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Although its emotional ceiling is limited by its writing, "A Thousand and One" still delivers a moving, aesthetically cohesive selection of snapshots of one’s upbringing, all while acting as a remarkable case study of gentrification and poverty.

Marks put all his chips into the big three, but he’s failed and the Nets are back to being one of the bottom feeders of the association. The current roster is a shell of what it once was.

As Jay Gatsby drives him to Manhattan, Nick remarks: “The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world.” Unfortunately, I came in through Newark.

If you're lucky enough to contribute to change in the world, never take no for an answer and never forget your roots or those who helped you along the way.

When I tell people I’m a film major, I’m met with fleeting expressions of confusion as to why I’m studying film at a school historically not known for its film department. But then, I am always inevitably asked what my favorite film is as if I should have some extra authority on the subject.

On the Pinclout Stage of the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, the lights went dark and the outro speech to YG’s “Handgun” played over the speaker. “Now you’re ready for the world, yadidamean?” the anonymous man says, as if to initiate the entire audience. “Stay dangerous.”

Members of the crowd brought hoards of excitement, doing skateboard tricks on the floor and dancing with rowdy energy in the crowd as Las Rosas played its set.

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