Local female filmmakers pave path toward on-screen gender representation
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In this year’s awards season, Hollywood recognized sexual misconduct in the industry, and the absence of female narratives.
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The Daily Californian Arts Awards: Film of 2017
By continuing to break the institutional silence surrounding sexual violence and believing survivors, we’ll retain film as our source of light in 2018.
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‘The Beguiled’ subverts male gaze through Sofia Coppola’s powerhouse direction
“The Beguiled” is a true testament to the woman behind the camera — a film with inspired visuals and masterful performances, and which imparts a needed feminist stamp on a story (the 1971 film starring Clint Eastwood, based on Thomas Cullinan’s novel of the same name) originally known for its pulp alone.
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Daily Cal Arts’ Top 10 Most Anticipated Summer Movies
The films released between May and August are some of the most exciting of the year as blockbusting CGI-fests and Oscar contenders alike convene at the multiplex.
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Scorched Earth
There is something about the American South, with its decaying social mores and weary livers, that we are inexplicably drawn to, like that dark and drawling stranger in the back of the bar, hidden by smoke. Perhaps it’s because we, too, have fallen on hard times, settled for banality and
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