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Two hands hold open a book with the words "Rage on the Page" sprawled in it in black and red.

Rage on the Page: ‘The New Me’ by Halle Butler — a bleak, brilliant burnout of a novel

Melisa Ezgi Guleryuz
  •  
April 9
Screen
A boy is holding a camera with an image of a gunslinger in the lens.

‘For a Few Dollars More’ (1965) surpasses its predecessor

Mason Barrett
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April 8
Culture
Memchu photo by Da-hee Kim.

Death of the Masterpiece: Everything is beautiful

Istaara Amjad
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April 8
Reads
Illustration of the "Dream Count" book on a teal background.

Adichie’s long-awaited ‘Dream Count’ leaves voids instead of dreams

Cate Burtner
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April 7
Screen
Man looks to his left.

‘Again, Time’: Ben Russell meditates on the cinematic medium

Alexandra Blum
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April 7
Screen
A movie director's sign with gender symbols on it with text "HER POV."

Her POV: Spotlighting landmark independent films directed by Black women

Blyss Cleveland
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April 3
Screen
A toy monkey is smiling eerily in the shadows.

The Monkey Review: Horror, humor and the drumbeat of doom

Zora Hudson
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April 2
Reads
cut outs from newspapers form a human silhouette behind the title of the column "Brutal Monsters"

‘Alone With You in the Ether’ is a fantasy of unrealism

Cate Burtner
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April 2
Reads
Exterior of Mariposa House

Q&A: Keith Ekiss discusses writer ecosystems and Poet’s House

Kayla Chan
  •  
April 1
Film
A mirror reflects a standing camera.

Behind the scenes of a 48-hour film competition

Paolo Ferreira Reitz
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March 31
Culture
Photo of Olivier van Deuren’s A Young Astronomer, painted around 1685, is in the collection of The National Gallery, London.

The intimate Dutch portrait that poses galactic questions

Weili Jin
  •  
March 30
Reads
Poet Safia Elhillo holds a copy of her book, "Girls That Never Die," and speaks into a microphone.

Slam poets honor community and identity at third annual ‘Poetry Live!’

Cate Burtner
  •  
March 16, 2025
Culture
Photographer George Steinmetz ’79 leans over a railing in a black and white image.

George Steinmetz on the hidden costs of our food system

Chetanya Pandey
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March 13, 2025
Culture
Gabriella Montez in High School Musical 3.

Stanford in the Media: ‘To All the Boys: Always and Forever’ depicts realistic college admissions

Emma Muller
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March 13, 2025
Culture
Photo from “bed,” a senior theater capstone by Sid Zhang ’25.

Senior theater capstone ‘bed’ explores dreamscapes through multimedia, experimental approach

Audrey Chang
  •  
March 12, 2025
Culture
Photo of the lab aprons student Haein Shim ’28 and Joseph Ho ’28 decorated in tribute to the food items they created in lab.

From the periodic table to the food we eat: ‘Chemistry in the Kitchen’ draws students in

Derrick Chen
  •  
March 12, 2025
Music
The power dynamics of Indian entertainment may reveal why South Asian music hasn't gone global. (Graphic: DA-HEE KIM/The Stanford Daily)

Mainstream & Margins: Why hasn’t South Asian music gone global?

Rishi Jeyamurthy
  •  
March 12, 2025
Culture
Photo from Cheonggae Ilsu Cha’s exhibition in the East Asian Library.

To paint like a child again: Exploring Cheonggae Ilsu Cha’s exhibition at the East Asian Library

Vivian Liang
  •  
March 11, 2025
Culture
Memchu photo by Da-hee Kim.

Death of the Masterpiece: The souvenirs of having lived

Istaara Amjad
  •  
March 11, 2025
Culture
Graphic for Ellaheh Gohari's '28 column on tropes in film and media.

Trope-tastic: What can we do about Mary Sue?

Ellaheh Gohari
  •  
March 10, 2025
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