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Amir Abou-Jaoude

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Eloquence vs. exploitation: Berkeley and Stanford alumni face off in Hollywood

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Nov. 30, 2018
Brian de Palma's "Sisters" centers around a mysterious murder (courtesy of Janus Films).

De Palma steals from the masters in ‘Sisters’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Nov. 30, 2018
Anatoly Solonitsyn plays a renowned Russian painter in Andrei Tarkovsky's "Andrei Rublev" (courtesy of Janus Films).

In ‘Andrei Rublev,’ Tarkovsky contemplates artistry and reality

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Nov. 28, 2018
G.W. Pabst portrays the horrors of war in unrelentingly realistic detail. (Courtesy of Janus Films and The Criterion Collection)

In ‘Westfront 1918,’ Pabst evokes the traumas of World War I

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Nov. 12, 2018
In "Being There," Hal Ashby asserts that politics are absurd (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures and The Criterion Collection).

Elect to revisit these artworks on election night

Olivia Popp, Amir Abou-Jaoude and Shana E. Hadi
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Nov. 6, 2018
The Voyager Golden Record contains information intended for extraterrestrials (courtesy of NASA and Wikimedia Commons).

Timothy Ferris and Frank Drake discuss their dispatch to deep space

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Oct. 26, 2018
The San Francisco Opera presents Puccini's "Tosca" (CORY WEAVER/San Francisco Opera).

Puccini’s ‘Tosca’ is melodramatic and moving

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Oct. 25, 2018
Marlene Dietrich is "The Scarlet Empress" in Josef von Sternberg's 1934 film (courtesy of The Criterion Collection and Universal Pictures).

Dietrich is an extraordinary actress in ‘The Scarlet Empress’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Oct. 23, 2018
This contact sheet is one of many on view at the Cantor Arts Center (courtesy of The Andy Warhol Foundation).

‘Contact Warhol’ illuminates the artist’s ingeniousness

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Oct. 18, 2018
Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga are the stars of "A Star Is Born" (courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures).

Bradley Cooper critiques show business in ‘A Star Is Born’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Oct. 15, 2018
Uttam Kumar plays a struggling film star in Satyajit Ray's "The Hero" (courtesy of The RDB Organization and The Criterion Collection).

Satyajit Ray muses on movies and money in ‘The Hero’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Oct. 12, 2018
David Niven and Kim Hunter traverse heaven and earth in "A Matter of Life and Death" (courtesy of Sony Pictures and The Criterion Collection).

Powell and Pressburger portray two wonderful worlds in ‘A Matter of Life and Death’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Oct. 9, 2018
Cary Grant and Irene Dunne play a conflicted, comedic couple in "The Awful Truth" (courtesy of Sony Pictures and The Criterion Collection).

In ‘The Awful Truth,’ McCarey crafts a comedy about class

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Oct. 8, 2018
Victor Erice examines mysteries and memories in "El Sur" (courtesy of Video Mercury and The Criterion Collection).

In ‘El Sur,’ Victor Erice contemplates childhood

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Oct. 5, 2018
n Josef von Sternberg's "Shanghai Express," Marlene Dietrich seems divine (courtesy of Universal Pictures and The Criterion Collection).

Von Sternberg creates a land of light and shadow in ‘Shanghai Express’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Oct. 4, 2018
Divine and David Lochary star in John Waters' "Female Trouble" (courtesy of Warner Bros. and The Criterion Collection).

John Waters’ ‘Female Trouble’ is twisted and terrific

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Oct. 3, 2018
In "Fahrenheit 11/9," Michael Moore praises the student activists at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (courtesy of Midwestern Films).

In ‘Fahrenheit 11/9,’ Michael Moore crafts an incendiary argument

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Oct. 2, 2018
Insatiable appetites abound in Tony Richardson's 'Tom Jones' (Courtesy of Janus Films).

‘Tom Jones’ is strangely timeless

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Oct. 1, 2018
Harsha, Abraham, and Ryan await the judges at ISEF (courtesy of Muck Media).

‘Science Fair’ doesn’t experiment enough

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Sept. 26, 2018
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Bette Davis shines in ‘The Star’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Sept. 25, 2018
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