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Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Don’t press skip: November music highlights you might have missed

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Music beats Nurcan Sumbul and Ian Fredrickson are here to guide you through some of November’s smaller releases you may have missed.
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Culture Shot

Friday, October 29, 2021
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That’s a Wrap: October movie releases you might have missed

The fall’s deluge is only getting started, however, and film beat reporters Joy Diamond and Dominic Marziali have a few more for your consideration.
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Culture Shot, Preparedness 2019

Thursday, October 3, 2019

The good, the bad and ‘The Rock’: How disaster films fail to accurately represent preparedness

What is it about disaster films that make them so darn entertaining? Is it something that taps into our primal instincts for extreme survival? Is it the many oiled muscle shots of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson? 
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Film & Television

Monday, July 1, 2019

‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ swings for lighthearted, good-for-all-timezones teen drama 

Aside from a beginning temporarily unraveled by questionable editing choices, “Spider-Man: Far From Home” is able to spin twisty webs of teen romance and superhero drama.
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Film & Television

Tuesday, February 5, 2019
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Killer paintings have no right being as boring as they are in ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’

Gilroy’s latest project, “Velvet Buzzsaw,” marks his most outrageous concoction yet: A satire of the uppity, incestuous world of modern art trading that collapses into an out-and-out horror movie.
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Picks of the Week

Monday, February 4, 2019
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Picks of the Week: Rainy days with old music and new Netflix

The forecast for the next week in Berkeley is looking pretty rainy and foggy, and that has always been my favorite look for Berkeley. Spend Wednesday walking to a cafe and listening to a playlist full of romantic comedy songs.
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College Life

Sunday, January 13, 2019

Quiz: Which Taylor Swift album are you based on your 2019 resolutions?

You can either watch it all begin again, or you can call it how you want. Sounds like a Taylor Swift album in the making. Take the Clog’s quiz to find out which T. Swift album best represents your 2019 resolutions.
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Film & Television

Monday, October 22, 2018

Paul Dano’s ‘Wildlife’ lacks in vision, voice

Dano and Kazan tackled this adaptation with simplicity — which is about the most daring cinematic choice they make. “Wildlife” is sometimes powerful and other times just boring. The film is not inundated with sappy montages or manipulative music, but sometimes you wish it was.
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Film & Television

Thursday, October 18, 2018

Paul Dano speaks on his directorial debut, ‘Wildlife’

After almost two decades of working in front of the camera, Dano made the jump from actor to co-writer and director in his latest film, “Wildlife.”
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Film & Television

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

‘The Sisters Brothers’ — The Wild West with a little more color

French director and co-screenwriter Jacques Audiard sets out to upend some of the Western tropes for his first English-language picture, “The Sisters Brothers.” This venture is executed with inconsistent flourish, however, and some revisions can feel weightless.
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