By Tristin TaylorStaff Writer Unlike so many art exhibits, which feature work hanging on walls and people pausing to look and moving on, Yoshie Sakai’s “Koko’s Neighborhood,” currently in the University Art Gallery, is anything but traditional. It is a pop-up exhibit that combines physical objects and videos written, directed and starring Sakai that is […]
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Too Much Mercury and Not Enough Queen
By Fernando Bazan Staff Writer While based on the real-life trajectory of the iconic rock band Queen, led by the legendary singer and showman Freddy Mercury, the film “Bohemian Rhapsody,” released Oct. 23, has been met with mixed reviews. While more than a decent introduction for novice or casual viewers to the singer and his band, […]
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Cinematic Blast From the Past
By Fernando Bazan Staff Writer In a time when so much is dominated and infused by social media, it is difficult to separate our real life from the one we display online. In 1997, when the internet was still in its primitive stages, Japanese director Satoshi Kon made a film that eerily foreshadows that contemporary […]