Arts
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Glitched perspectives
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Criticizing glitches doesn’t help game developers improve
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Power of score in film
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The music in Nightcrawler brings out the tribulations of Gyllenhaal’s role.
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More than just a love triangle
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The latest in Hunger Games series reveals the down-playing of violence
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Sounds of America
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“It all started with the idea of recording in different studios around the country, doing something to make it new.”
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Interstellar offers analysis into space
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Christopher Nolan’s latest film brings forth questions of what humans have accomplished in space exploration
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The Bechdel test: simple guideline with complex connotations
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As people who appreciate all kinds of cinema, it may be best for us to look at the Bechdel test as its creator did — as a minor gripe indicating a major problem.
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Relative Happiness gets applause at GRFF
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Deanne Foley’s film Relative Happiness was screened at the Grand River Film Festival to the joy of the packed audience.
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Fall Mixtape – What we’re listening to
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What different people listen to often relates to the mood they are in. Cord Arts & Life compiled the albums we have been listening to this fall season
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Fandom relapse can be hard to cope with
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Fandom relapse, or fandom withdrawal, is the process of finishing all the content in a fandom — or a fan culture built around a medium — and the empty feeling that follows
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Discussing the stigma of animation
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Looking at animated stories as ‘simplistic or predictable’ affects the perception of the medium
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