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Dan DeLuca's Mix Picks: 'We Are the Best,' 'Top Five,' and Zoe Strauss

We Are the Best. Swedish director Lukas Moodysson's winning film, set in 1982, tells of two nonconformist teenage girls who don't let their inability to play stop them from starting a punk-rock band, and persuading a talented guitarist to join.

Liv Lemoyne, Mira Barkhammar, Mira Grosin in WE ARE THE BEST! a Magnolia Pictures release., streaming on Newflix. (Magnolia Pictures)
Liv Lemoyne, Mira Barkhammar, Mira Grosin in WE ARE THE BEST! a Magnolia Pictures release., streaming on Newflix. (Magnolia Pictures)Read more

We Are the Best. Swedish director Lukas Moodysson's winning film, set in 1982, tells of two nonconformist teenage girls who don't let their inability to play stop them from starting a punk-rock band, and persuading a talented guitarist to join.

Streaming on Netflix.

DJs Dave Hartley & Charlie Hall. Members of world- conquering Philly rockers the War On Drugs spin records at the Fishtown home base. Tuesday at Johnny Brenda's.

Top Five. In Chris Rock's comedy, his childhood buddies name their favorite rappers. The choices of Rock's character Andre Allen - Jay Z, Nas, Scarface, Rakim, and the Notorious B.I.G. - differ slightly from the Kanye West-topped list he put forth in this discussion with the hip-hop media: www.youtube.com/watch?v=poZKQM3_s3s

Zoe Strauss, Sea Change. Philadelphia photographer Strauss' 2012 Philadelphia Museum of Art solo show Ten Years drew on a decade of emotionally powerful work originally displayed in her Under I-95 exhibitions in South Philly. Here, she trains her eye on three ecological disasters: Hurricane Katrina, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and Hurricane Sandy. Opening reception Friday night at the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery at Haverford College, with an artist talk at 4:30.

John Oliver. Astute and uproarious former Daily Show correspondent and current Last Week Tonight host Oliver plays two stand- up shows in Upper Darby. The first is sold out; tickets remain for the second. Friday at the Tower Theater.