020, spring 2021), arts and entertainment assistant editor (fall 2021) and arts and entertainment head editor (spring 2022).

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People say college offers your first taste of independence — the hallmark of modern adulthood — but as a graduating senior, I’ve never felt more interdependent.
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People say college offers your first taste of independence — the hallmark of modern adulthood — but as a graduating senior, I’ve never felt more interdependent.
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With decades of experience under his belt and homegrown humility, he hopes readers take a token of inspiration from his stories: “The ability to communicate to an audience, or to even one person, through your talents is a really special thing to strive for.”
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With decades of experience under his belt and homegrown humility, he hopes readers take a token of inspiration from his stories: “The ability to communicate to an audience, or to even one person, through your talents is a really special thing to strive for.”
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It sucks to work for Dracula — so says Chris McKay’s “Renfield,” the latest film to reincarnate Bram Stoker’s characters.
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It sucks to work for Dracula — so says Chris McKay’s “Renfield,” the latest film to reincarnate Bram Stoker’s characters.
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The source material teems with narrative and adventure potential, but “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” flounders from an absence of cohesion.
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The source material teems with narrative and adventure potential, but “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” flounders from an absence of cohesion.
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Wang played with the kind of intense virtuosity that felt like she was beating Rachmaninoff to the punch. Her touch was precise and resonant throughout the concerto, and her fingers moved with the quick dexterity of a hummingbird.
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Wang played with the kind of intense virtuosity that felt like she was beating Rachmaninoff to the punch. Her touch was precise and resonant throughout the concerto, and her fingers moved with the quick dexterity of a hummingbird.
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Samia makes music awash with uncertainty and fissures about life and relationships, but her concert demonstrated that what pervades is her gentle confidence in a way to wade through it.
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Samia makes music awash with uncertainty and fissures about life and relationships, but her concert demonstrated that what pervades is her gentle confidence in a way to wade through it.
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On the Ides of March, we celebrate Shakespeare by highlighting his many and motley resurrections on the silver screen.
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On the Ides of March, we celebrate Shakespeare by highlighting his many and motley resurrections on the silver screen.
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In foggy San Francisco, where we lay our scene, romance is not dead, but it’s much darker.
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In foggy San Francisco, where we lay our scene, romance is not dead, but it’s much darker.
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When Kotomi heard she would be scoring the new Judy Blume documentary, she thought she was dreaming.
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When Kotomi heard she would be scoring the new Judy Blume documentary, she thought she was dreaming.
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Returning to its snowy Utah milieu after spending two years online, the 2023 Sundance Film Festival amplified an array of stories from underrepresented voices.
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Returning to its snowy Utah milieu after spending two years online, the 2023 Sundance Film Festival amplified an array of stories from underrepresented voices.
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