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Madelyne Xiao

Madelyne Xiao '18 was a film writer for the Daily's Arts and Life section.
The Thing's stone body gives him epic strength and makes him virtually indestructible. Courtesy Twentieth Century Fox.

Summer movie preview

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June 3, 2015
Shelley Duvall, Jane Curtin, Gilda Radner, producer Lorne Michaels, and Laraine Newman. Courtesy of Edie Baskin.

‘Live from New York’ falls short

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May 29, 2015
A scene from Asghar Farhadi's "About Elly." Courtesy of Cinema Guild.

‘A Separation’ director’s exceptional ‘About Elly’ receives long-awaited U.S. release

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May 18, 2015
Isabella Rossellini in a scene from Jody Shapiro's ISABELLA ROSSELLINI’S GREEN PORNO LIVE!, playing at the 58th San Francisco International Film Festival, April 23 - May 7, 2015. Courtesy of the San Francisco Film Society.

Capsule reviews: Female directors break the celluloid ceiling at SFFIF

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April 30, 2015
Juliette Binoche as Maria Enders in "Clouds of Sils Maria." Courtesy of IFC Films.

Life mirrors art in ‘Clouds of Sils Maria’

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April 17, 2015
Amazon Prime users have access to Amazon's Instant Video collection. Photo courtesy of Rahim Ullah.

Ranking film and television streaming services

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April 10, 2015
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‘The Room’ director talks new sitcom project, directorial influences

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April 7, 2015
Teo Yoo, Justin Chon and Esteban Ahn in "Seoul Searching." Photo courtesy of Daniel Katz.

CAAMFest: An inside look at this year’s festival

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March 11, 2015
Jack O'Connell as Gary Hook in "'71." Photo courtesy of Roadside Attractions.

Trouble in Belfast: Yann Demange’s ‘ ’71’

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March 4, 2015
Tamsin Egerton as Ophelia in John Boorman's "Queen and Country." Courtesy of Sophie Mutevelian.

John Boorman’s ‘Queen and Country’

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Feb. 27, 2015
Sook (Diana Bang) with Aaron (Seth Rogen) and Dave (James Franco) in Columbia Pictures' THE INTERVIEW. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.

‘The Interview’ and persistent orientalism in film

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Feb. 13, 2015
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Short but sweet: A look at this year’s Oscar nominated short films

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Feb. 6, 2015
Scene from "The King's Surrender." Courtesy of Berlin and Beyond Film Festival.

Berlin and Beyond comes to Palo Alto tonight: ‘The King’s Surrender’ is a brooding study of brotherhood

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Feb. 2, 2015
PARK CITY, UT - JANUARY 26: (L-R) Keri Putnam, Tracy Droz Tragos, Elisabeth Holm, Cristina Ibarra, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Kat Candler, Su Kim, and Sydney Freeland attend the Woman at Sundance Brunch during the 2015 Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2015 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Mat Hayward/Getty Images for Sundance)

Breaking the celluloid ceiling at the Sundance Film Festival

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Jan. 30, 2015
Julianne Moore as Alice. Photo by Linda Kallerus, courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.

‘Still Alice,’ a moving portrait of an Alzheimer’s patient

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Jan. 16, 2015
Michael Keaton as “Riggan” in BIRDMAN. Courtesy of fox searchlight pictures

Xiao’s top five films of 2014

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Jan. 9, 2015
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Best books of 2014

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Jan. 8, 2015
Still from" Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport." Courtesy Warner Home Video.

Revisiting five great films from the National Film Registry’s 25th class of inductees

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Jan. 6, 2015
An exhibit with dance from "National Gallery." Photo courtesy of Zipporah Films.

Wiseman’s new documentary ‘National Gallery’

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Nov. 30, 2014
Eddie Redmayne stars as Stephen Hawking in Academy Award winner James Marsh’s "The Theory of Everything." Photo Credit: Liam Daniel / Focus Features

Eddie Redmayne and screenwriter Anthony McCarten on ‘The Theory of Everything’

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Nov. 13, 2014
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