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BLACKSTARKIDS opening for beabadoobee at Royale nightclub Friday night. VISHVA VENKATESAN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

OPENER SPOTLIGHT: BLACKSTARKIDS bring vibrant, electric hip-hop support for beabadoobee

Isabel Chambers November 9, 2021
BLACKSTARKIDS, a trio from the Midwest, toured with Glass Animals earlier this fall.
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Philosophical Soup: The glorification of the U.S. military-industrial complex in film

Max Ferrandino April 14, 2021
The military thrives upon the media industry portraying the institution in a positive light.
Rapper Mac Miller’s latest, posthumous album, “Circles,” was released Friday. ILLUSTRATION BY AUSMA PALMER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: Mac Miller’s career comes full circle with “Circles”

David Simon January 20, 2020
Rapper Mac Miller passed away after a long battle with substance abuse in September 2018. But luckily for his fans, he is survived through his work. “Circles” is a bittersweet farewell from Miller to his fans and brings his discography full circle with a project that, although is not his best work, is a strong collection of songs.

REVIEW: ‘Sierra Burgess is a Loser’ romanticizes catfishing, fails to live up to hype

Johnathan D. Kindall September 9, 2018
“Sierra Burgess Is a Loser,” which released Friday on Netflix, feels like a glorified, slightly higher-budget Disney Channel original movie. And as much as I love “High School Musical,” that’s certainly not a compliment. Borderline unwatchable at worst and a hesitant guilty pleasure at best, “Sierra Burgess Is a Loser” tells the story of Sierra, an awkward high school girl who finds herself in an unexpected romance after her classmate, popular cheerleader Veronica, gives Sierra’s number to Jamey, the quarterback of another local high school.
Flick Critique: The value of girl power

Flick Critique: The value of girl power

Victoria Lara March 12, 2018

This year’s Oscars awards ceremony heavily touched on the lack of female representation in the film industry. From Greta Gerwig being the only woman nominated for Best Director in eight years — and...

Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut “Lady Bird” is released to universal acclaim. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

INTERVIEW: Greta Gerwig discusses complexity, specificity in “Lady Bird”

Kaya Williams December 4, 2017

“Lady Bird,” writer-director Greta Gerwig’s widely beloved coming-of-age tale set in early-2000’s Sacramento, is a critics’ darling — one that just toppled 1999’s “Toy Story 2” with...

Art Attack: On ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’

Art Attack: On ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’

Patrick Reid November 21, 2017

The modern cerebral horror film — the new Kubrick-ripoff, scary-but-artsy genre — would be interesting if not for its own limitations. Almost interesting is a good way to describe A24’s “The Killing...

Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut “Lady Bird” starring Saoirse Ronan debuts Friday. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

REVIEW: Greta Gerwig’s ‘Lady Bird’ shines with compassion, warmth

Kaya Williams November 9, 2017

“Lady Bird” glows. There is no other way to describe it. In indie darling Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut, Saoirse Ronan is the titular Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson, a Catholic-school-plaid-clad...

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