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BERKELEY'S NEWS • DECEMBER 12, 2023

Retrospective Issue 2015

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Farewell to '15: Editor's note

The neglect of making quality films first and blockbusters second has left me cold. But while Hollywood will clearly keep rebooting stale franchises with no intentions of crafting intelligent or inspired entertainment, 2015 at least showed what can happen when Hollywood steps out of its boring comfort zone and allows filmmakers to not get bogged down by appealing only to the masses.
The neglect of making quality films first and blockbusters second has left me cold. But while Hollywood will clearly keep rebooting stale franchises with no intentions of crafting intelligent or inspired entertainment, 2015 at least showed what can happen when Hollywood steps out of its boring comfort zone and allows filmmakers to not get bogged down by appealing only to the masses.
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See what campus figures had to say about 2015 as a year for #movements, discovery and activism.
See what campus figures had to say about 2015 as a year for #movements, discovery and activism.
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The neglect of making quality films first and blockbusters second has left me cold. But while Hollywood will clearly keep rebooting stale franchises with no intentions of crafting intelligent or inspired entertainment, 2015 at least showed what can happen when Hollywood steps out of its boring comfort zone and allows filmmakers to not get bogged down by appealing only to the masses.
The neglect of making quality films first and blockbusters second has left me cold. But while Hollywood will clearly keep rebooting stale franchises with no intentions of crafting intelligent or inspired entertainment, 2015 at least showed what can happen when Hollywood steps out of its boring comfort zone and allows filmmakers to not get bogged down by appealing only to the masses.
See what campus figures had to say about 2015 as a year for #movements, discovery and activism.
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See what campus figures had to say about 2015 as a year for #movements, discovery and activism.
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Read to find out which movies the Daily Cal arts staff thought stood out in a spectacular year for films.
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Read to find out which movies the Daily Cal arts staff thought stood out in a spectacular year for films.
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The Daily Cal arts staff spotlights the top albums that dropped this year.
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The Daily Cal arts staff spotlights the top albums that dropped this year.
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The beige walls of the Library Gardens apartment complex flickered with reflections of emergency lights, a grim parallel to the red party cups littering the pale gray sidewalk, lying among the rubble. Before anyone could question what had led to the tragedy, paramedics first needed to determine who had even survived it, sifting through the wreckage of a fallen balcony.
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The beige walls of the Library Gardens apartment complex flickered with reflections of emergency lights, a grim parallel to the red party cups littering the pale gray sidewalk, lying among the rubble. Before anyone could question what had led to the tragedy, paramedics first needed to determine who had even survived it, sifting through the wreckage of a fallen balcony.
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Take a look at the Daily Cal arts staff picks for best TV shows of 2015.
Take a look at the Daily Cal arts staff picks for best TV shows of 2015.
UC Regents decisions, attention cast on campus instructors and ongoing review of city policies were some of the top headlines that made it into our papers this year. Compiled by the Daily Cal’s news editors, these were the year’s most notable events in city and campus news.
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UC Regents decisions, attention cast on campus instructors and ongoing review of city policies were some of the top headlines that made it into our papers this year. Compiled by the Daily Cal’s news editors, these were the year’s most notable events in city and campus news.
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