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Benedict Cumberbatch portrays the Grinch as a cute creature (courtesy of Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures).

‘The Grinch’ for the modern moment

Hayley Hodson
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Dec. 17, 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
Meth addiction tears a family apart in "Beautiful Boy" (courtesy of Amazon Studios).

‘Beautiful Boy’: A tragic story of addiction

Emilia Diaz-Magaloni
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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
Rosamund Pike powerfully portrays war correspondent Marie Colvin in "A Private War" (PAUL CONROY/Aviron Pictures).

‘A Private War’ grounds a journalistic goddess

Noah Howard
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Nov. 27, 2018
"The Other Side of the Wind" is Orson Welles' final film (courtesy of Netflix).

Beware Orson Welles’ final film

Hayley Hodson
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Nov. 26, 2018
The talents of Mackenzie Foy and Keira Knightley can't redeem "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms" (courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures).

‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’ is a lump of coal

Kaycee Branche
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Nov. 14, 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
Rebecca Sun, a senior reporter at The Hollywood Reporter (left), talks with “Crazy Rich Asians” screenwriter Adele Lim (right) at the 2018 Confluence Summit hosted by Winston Baker in Menlo Park. (OLIVIA POPP/The Stanford Daily)

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ screenwriter, VR leaders unite at second annual Confluence Summit

Olivia Popp
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Nov. 9, 2018
Glenn Silber experienced firsthand the events he documented in "The War at Home" (courtesy of The Wisconsin Historical Society).

Interview: ‘The War at Home’ is as relevant today as it was upon release

Hannah Blum
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Nov. 8, 2018
Lisa Spinelli (Maggie Gyllenhaal) mentors a precocious poet in "The Kindergarten Teacher" (courtesy of Netflix).

“The Kindergarten Teacher” challenges audiences

Juan Fueyo-Gomez
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Nov. 7, 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
Ben Werdegar plays guitar on the soundtrack of "A Star Is Born" (NEAL PRESTON/Warner Bros. Pictures).

Interview: Stanford’s Ben Werdegar on music for ‘A Star is Born’

Hayley Hodson
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Nov. 2, 2018
"The War at Home" discusses the domestic discontent that developed during the Vietnam War (courtesy of Wisconsin Historical Society).

‘The War at Home’ connects present with past

Hannah Blum
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Nov. 2, 2018
"Studio 54" focuses on the famous nightclub, which was frequented by celebrities like Liza Minnelli, Bianca Jagger, Andy Warhol and Halston (ADAM SCULL/Zeitgeist Films).

“Studio 54” is a study of an (in)famous 70s nightclub

Simone Zhu
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Oct. 24, 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
Fifty years after its release, Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" is as odd and as awesome as ever (courtesy of Dmitri Kessel/Getty Images).

‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ is a bizarre, epic journey

Noah Howard
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Oct. 22, 2018
Jakob Cedergren plays a disillusioned emergency dispatcher in "The Guilty" (courtesy of Magnolia Pictures).

‘The Guilty’ delivers thrills from behind a telephone

Grace Zhou
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Oct. 19, 2018
Ryan Gosling reaches for the stars in this biopic about Neil Armstrong (courtesy of Universal Pictures).

‘First Man’ flies high

Hayley Hodson
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Oct. 17, 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
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