Catching Up and What to Catch Up On: Summer 2k17
Film: “Blade Runner 2049” “Blade Runner” and our conception of neo-noir go hand-in-hand — it was definitional for the genre. Now, after 25
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AuthorJacky To
San Diego Asian Film Festival 2017
“Sunday Beauty Queen” In Hong Kong, Filipina domestic workers slave 24/7. They must house themselves with their employers, receive meager wages and have
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Waste No More: Food Recovery at UCSD
Having too much food sounds like a luxury, maybe even a dream. To the Food Recovery Network, however, the situation poses both an
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Cinema with Linguists: Talking to Aliens in “Arrival”
In the inaugural edition of “Cinema with Professors,” The Guardian sat down with Sharon Rose and Farrell Ackerman, professors in UCSD’s linguistics department,
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“The Daily Show” Q&A: Hasan Minhaj and Roy Wood, Jr.
Hasan Minhaj and Roy Wood, Jr. are correspondents for “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” and members of its “Best F#@king News Team.” Minhaj
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San Diego Asian Film Festival 2016
“Call of Heroes” The Western genre, by now, has been exhausted to the point that everyone knows the formula: A scoundrel realizes his
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Isaiah Rashad to Headline Hullabaloo 2016
A.S. Concerts and Events announced that Isaiah Rashad will headline UCSD’s sixth annual Hullabaloo. The festival will take place at Matthews Quad on
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Concert Review: The 1975
The 1975 are an unusual band indeed, much in part due to its outlandish frontman Matt Healy, the millennial iteration of a classic
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Concert Review: Chance the Rapper
Whereas studio-recorded albums serve to showcase a musician’s vision, concerts usually exist for audiences to connect with the performer’s personality. At Chance the
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The Hollywood Accountant #2: Can “Storks” Deliver Enough Goods to End Chris Pratt’s Box Office Streak?
Self-Performance Review Last week — my first week as The Hollywood Accountant — I didn’t do as well as experts predicted. But hey,
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