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Amir Abou-Jaoude

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Stanford's main quad

Senior reflection

Amir Abou-Jaoude
  •  
June 21, 2020
Arts & Life
"On the Waterfront" depicts the quotidian elements of life along with the difficulties of ambition for more.

‘On the Waterfront’ and on returning to the top

Amir Abou-Jaoude
  •  
Oct. 9, 2019
Featured
George Segal's sculptures, entitled "Gay Liberation," welcome modern-day visitors to Sheridan Square. A second casting of this work can be found at Stanford. (InSapphoWeTrust / Wikimedia)

Sheridan Square

Amir Abou-Jaoude
  •  
June 5, 2019
Magazine
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Hidden Struggle: Flaws in ballet’s disability narrative

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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May 17, 2019
Arts & Life
When "The Women" was released in 1939, MGM publicists embarked on an advertising bonanza (courtesy of Dr. Macro).

‘The Women’ is about far more than femininity

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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May 13, 2019
Arts & Life
Director Ingmar Bergman and his cinematographer Sven Nykvist shot "Shame" in 1968 (courtesy of Getty Images).

In ‘Shame,’ Ingmar Bergman examines evil in ordinary people

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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April 22, 2019
Arts & Life
n Fritz Lang's "The Big Heat," a detective becomes subsumed in the sordidness of society (courtesy of Dr. Macro).

American culture is under fire in ‘The Big Heat’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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April 16, 2019
Arts & Life
Edgar G. Ulmer's "Detour" was cheaply made. Still, the 1945 film has become a canonical classic (courtesy of Dr. Macro).

‘Detour’ provides a dark commentary on dreams and destiny

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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April 12, 2019
Arts & Life
Tadizo's ethereal beauty hastens Gustav von Aschenbach's "Death in Venice" (courtesy of Photofest).

‘Death in Venice’ documents the decline of the bourgeoisie

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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April 2, 2019
Daniel Day-Lewis and Michelle Pfeiffer deliver impassioned performances in Martin Scorsese's "The Age of Innocence" (courtesy of Columbia Pictures and The Criterion Collection).

Scorsese uses allusion to conjure up ‘The Age of Innocence’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Feb. 26, 2019
In "Young Mr. Lincoln," John Ford highlights the idyllic American landscape (courtesy of Dr. Macro).

Ford and Fonda examine the legend of ‘Young Mr. Lincoln’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Feb. 13, 2019
Barry Jenkins' "If Beale Street Could Talk" features a surfeit of brilliant images (courtesy of Annapurna Pictures).

‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ brings Baldwin’s story to the screen

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Feb. 11, 2019
John Schlesinger, Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman filmed "Midnight Cowboy" on location in New York (courtesy of MGM and The Criterion Collection).

‘Midnight Cowboy’ critiques American mythology

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Feb. 8, 2019
Allison (Ally Sheedy) and Claire (Molly Ringwald) experience epiphanies in Saturday detention (courtesy of Universal Pictures and Getty Images).

‘The Breakfast Club’ is an antique analysis of adolescent anguish

Amir Abou-Jaoude
  •  
Feb. 5, 2019
"Michael Richards: Winged" is on view at the Stanford Art Gallery through March 24 (HENRIK KAM/The Michael Richards Estate).

Curators Alex Fialho and Melissa Levin on rediscovering Michael Richards’ work

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Jan. 31, 2019
Gregory La Cava confronts the grim Great Depression in "My Man Godfrey" (courtesy of Universal Pictures and The Criterion Collection).

‘My Man Godfrey’ supplies sidesplitting comedy and social commentary

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Jan. 22, 2019
'Some Like It Hot' focuses on an all-girl band--except two members aren't girls at all (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

In ‘Some Like It Hot,’ Billy Wilder explores the attributes of artifice

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Jan. 18, 2019
The Ambersons spend much of their time sequestered in their magnificent mansion (courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures and The Criterion Collection.)

Orson Welles documents a family’s dizzying decline in ‘The Magnificent Ambersons’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Jan. 17, 2019
Warren Beatty plays a hedonistic hairdresser in Hal Ashby's "Shampoo" (courtesy of Sony Pictures and The Criterion Collection).

Sex, society and ‘Shampoo’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Jan. 14, 2019
During his time at Stanford, Yung Slee has become a prolific musician (courtesy of Yung Slee).

Yung Slee crafts songs from Stanford

Amir Abou-Jaoude
  •  
Jan. 9, 2019
The Stanford Daily

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