Me, my motivation: Our journey through the first week of spring semester
Caragh McErlean/File
Here are the trials and tribulations my motivation and I had to go through during my first week of spring semester, and it was a long week.
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God truly is a woman in spellbinding finale of ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’
Part four of Netflix’s “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” resurrected the ghouls and the hexxing gals from hibernation to celebrate our favorite teenage witch one last time.
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Netflix’s ‘Tiny Pretty Things’ is not quite en pointe, still compelling
“Tiny Pretty Things” is far from polished, but its effective recycling of character tropes is sufficient to create a captivating first season.
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DVDs and Defamiliarization
Cutting Room Floor
At every painstaking step in the DVD watching process, I am reminded that I am watching a film, just like Shklovsky would have intended.
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Behind the curtains: A brief history of movie theaters
It’s easy to forget, living in the internet era, how rare watching a movie was for Americans just a little more than a century ago.
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The Daily Californian’s Arts Awards 2020
Here is a roster of the good that 2020 has produced, as voted on by The Daily Californian’s arts & entertainment staff, all thanks to the passion and dedication of those creating just as much as we’re consuming.
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The Daily Californian’s Arts Awards: Film of 2020
“I’m Thinking of Ending Things” dazzles and dizzies even its most attentive viewer; the film is a psychological feast boasting richly clever construction and riveting performances.
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The Daily Californian’s Arts Awards: Television of 2020
With Taylor-Joy’s gazing eyes and sharp wits pounding through the screen, the audience is transported to the front row of her countless intense chess matches. If you ever thought chess was boring, “The Queen’s Gambit” will surely convince you otherwise.
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Shawn Mendes’ Netflix documentary ‘In Wonder’ is unfortunate misnomer
At the end of the day, it feels more like a promotion for his album than an in-depth look at the superstar’s life.
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Dolly Parton comes to sleigh in Netflix’s ‘Christmas on the Square’
Parton’s angel beams atop silvery tufts of cloud, encouraging Regina’s frozen heart to thaw and advising a secret angel-in-training.
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