Horror movies for people who don’t like horror
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Horror movies are experiencing a renaissance right now. Like me, you might’ve wanted to see them and participate in the discourse but were too scared.
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Becoming ‘the’ Berkeley student
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Since being admitted to UC Berkeley, I was fixated on being “the” Berkeley student. I was going to replicate my “success” of my community college days while redeeming myself from my failures in high school.
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It’s never been easier to watch the Academy Award nominees: So why didn’t we?
So although this year’s Oscars may feel like a pyrrhic celebration of 2020 in film, they’re also a chance to take stock and remind ourselves of what film gives us and what it adds to our lives.
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The Golden Globes’ foreign language category isn’t working
In a country with no official language, how can any be called “foreign?” When a person speaks a “foreign” language, does this then also make their stories foreign, other?
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The year where everything and nothing happens
A letter to myself on January 1, 2020. Dear 17-year-old high school senior, praying-your-SAT-score-is-good-enough Daniella, Your SAT score will be good enough. Sort of. At this point, you will have submitted all of your college applications, and you’ll have no idea where you’ll end up. To be honest, I think
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Finding horror in revolution
Universally celebrated for their sharp, socio-political commentary, their stories all, to varying degrees, revolve around a moderately sympathetic lower class violently rising up against the elite.
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Clog Report: Haas School of Business rejects straight-A students for Girl Scouts
After a particularly competitive year of applications for the Haas School of Business, it seems as though many students who exemplified the perfect candidate were rejected in favor of another demographic of people: Girl Scouts.
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Why you should watch more foreign language films
It’s time to break free from our misconceptions of watching foreign language movies and embrace new and unique styles of filmmaking and cross-cultural ideas.
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‘Parasite’ makes history at the 92nd annual Academy Awards
As the night progressed, viewers saw the expected winners triumph in the acting categories, while the night’s top awards saw stunning, historic upsets.
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‘Parasite’: Don’t count out the year’s best film at the 2020 Oscars
Even though the film currently occupies a relatively distant second place, “Parasite” still has a chance to pull a major upset, however.
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