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characters from Smile 2, Dune 2, Didi, Anora and a monument from Civil War serve as the backdrop for "2024 movies ranked" in black text

Best of 2024 ranked: Five movies that made me feel things

Dyllan Han
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Jan. 30, 2025
Culture
Dancers in "The Nutcracker" pose on stage en pointe.

How the Cardinal Ballet Company brings ‘The Nutcracker’ to life year after year

Kaelyn Tan
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Jan. 30, 2025
Reads
Judith Butler speaks on stage in front of a large crowd.

Feminist philosopher Judith Butler interrogates the novelistic form

Dyllan Han
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Jan. 29, 2025
Culture
John Singer Sargent painting of the four daughters. The youngest one is sitting in the forefront, and the other three are standing in the back.

​​​​​​​​Looking and Feeling: The psychological intensity of an unusual Parisian portrait 

Weili Jin
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Jan. 29, 2025
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A woman stands at a window with the shadow of a hand on her face and "Nosferatu" written as text.

‘Nosferatu’ (2024) marries the beautiful and the grotesque

Cate Burtner
  •  
Jan. 28, 2025
Culture
A hand wafting through illuminated mist.

Stanford students bring original show ‘Book of Dew’ to San Francisco

Saara Piplani
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Jan. 28, 2025
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Four figures loom over sand dunes with the text "Dune: Prophecy" written over the image.

‘Dune: Prophecy’ Season 1 is a bold, but uneven journey into the origins of the Bene Gesserit

Zora Hudson
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Jan. 27, 2025
Culture
Jasmine Jimison and Max Cauthorn in MacMillan's Manon

S.F. Ballet’s ‘Manon’ tells an eerily familiar story of poverty and depravity

Linda Liu
  •  
Jan. 26, 2025
Culture
Members of the sian American Activities Center

Endowment by Will Hsu ’98 and Angie Hsu ’96 empowers Asian American students

Catherine Wu
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Jan. 23, 2025
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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 howl of ‘Nightbitch’ the film barely echoes the novel

Melisa Ezgi Guleryuz
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Jan. 23, 2025
Culture
Isabel Hagen stands in front of curtains cast with ultramarine blue light in the Bing Concert Hall Studio.

Isabel Hagen wins hearts through deadpan existential comedy. And viola.

Cate Burtner
  •  
Jan. 22, 2025
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A person holding a camera with a film scene framed in the lens.

‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ (1974) is a cleverly-written horror classic

Mason Barrett
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Jan. 21, 2025
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A movie director's sign with gender symbols on it with text "HER POV."

Her POV: ‘Babygirl’ is all tension with no release

Blyss Cleveland
  •  
Jan. 20, 2025
Culture
Graphic of a Stanford tree working on a laptop.

Chronically Online: ‘Day in the Life’ influencers democratize the Stanford experience

Chloe Shannon Wong
  •  
Jan. 20, 2025
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The Superman logo 'S' over a colorful background.

‘Superman’ teaser radiates hope and justice for a brighter tomorrow

Sebastian Strawser
  •  
Jan. 16, 2025
Reads
Diana Farid gazes at camera against in front of green leaves and light blue/green hydrangeas.

Stanford Medicine professor and author Diana Farid blends art and medicine through children’s literature

Grace Lee
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Jan. 15, 2025
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Ariana Grande in pink ball gown reaches to the right toward Cynthia Erivo dress up as a witch against pink to green backdrop with "Wicked" behind the actress duo.

‘Wicked’: Defying expectations, from musical to movie

Charlotte Burks
  •  
Jan. 15, 2025
Reads
A shelf of kids books with the covers facing out on display.

Little Libraries transforms clinic waiting rooms into book nooks

Kayla Chan
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Jan. 15, 2025
Reads
A book is open and inside reads 'Rage on the Page.'

Rage on the Page: ‘Boy Parts’ pictures the art of uncomfortable truths

Melisa Ezgi Guleryuz
  •  
Jan. 14, 2025
Music
Dressed in dark formal wear, William Mahrt and his sister Kathy stand in front of a portrait of William.

William “Bill” Mahrt Ph.D. ’69, associate professor of music, dies at 85

Catherine Wu
  •  
Jan. 13, 2025
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