The Death Note has returned – but not the Netflix adaptation. After the success of the critically acclaimed manga and anime adaptation, the story of “Death Note” is continuing with a new one-shot chapter, released Monday. Read more...
Photo: The new one-shot chapter of the celebrated manga “Death Note,” published over 10 years after the original series ended, features real-life political figures and modern situations like heightened surveillance. (Courtesy of VIZ Media)
Marion Moseley said she had many creative mouths to feed on set. One of which happened to be a bloodthirsty drag queen. “Snatched,” Moseley’s short film, was initially written for a screenwriting class at UCLA, and it was filmed last weekend as her submission for the Campus Movie Festival, which will take place Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Marion Moseley, a fourth-year world arts and cultures student, created a short film that follows a quiet boy who transforms into a devilish entity upon assuming his “dragsona.” The film was inspired by campy horror and shock and uses similar aesthetics. (Courtesy of Julia Schreib)
Warning: spoilers ahead. This week’s “Party of Five” felt like a filler despite shocking backstory revelations. “Patch Job,” the sixth episode of the Freeform production, finally provided some much-needed clarification to the motivations of some of its main characters. Read more...
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A new take on a 90s off-broadway hit hopes to break the stigma surrounding mental illness. Modeled after “The Vagina Monologues” – a play created from almost 300 interviews with women discussing female sexuality – “The Manic Monologues” is set to deliver the same true-to-life format to help depict mental illness in a more relatable way. Read more...
Photo: Jennifer Bruno, Julie Lee and Grégoire Faucher are a few of the performers who will be sharing their mental health journeys in “The Manic Monologues.” Creators Zack Burton and Elisa Hofmeister said they hope to facilitate a discussion not often heard. (Courtesy of Frank Chen)
Warning: spoilers ahead. Seventeen minutes can be an eternity. In the final season of “Bojack Horseman,” the second half of which premiered Jan. 31, the titular character is continually haunted by this reminder. Read more...
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Family-owned businesses in Park City reflect on the impacts of the film festival. Read more...
St. Vincent and Carrie Brownstein set out to document their friendship. What followed was “The Nowhere Inn,” which premiered at Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 25 and creates a metafictional account of Brownstein and St. Read more...
