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Largely avoiding the silliness of mainstream horror paragons like “Ma,” all while denying audiences the societal ambiguities of films such as “Hereditary” and “Us,” “Knock at the Cabin” once again showcases the director’s downward trajectory.

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, restaurants and retail stores across the country sat empty as customers stayed home to avoid contagion. In recent months, as pandemic restrictions have eased up across California, many businesses aim to achieve pre-pandemic levels of enterprise. 

"Nope" is an imaginative sci-fi that dips in and out of the Western, layering the grit of a family way out west with the extraterrestrial, the impossible.

I looked at myself, decked out in the same brands that once eluded me, that once wielded such power over me. Is this what made me American?

Like a sculptor at a marble block, I’d expected the chips of those less close to gather at my feet, revealing a statue of “true” friends at the core.

My family and I raised our glasses and said a happy chorus of well-wishes to my happy marriage. As it turns out, I’m not, in fact, married. 

I’m Your Empress Of is 33 minutes of sweeping electro-pop, full of dance floor-ready bangers that are both deeply, emotionally arresting and brisk at the same time.

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.

In a year in which creative and original stories featuring artists of color received critical praise and connected with viewers, it’s a shame that they are not being recognized alongside films and performances that feature mainly white actors.

Here are the winners of The Daily Californian’s fourth annual Snubby Awards: our picks for the most shocking, sad and suspicious snubs heading into the 2020 Oscars.