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Critic’s Pick

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Moses Sumney’s ‘Aromanticism’ is a dreamy reflection on lovelessness

Jacob Nierenberg
  •  
Jan. 25, 2018
Photo credit to Claire Thompson.

Sharing Culture, Sharing Strength: a benefit show by Cardinal Calypso, Stanford Talisman and Catch-a-Fyah

Claire Thompson
  •  
Jan. 23, 2018
PAUL GEORGE/Flickr

Stanford Review 2.0 and ahistoricity

Ben Maldonado
  •  
Jan. 22, 2018
John Howard, Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart in 'The Philadelphia Story.' (DEEMS TAYLOR/Wikimedia Commons)

George Cukor’s 1940 film ‘The Philadelphia Story’ delights audiences, even today

Amir Abou-Jaoude
  •  
Jan. 19, 2018
Marilyn Monroe shows the boys who's boss at paddleball in a lobby card for John Huston's THE MISFITS (1961). Courtesy of Jerry Murbach.

‘The Misfits,’ Marilyn Monroe’s final film, is bleak perfection

Carlos Valladares
  •  
Jan. 18, 2018
(Photo: Flickr)

The joy of committing (to memory)

Scott Stevens
  •  
Jan. 17, 2018
Courtesy of Paris Review

Exploring beginnings in Mary Ruefle’s ‘Madness, Rack, and Honey’

Maddie Kim
  •  
Jan. 16, 2018
Björk on an acoustic tour. (SANTIAGO FELIPE/Wikimedia Commons)

Björk’s ‘Utopia’ is full of love

Jacob Nierenberg
  •  
Jan. 16, 2018
Courtesy of SFFILM

‘The Green Fog’ is a dizzying Hitchcock homage

Rey Barceló
  •  
Jan. 16, 2018
Courtesy of The Come Up Show

Wind down with Daniel Caesar’s debut album ‘Freudian’

Nivedha Soundappan
  •  
Jan. 16, 2018
Golshifteh Farahani ("About Elly") and Adam Driver ("Star Wars") are husband and wife in Jim Jarmusch's PATERSON, Carlos Valladares' favorite new film he saw in 2017. (Photo: Bleecker Street and Amazon Video/2016)

Carlos Valladares’ favorite movies of 2017

Carlos Valladares
  •  
Jan. 10, 2018
(PHILLIP CAPPER/Wikimedia Commons)

Dirty realism: Authenticity in the 20th century

Gracie Newman
  •  
Jan. 7, 2018
KRISTS LUHAERS/@Kristsll

Tree-Mix, Volume 5: Songs of 2017

Arts & Life Music Beat writers
  •  
Dec. 28, 2017
Dua Lipa performs on November 13, 2016, at the Iridium in New York City for an MTV Setlist taping. (Sachyn/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)

Artist to watch: Dua Lipa

Ugur Dursun
  •  
Dec. 25, 2017
Courtesy of Frank Chen

Stanford Theater Lab’s ‘Angels in America, pt. 1’ sparkles with heavenly life

Lora Supandi
  •  
Dec. 9, 2017
Study of a Figure Outdoors: Woman with a Parasol (Facing Left)/Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Sexuality and stanzaic construction in ‘Warming Her Pearls’ and ‘Martha Pt. 2’

Claire Francis
  •  
Dec. 9, 2017
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Comedy’s controversial hero T.J. Miller delights audiences at Dinkelspiel

Olivia Popp
  •  
Dec. 9, 2017
SZA live in Toronto (Courtesy of The Come Up Show/FLICKR)

Album(s) of the Year, part 5: Rising stars

Jacob Kuppermann
  •  
Dec. 4, 2017
Paramore performs at the Royal Albert Hall in London. (Ralph PH/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)

Album(s) of the Year, part 4: Introspective pop

Jourdann Fraser
  •  
Nov. 30, 2017
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Stegner Fellows Graham Barnhart and Yoon Choi share memory in poetry and prose

Claire Thompson
  •  
Nov. 29, 2017
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