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Articles

Against the ‘Aesthetic Turn’ in Cinema

Dec 3, 2024 | artreview.com | Ian Wang

The year in film: 2024 was the year the film industry could no longer ignore the real world, which it mines for content while denying any influence or complicity in its crimesOn 10 March 2024, Jonathan Glazer came to the stage to accept the Oscar for best international feature for his Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest.
Catch artists EKAH and Yeong Choi this week at Analog - Arts

Oct 21, 2024 | smilepolitely.com | Ian Wang

Urbana’s Analog Wine Library Art Gallery is featuring two previous Boneyard Arts Festival signature artists: E.K. Anna Hennequet (EKAH) and Yeong Choi. Both artists originally came to the United States, and later to the Champaign-Urbana area, from South Korea, bringing with them distinct cultural influences that have shaped their unique artistic styles and career paths. In this Dual Spectrum Exhibition, each artist showcased an image of their respective Boneyard Arts Festival signature work.
Cloud review: death of an e-salesman

Sep 4, 2024 | bfi.org.uk | Nicolas Rapold |John Bleasdale |Ian Wang |Nicolas Rapold Festivals

Reviewed from the 2024 Venice International Film FestivalBuying stuff online has been a mundane convenience for years, but leave it to Kurosawa Kiyoshi to tap into torrents of bad mojo coursing through the world of internet resale. In the genre-creeping Cloud, the fast-and-loose tactics of one such reseller causes others to retaliate, veering a dogged character study into the wilds of vigilantism, with chilling implications about ethics and capitalism.
Klitschko: More Than a Fight review

Sep 2, 2024 | bfi.org.uk | Nick Bradshaw |Ian Wang |Guy Lodge |John Bleasdale

Casting the Ukraine war as a boxing contest might seem a bit on the nose, but Kevin MacDonald’s latest documentary finds the characters and the stakes. In one corner we have the Kremlin tyrant Vladimir Putin, champ for the imperial cause of lies, vainglory and ruination; in the other, Vitali Klitschko, Ukraine’s multiple world heavyweight champion turned Kyiv mayor and defender of its democratic aspirations.
Claire Daly's images light up Gallery Art Bar - Arts

Jun 18, 2024 | smilepolitely.com | Ian Wang

Urbana’s Gallery Art Bar was packed when I arrived for the June 4th reception for June’s artists in residence, photographers Ace’lyn Henderson and Claire Daly. While waiting to order my beer, I started viewing the art exhibition on display. The installation and lighting were dramatically artistic. I had a chance to speak with Daly, who deploys a unique way of mounting and displaying her art photography. Daly is a busy artist.
Hoard review: Smells like teen spirit

May 16, 2024 | bfi.org.uk | Kate Stables |John Bleasdale |Ian Wang |Guy Lodge

A visceral, pungent and playfully macabre coming-of-age story, Hoard plays nimbly with both meanings implied by its title – hoarding as madness, a hoard as treasure. When eight-year-old outsider Maria (Lily Beau Leach) and her loving, obsessional mother Cyn (Hayley Squires) go out on their nightly dumpster dives, they are heaping up emotional treasure for one another, filling their house with a vast and stinking “catalogue of love’’.
SJO rolls over Sullivan in regional semifinal, Jacob leads with 18 points

Feb 26, 2024 | oursentinel.com | Ian Wang

Photo: Margarita Marushevska/UnSplash StatePoint - From baseball cards and sports equipment to postcards and photographs, is that... Gabby Gomez celebrates here title victory in the 115-pound class at the IHSA Girls' Individual Wrestling State Finals on Saturday. T... St. Thomas More's Brody Cuppernell tries to avoid a takedown attempt by Unity's Hunter Eastin during the IHSA 190-pound championshi...
Don't have a standby generator yet? Here are 6 things you will want to know before you buy

Feb 26, 2024 | oursentinel.com | Ian Wang

Brandpoint - Every day on the news, it seems, there's a report about another extreme weather event. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 2023 was a record year for extreme weather. The U.S. experienced 28 separate, billion-dollar weather disasters last year, the highest number ever. That averages out to more than one every two weeks.
Commentary | With Beyoncé’s foray into country music, the genre may finally break free from the stereotypes that has dogged it

Feb 25, 2024 | oursentinel.com | Ian Wang

by William NashProfessor of American Studies and English and American Literatures, Middlebury On Super Bowl Sunday, Beyoncé released two country songs – “16 Carriages” and “Texas Hold ‘Em” – that elicited a mix of admiration and indignation. This is not her first foray into the genre, but it is her most successful and controversial entry. As of last week, Beyoncé became the first Black woman to have a No. 1 song on the country charts.
Unity's Phoenix Molina finish second at state wrestling meet

Feb 25, 2024 | oursentinel.com | Ian Wang

Bloomington - Unity's Phoenix Molina wrestles Prairie Central's Chloe Hoselton in their 235-pound match at the IHSA Girls' Individual Wrestling State Finals. Molina lost the bout in an ultimate tie-break, 2-1. See how she progressed through this year's bracket in the recap below. (Photo: PhotoNews Media/Clark Brooks)First Round:Molina won in sudden victory 2-1 over Homewood-Flossmoor senior Jocelyn Williams.