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Sienna Guillory in a scene from Ben Wheatley's sci-fi "High-Rise." (Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures)

Film review: “High-Rise” deals capitalism a pseudo-low-blow

Connor Huchton
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May 12, 2016
Shangguan Linfeng kicks ass and takes names in King Hu's "Dragon Inn," now restored and re-released in American theaters. (Courtesy of Janus Films).

Film review: King Hu’s newly restored “Dragon Inn” is a must-see martial-arts masterpiece

Carlos Valladares
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May 8, 2016
Team Cap takes off in Marvel's "Captain America: Civil War" (Courtesy of Disney).

Marvel’s ‘Captain America: Civil War’ redeems the superhero genre

Raymond Maspons
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May 5, 2016
(l-r) Jerome Holder and Jonathan Pryce star in "Dough." (Courtesy of Menemsha Films)

Jewish baker comedy “Dough” never rises above its flat pancake premise

Reed Canaan
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May 2, 2016
A scene from director Jeremy Saulnier's latest film "Green Room." (Credit: Scott Patrick Green, A24 Pictures.)

Director Jeremy Saulnier and actor Anton Yelchin talk “Green Room”, acting technique

Raymond Maspons
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April 21, 2016
Patrick Stewart and actors in "Green Room." (Credit: Scott Patrick Green, A24 Pictures.)

Film review: “Green Room” is nutty neo-Nazisploitation (and it’s pretty good)

Raymond Maspons
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April 21, 2016
(l-r) Director-writer Spencer Slovic and cinematographer Matt Shimura set up a shot on the set of Cardinal Studios' latest short film "Cashoe". Credit: Spencer Slovic.

New student film ‘Cashoe’ chews over Silicon Valley life

Carlos Valladares
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April 15, 2016
Jake Gyllenhaal as "Davis" in DEMOLITION. Photo Courtesy of Fox Searchlight.

Film review: “Demolition” is more than its cynicism shows

Reed Canaan
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April 12, 2016
MELISSA MCCARTHY stars as Michelle Darnell in "The Boss". Credit: Hopper Stone, Universal Pictures.

Film review: No one’s the “Boss” in Melissa McCarthy’s dud

Connor Huchton
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April 11, 2016
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Film review: ‘Sold’ sells story of human trafficking short

Reed Canaan
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April 8, 2016
A riveting scene from "The Film Everyone Hates." (Courtesy of Jimmy Olsen, The Daily Planet)

Film review: ‘The Film Everyone Hates’ defies explanation

Arts and Life Editors
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April 1, 2016
Blake Jenner (right) stars in "Everybody Wants Some!!" (Courtesy of Van Redin)

Film review: Linklater’s ‘Everybody Wants Some!!’ strikes out

Carlos Valladares
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March 31, 2016
A scene from "Midnight Special." (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures)

Film review: Jeff Nichols’s sci-fi thriller “Midnight Special” is transcendent

Connor Huchton
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March 31, 2016
Ben Affleck as Batman and Henry Cavill as Superman in Zack Snyder's latest bomb. (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures)

Film review: “Batman v. Superman” vs. intelligence

Raymond Maspons
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March 31, 2016
(l-r) Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot and Ben Affleck in "Batman v. Superman." (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures)

Making up my dang mind about ‘Batman v. Superman’

Will Ferrer
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March 31, 2016
The Stanford Theatre, 221 University Ave. (GABRIELLA GROTH/The Stanford Daily)

Hitchcock at the Stanford Theater

Carlos Valladares
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March 30, 2016
(l to r) Cate Blanchett stars as ‘Nancy’ and Christian Bale as ‘Rick’ in Terrence Malick's drama KNIGHT OF CUPS, a Broad Green Pictures release. Credit: Melinda Sue Gordon / Broad Green Pictures

Film review: Malick’s “Knight of Cups” defies words

Carlos Valladares
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March 11, 2016
Patricia Reyes Spíndola plays a sex-worker whose night with two wrestlers (Juan Francisco Garduño and Guillermo López) turns ugly in Arturo Ripstein's "Bleak Street." (Courtesy of Victor Mendiola)

Film review: Mexican must-see “Bleak Street” mixes poetry and poverty

Carlos Valladares
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March 9, 2016
Zhao Tao in a scene from Jia Zhangke's "Mountains May Depart."

Film review: Jia Zhangke’s intriguing “Mountains May Depart”

Connor Huchton
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March 9, 2016
Tom Hardy in George Miller's "Mad Max: Fury Road." (Courtesy of Jasin Boland, Warner Bros. Pictures)

Oscars 2016: Carlos’s picks

Carlos Valladares
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Feb. 26, 2016
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