“Lapu’s Pocket Theatre” isn’t a physical venue – it’s a podcast and the new setting for LCC Theatre Company’s spring show. After spring quarter was moved online, the UCLA theater company transitioned three of their one-act plays from the stage to online streaming, offering an opportunity for the company to explore new skill sets and storytelling dynamics. Read more...
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Mental health is explored extensively in popular media, from unsettling character studies like “Joker” to lighthearted family flicks such as “Inside Out.” But while some portrayals successfully shine a light on mental health conditions, others merely perpetuate stigmas and stereotypes. Read more...
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Warning: spoilers ahead. Despite previous missteps, Sunday night’s episode of “Killing Eve” was the perfect penultimate present. With just enough action to make up for previous unsatisfying episodes while still preserving the quintessential “Killing Eve” guessing game, “Beautiful Monster” finally capitalized on the power of the show – its three leading women. Read more...
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Warning: spoilers ahead. Mother Earth wants child support – literally. In the latest episode of “Rick and Morty,” Rick sidetracks a family camping trip to visit his baby mama Gaia, a planet he has impregnated with innumerable, half-rock hominids. Read more...
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Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani are two of the brightest stars in modern comedy – pairing them together is an obvious winning combo. The two play the beleaguered couple Leilani and Jibran in “The Lovebirds,” the first film to be released on Netflix after its theatrical premiere was canceled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more...
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“Lumpia” is more than a spring roll in the Asian American community. The homemade, low-budget 2003 film tells a story about inner group prejudice, in which a gang of Filipino Americans picks on Filipino high school immigrants. Read more...
Photo: The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival is currently streaming the low-budget 2003 film “Lumpia,” which presents a humorous and unfiltered view of inner group prejudice within the Filipino American and immigrant community. (Illustration by Vaibhavi Patankar/Daily Bruin)
Late-night hosts are in quarantine just like their audiences – but “pre-recorded from home, it’s ‘Saturday Night’” just doesn’t have that same ring to it. With social distancing measures forbidding large gatherings, studio audiences quickly diminished down to only the shows’ staff members or no audience at all. Read more...
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