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Rapper Domo Genesis’ eponymous album "Genesis" is aptly named: Although he has been rapping for years, it is his first solo studio album. Domo, a rapper from the Los Angeles area,...
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It is unsurprising that Colombian director Ciro Guerra’s “Embrace of the Serpent” stormed through last year’s film awards circuit. First drawing acclaim at the Cannes Film...
★★★☆☆
Seattle rapper Macklemore and producer Ryan Lewis are by now familiar with each other – to say the least. Having first collaborated on 2009’s “The Vs. EP,” which featured...
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“City of Gold” explores the life and works of Jonathan Gold, the revolutionary food critic formerly of LA Weekly and currently of the Los Angeles Times, and his quest to celebrate...
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“Where Have You Been All My Life” is unique in that it contains no new material, but is a compilation of songs meant to distill the band’s fiveear career into one coherent...
The Mariinsky Ballet finally arrived on the East Coast of the United States 118 years after its initial apparition in a revival of “Raymonda,” a classical piece of the Russian ballet repertoire,...
There is perhaps no working filmmaker today whose body of work is as divisive as that of Terrence Malick’s. Without a doubt, Malick’s masterful manipulation of filmic reality — from the ethereal...
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Despite its seemingly satirical title, director duo Glenn Ficarra and John Requa’s latest film, “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,” is best classified as a drama with hues of comedy....
Dancers often infuse their performances with social and political undertones. This expressive ability was demonstrated by Alice Sheppard during her performance at the Davis Performing Arts Center on...
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Packed with nearly two hours’ worth of nonstop action, director John Hillcoat’s “Triple 9” is a madcap thriller brimming with dirty cops, Russian mobsters and gruesome gang...
★★★☆☆
Fifteen years ago, the members of experimental pop group Animal Collective were working mundane desk jobs in New York City. Following their decision to pursue careers in music, David...
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Produced by acclaimed animator and manga artist Hayao Miyazaki and Academy Award-nominated director Isao Takahata, “Only Yesterday” was released exclusively in Japan in 1991....
