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I.V. Stand-up is on the Rise at Javan’s

February 16, 2012 by

“Stand-up in its worst form is distilled ignorance and bigotry. In its best form, it’s a palatable form of philosophy,” fourth-year literature major and amateur stand-up comic William Buescher s...
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Raised by Popular Culture: Tucker and Dale Take Fight Bad Cinema

February 16, 2012 by

Drop everything you’re doing and see this movie right now. It’s awesome. It’s hard to describe exactly why this film is so special. For starters, it has a one-note premise. A bunch of dumb, drun...
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Lana Del Rey’s Born To Die Keeps Her Fame Alive

February 9, 2012 by

Six months ago, nobody knew who Lana Del Rey was. Last October she released a grainy self-made music video for her single, “Video Games,” and the Internet exploded into a Lana Del Rey shrine. But,...
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Oscar-Nominated Foreign Language Films to Screen at UCSB’s Pollock Theater Next Week

February 9, 2012 by

As the 84th Annual Academy Awards draw nearer (airing Sunday, Feb. 26 on ABC), more and more people are rushing to theaters to see the nominated films. However, the films of one category in particular...
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‘Smash’ Gives Theater Geeks Something to Love

February 9, 2012 by

On Monday, NBC premiered its much-anticipated musical television show, “Smash.” As both a television and theater fanatic, I had high expectations for the show — which were unquestioningly fulfil...
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Kickstarter Helps the Starving Artist Creatively Succeed

February 9, 2012 by

One could argue that artistic integrity no longer exists once you sell out. Those who agree could say mainstream is the antithesis to true art and creative expression. However, the opposition could ar...
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Santa Barbara International Film Festival Puts the Spotlight Back on Exceptional Short Films

February 9, 2012 by

Short films have been marginalized for many years, considered easy to make and ‘‘primitive.’’ However, short films were the start of cinema and were respected during the early 20th century whe...
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Groupwork: A Living Breathing Monster

February 2, 2012 by

Many people compare visiting a museum to visiting a church. A place that houses art becomes sacred somehow. It becomes a destination for people to observe carefully constructed historical and personal...
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Artsweek Wants You … to Watch Foreign Films

February 2, 2012 by

When people think about foreign films, there seems to be a lot of derision towards them: “I don’t like subtitles,” “Dubbing sounds weird,” “Only pretentious hipsters would watch them,” e...
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UCSB’s Palladino Premieres Film at SBIFF

February 2, 2012 by

Each winter, downtown’s historic movie theaters play host to the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. This year, SBIFF’s highlighted themes include Cinesonic (films about iconic musicians), ...
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Take a Course in Laughology

February 2, 2012 by

Stand-up comedy is not easy. It’s one of those art forms which seems readily accessible to anyone not already embedded in that world. “I can just go up on stage and say stuff? What’s so hard abo...
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Kum-Kum Bhavnani’s Nothing Like Water

February 1, 2012 by

          ‘Nothing Like Chocolate’ Teaser from Kum-Kum Bhavnani on Vimeo.
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Young Virtuosos: Joy Kills Sorrow Plays Lobero

January 26, 2012 by

Last Saturday night, two phenomenal bands graced the Lobero Theatre’s stage as part of Lobero’s current “Sings Like Hell” series. Austin-based folk-rock band Wheeler Brothers opened for the up...
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UCSB Poets Gather for First Annual A.S. Slam

January 26, 2012 by

Overtime football playoffs be damned; there is poetry going on. On Sunday, approximately 150 people gathered in the Hub at UCSB for Associated Students Program Board’s first poetry slam showcase. Th...
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Word Farm Returns to SB

January 26, 2012 by

Last weekend, the UCSB Film and Media Studies Department held its annual weekend-long screenwriting workshop: Word Farm. Each winter, professional writers in the film and television industries travel ...
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