4 movies that actually get female friendships right
Margueritte Ross/Staff
All of these films have fantastic relationships between women at the core of their respective screenplays, which is something worth celebrating.
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‘Emma’ is gorgeous yet uninspired retread
The film is a far walk from awful, but beyond its insipidly gorgeous surface lies little more than a confoundingly risk-averse display of tedium.
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Survivors of intimate partner violence deserve support, validation
On the eve of October and Domestic Violence Awareness Month, I saw the news of another domestic violence arrest: a woman claiming she called the police because she had been attacked, and then was surprised that she was the one being arrested.
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It’s so fetch! Celebrating iconic films with majority female casts
In light of International Women’s Day, we at the Clog want to take you on a trip down memory lane and celebrate all of the iconic films with a majority female cast, proving that women deserve an equal place with men on the movie screen.
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Types of GSIs you’ll see at UC Berkeley
Everyone looks forward to the first discussion section for a big class. It really makes the big lectures seem much smaller. Some of us can’t wait to attend section to wear an out-of-this-world outfit that we’ve been planning for weeks. Others of us can’t wait to see who’s in our
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Analysis: Planned ‘Frozen’ sequel has a lot of ground to cover
What’s better than a multi-million dollar blockbuster hit? Two multi-million blockbuster hits. The masterminds at Disney are employing the timeless scheme of a follow-up to an otherwise would-be finished story. “Frozen”’s massive success has incurred itself a sequel. To be fair, the film’s popularity was not without good reason. It
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7 words that should be added to Berkeley’s lingo dictionary
You know those things or feelings you sometimes just can’t put into words? Well, there quite literally might not be an English word to describe them. “Hella” is like that overplayed Top 40 hit we just can’t bear to hear anymore — there’s a definite need for new material. If
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Flashback Friday: Growing up with ’90s high school romantic comedies
Here we are on another segment of Flashback Friday, and Valentine’s Day is unfortunately/fortunately already over. But sure enough, those potential lovey dovey feelings you had about 24 hours ago can’t be gone just yet, right? The reason why we ask is that we want to dabble on a subject
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Film Fridays: The Perks of a Great Teen Movie
Today sees the release of “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” a hotly awaited teen film adapted by Stephen Chbosky from the book he wrote in 1999. Early screenings have put out some pretty good buzz and a lot people seem pretty excited about it here. I went to a
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