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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
Uttam Kumar plays a struggling film star in Satyajit Ray's "The Hero" (courtesy of The RDB Organization and The Criterion Collection).

Satyajit Ray muses on movies and money in ‘The Hero’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Oct. 12, 2018
Courtesy of Baobab Studios

Baobab Studios founder Maureen Fan on why you don’t have to know what you want

Chloe Barreau
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Oct. 12, 2018
David Niven and Kim Hunter traverse heaven and earth in "A Matter of Life and Death" (courtesy of Sony Pictures and The Criterion Collection).

Powell and Pressburger portray two wonderful worlds in ‘A Matter of Life and Death’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Oct. 9, 2018
Cary Grant and Irene Dunne play a conflicted, comedic couple in "The Awful Truth" (courtesy of Sony Pictures and The Criterion Collection).

In ‘The Awful Truth,’ McCarey crafts a comedy about class

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Oct. 8, 2018
Victor Erice examines mysteries and memories in "El Sur" (courtesy of Video Mercury and The Criterion Collection).

In ‘El Sur,’ Victor Erice contemplates childhood

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Oct. 5, 2018
n Josef von Sternberg's "Shanghai Express," Marlene Dietrich seems divine (courtesy of Universal Pictures and The Criterion Collection).

Von Sternberg creates a land of light and shadow in ‘Shanghai Express’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Oct. 4, 2018
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