In mother tongues
American Pie?
My mother strings words together more eloquently than I, both despite her lack of familiarity with English and because of it.
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‘Tigertail’ is soft, meditative reflection on past
“Tigertail” may be more of a tragedy than a feel-good film, but it is a story that follows the reconciliation of its central father-daughter relationship and the redemption of its protagonist.
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Television’s new golden age
Breaking down the highlights and snubs from this year’s Emmy Awards
The Emmy Awards, much like their film, theater and music counterparts, are annually greeted with both excited buzz and exhausted indifference.
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Picks of the week: September kicks off with highlights from music, comedy
And if you’re worried about this weekend’s heat wave bleeding into next week, worry not — most of these events are indoors.
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TV shows to binge while lounging in the summer
The Daily Californian’s got you covered with binge-worth TV shows.
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Aziz Ansari’s ‘Master of None’ is more ambitious, hilarious with 2nd season
Over the course of just 10 episodes, the first season of Netflix’s “Master of None” won over audiences’ hearts with its relatable and genuinely funny musings on love, loneliness and the all-encompassing struggle of being a millennial. A year and a half later, the second season of “Master of None”
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Best shows to binge-watch over spring break
The eternal question still burns within us all: Which show do we use this spring break to escape from all of the stress that UC Berkeley has caused us?
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Media chains POC artists to cultural narratives
Cutting Room Floor
Spotting the few POC artists in the relatively homogenous pool of American media may be the easiest “Where’s Waldo?” yet. We tokenize them, celebrating their successes as if they singlehandedly solve the lack of diversity plaguing the entertainment industry. We force their cultural narratives upon them, demanding their roots to
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Emmy awards analysis and predictions
It’s the Golden Age of television. The Primetime Emmy Awards (and its governing bodies) is finally starting to realize that TV is more than the traditional, safe picks we’ve come to expect from award shows. When “Breaking Bad” started its unprecedented run as TV’s darkest, best-written and best-acted show and
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The daily grind
Off the Beat
What do I do, with a bachelor’s of arts in physics? What is my life going to be? I’ve been asked and have asked this question so many times lately it feels like my recent life is encompassed by this rendition of Avenue Q.
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