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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“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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Ultimately, “Beastie Boys Story” more than does its subjects justice — it celebrates them.
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(“Photograph” by Arcade Fire is not available on Spotify) I’m not the biggest music person. I don’t really care for the most recent hot album. I have my set of indie rock songs from my early high school days and my momentary stages of EDM heavy listening, but the only
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Every Oscar-worthy film needs some element that lights the cinematic spark and dazzles the Academy. David O. Russell crafted the most immaculate character portraits since Rembrandt; Cuaron drove his space thriller with pure visual splendor. What does Jonze run on? Pure concept. Herein lies the problem with “Her.” Jonze is
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In a year of Glassholes, smartphone trolling and an explosion in the amount of attention paid to artificially intelligent or robotic technologies, “Her” offers a safe and inviting image of a technology-obsessed future. The new Spike Jonze feature, while getting the details of how most humans actually interact with technology completely
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