Album review: ‘Heartworms’

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March 12, 2:35 pm

Many indie bands have consigned to a political agenda in response to today’s controversial political atmosphere, but The Shins have remained blissfully aloof. Fellow indie rockers, such as How To Dress Well and Toro y Moi, have focused their artistic efforts toward an anti-Trump agenda by adding their songs to the protest compilation “Our First 100 Days,” but The Shins have remained mostly quiet in the years following their last album release of 2012’s “Port of Morrow.” “Heartworms,” The Shins’ fifth studio album released Friday, is a refreshing escape from the political debates found online. Read more...

Photo: (Columbia Records)

Arts, Lifestyle

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March 11, 4:32 pm

Video Game Review: ‘Night in the Woods’

Mae is 20 years old. She just quit college and came back home in late autumn. She has depression. She’s also cat person, but that isn’t important. Read more...

Photo: (Infinite Fall)

Arts, Film & TV

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March 10, 7:17 pm

Movie review: ‘Kong: Skull Island’

Even Tom Hiddleston’s brooding blue eyes can’t save “Kong: Skull Island.” The actor spends a surprising amount of screen time gazing off into the distance ponderously, despite the fact that it’s the latest action-packed film about the legendary King Kong. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of Vince Valitutti)

Arts, Music, Theater & Fine Arts

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March 10, 2:03 am

ISG culture show presents traditions, heritage of diverse community

Belly dancers rehearsed to the beat of traditional Arab doumbek drums in Freud Playhouse. This year’s iteration of the Iranian Student Group’s annual culture show Friday and Saturday will showcase such traditional and modern Iranian dances, along with singing and comedy skits displaying customs reaching as far back as A.D. Read more...

Photo: Paniz Arab, a fourth-year global studies student, will participate in the Iranian Student Group’s culture show, which will showcase both traditional and modern Iranian dances. (Photo illustration by Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin and Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)

Arts, Arts Columns, Film & TV

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March 9, 11:01 pm

Reel Representation: Marvel, DC struggle to produce diverse, inclusive superhero films

Diversity in film and television came into the spotlight in 2016 with #OscarsSoWhite. A USC study in 2016 found only about a quarter of speaking characters belonged to nonwhite racial groups. Read more...

Photo: (Olivia Chen/Daily Bruin)

Arts, Theater & Fine Arts

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March 9, 10:45 pm

‘Paradise Lost: Reclaiming Destiny’ to open Friday, starring UCLA alumna

Marguerite French is 5 feet 5 inches tall and of slender build. Yet she played a large, intimidating man and murderer in a gender-reversed production of the “The Revenger’s Tragedy.” French changed the way she walked so that she would appear bigger, and she spoke in a deeper, more confident voice to create the persona of a man. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumna Marguerite French plays Mother God in a modern rendition of “Paradise Lost.” She tries to convey the celestial nature of the female God in her body movements during the silent play. (Austin Yu/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Arts, Lifestyle

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March 9, 10:34 pm

Jiujitsu club allows students to explore new athletic form

Ten bodies writhed around me on the padded blue mats of the John Wooden Blue Room, attempting to escape the grasps of their sparring partner. I witnessed the complicated sparring techniques of the members of the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Club, which meets Tuesdays and Thursdays, and I became increasingly convinced that I would end up embarrassing myself attempting such technical attack poses. Read more...

Photo: Members of the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Club practice martial arts on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The sport includes many moves on the ground between opponents. (Ken Shin/Daily Bruin)

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