king kong

In a roundtable interview with The Daily Californian, Brian Tyree Henry and Julian Dennison gave their perspectives on the long-awaited clash between mythic adversaries Godzilla and King Kong.

And when you spend all that time thinking, and so much of the day reading, it’s natural to develop a laundry list of irrational fears. 

Spielberg elicits an infectious sense of wonder that’s only topped by “Jurassic Park,” a genuine pathos missing from his late-career period pieces.

Our relationship to language is … complicated. Language still manages to surprise with its inbuilt laws and quirks, obvious or not, that continue to confound and delight us.

Though “Kong: Skull Island” isn’t perfect, its exhilarating visuals make the film’s flaws easy to overlook. The film is essentially a theme park ride in cinematic form, which isn’t a bad thing if done well.

Whither Berkeley? Will Berkeley be Berkeley, or will Berkeley become just another street sign on the East Bay strip of cities running from Richmond to Fremont? Do you recall “Berkeley: The Athens of the West”? Is that gone? Will Berkeley become the west Walnut Creek or the east San Francisco? Are these things to aspire to?