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So in a space that already includes very little South Asian representation, how can South Asian female artists make their mark — especially while fighting existing cultural obstacles to pursue creative work in the often demanding, challenging and oftentimes STEM-centric atmosphere of UC Berkeley?
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“Venom” similarly has multiple different storylines. Rather than choosing one of these versions, Fleischer’s film is an amalgam of the character’s in-comic history that fails to be a coherent on-screen narrative.
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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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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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There’s something fantastically eerie about Jake Gyllenhaal’s latest performance in “Nightcrawler,” written and directed by Dan Gilroy. One look at the actor’s deranged smile as protagonist Lou Bloom, and you’ll forget you ever saw him launching rockets in “October Sky” or playing with comparatively tame little bunnies in “Donnie Darko.”
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