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John Boyega, left, and Scott Eastwood in the movie "Pacific Rim Uprising." (JASIN BOLAND/Universal Pictures)

‘Pacific Rim: Uprising’ doesn’t one-up the original

Noah Howard
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May 14, 2018
Courtesy of Paramount Pictures

‘A Quiet Place’ is silently scary

Hamza Ali Zahurullah
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May 10, 2018
Emma Stone in Damien Chazelle's "La La Land." (Courtesy of Lionsgate)

Recs from the Vault: The best new films I saw in theaters

Carlos Valladares
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May 10, 2018
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‘Gringo’ is a confounding comedy

Zak Sharif
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May 10, 2018
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‘Rampage,’ the giant monster movie, is a colossal failure

Noah Howard
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May 8, 2018
Courtesy of Focus Features

‘Brokeback Mountain’: More than 20 years later, the film and short story redefine queerness

Olivia Popp
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May 4, 2018
No one can resist Bette Davis eyes — except Olivia de Havilland, who sees right through Bad Bette — in the ultra-lit John Huston melodrama "In This Our Life." (Photo: Warner Bros/1942)

Recs from the Vault: “In This Our Life,” “Meet Me in St. Louis,” “McCabe & Mrs. Miller”

Carlos Valladares
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April 26, 2018
Courtesy of Walt Disney Productions

The magic trick behind Disney’s adaptations

Mark York
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April 15, 2018
(Left to right) Pete Townshend of The Who and Elton John is the Pinball Wizard in Ken Russell's "Tommy" (1975). (Courtesy of Columbia Pictures)

Recs from the Vault: ‘Tommy,’ ‘The Verdict,’ ‘Canoa,’ ‘The Bride Wore Black,’ ‘Pretty Poison’

Carlos Valladares
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April 12, 2018
Courtesy of StudioCanal

Cédric Klapisch’s ‘Back to Burgundy’ is a nebulous mess

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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April 5, 2018
(l-r) Sir Ralph Richardson, Dean Stockwell, Katharine Hepburn, and Jason Robards in the Sidney Lumet film of Eugene O'Neill's 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' (1962). Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Recs from the Vault: swampy sounds, Eugene O’Neill and wild Wilder

Carlos Valladares
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April 5, 2018
A scene from Wes Anderson's "Isle of Dogs." It is the American auteur's second animated feature, after 2009's "The Fantastic Mr. Fox." Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures.

From wolves to dogs to Wes: the strange cuteness of ‘Isle of Dogs’

Carlos Valladares
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April 4, 2018
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Cinequest co-founder Kathleen Powell and Canadian actress Tatiana Maslany talk before a screening of Maslany's newest film, "Souls of Totality." (OLIVIA POPP/The Stanford Daily)

‘Orphan Black’ star Tatiana Maslany talks generosity, collaboration and loving the weird

Olivia Popp
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March 16, 2018
Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes in Frank Borzage's 1932 film of the Ernest Hemingway book "A Farewell to Arms." (Courtesy of Paramount Pictures)

At the Stanford Theatre: In ‘A Farewell to Arms,’ Frank Borzage finds love in war

Carlos Valladares
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March 12, 2018
Courtesy of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

‘A Wrinkle in Time’ is Disney’s dizzying failed attempt at creating a trippy sci-fi/fantasy dream

Olivia Popp
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March 9, 2018
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‘Loveless’ is an unblinking examination of a world lost without love

Elaine Kim
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March 7, 2018
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Phantasmagoria may be the saving grace of ‘Annihilation’

Noah Howard
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March 5, 2018
Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957) and Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982) star in the Warner Brothers film "Casablanca" (1942). (Courtesy of Popperfoto/Getty Images)

Past Oscar Best Picture winners worth a rewatch

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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March 5, 2018
Timotheé Chamalet and Armie Hammer in "Call Me By Your Name." (Courtesy of Sony Pictures)

The Daily’s Oscar Predictions 2018

Arts & Life Screen Beat writers
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March 2, 2018
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‘The Post’ is not ordinary Oscar bait

Jacob Nierenberg
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Feb. 23, 2018
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