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Arts & Life
Tadizo's ethereal beauty hastens Gustav von Aschenbach's "Death in Venice" (courtesy of Photofest).

‘Death in Venice’ documents the decline of the bourgeoisie

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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April 2, 2019
Arts & Life
Billie Eilish has just released her debut album "WHEN WE FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?" (Courtesy of Flickr).

At 17 years old, Billie Eilish may have the album of the year

Holden Foreman
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March 29, 2019
Arts & Life
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Trying my hand at reading the menu like a linguist

Sofia Schlozman
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March 25, 2019
Arts & Life
In "Climax," director Gaspar Noe uses long takes to capture dynamic dancing (courtesy of A24 and Wild Bunch).

Gaspar Noé’s ‘Climax’ is a chaotic triumph, not for the faint of heart

Marika Tron
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March 18, 2019
Arts & Life
Bobby Pragada '19 and Gwen Le '22 star in Olivia Popp '21's "Double Vision," a riveting sci-fi musical comedy. (Courtesy of Olivia Popp)

With ‘Double Vision,’ Olivia Popp ’21 envisions new creative paths

Jacob Kuppermann
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March 14, 2019
Arts & Life
Danielle Stagger delivered a stellar performance as Nina Rosario in the recent on-campus production of "In the Heights" (courtesy of Renata Miller).

‘In The Heights’ is a stunning debut from Latinx in Theater

Noah Bennett
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March 13, 2019
Arts & Life
Captain Marvel is the first female superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (courtesy of Walt Disney Studios).

‘Captain Marvel’ is almost marvelous

Noah Howard
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March 8, 2019
Arts & Life
The British monkey butler is the most compelling character in the inane superhero show "Umbrella Academy" (courtesy of Netflix).

I hated ‘The Umbrella Academy’ and I can’t wait for season two

Bobby Pragada
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March 5, 2019
Arts & Life
The songs the Harmonics performed in "mood" captured various aspects of Stanford student experience (courtesy of Amanda Lim).

The Harmonics melodiously muse on the ‘mood’ of winter quarter

Natalie Francis
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March 5, 2019
Arts & Life
"Sex Education" is edifying because it focuses on dynamic characters and features a diverse cast (courtesy of Netflix).

‘Sex Education’ is compulsory viewing

Caroline Keyes
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March 4, 2019
Don't Tell Comedy performs in a variety of spaces and keeps its set list secret until showtime (courtesy of Don't Tell Comedy).

‘Don’t Tell Comedy’ provides an inventive twist on the comedy club formula

Jack Greenberg
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March 1, 2019
Dinesh D'Souza, who will speak on campus tonight, is the director of "Death of a Nation" (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

‘Death of a Nation’ is dead in the water

Noah Howard
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Feb. 28, 2019
Stand-up comedian Jenny Zigrino recently performed her raunchy routine on campus (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

Stanford Live partners with Stand Up, D to bring Jenny Zigrino to campus

John Coffey
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Feb. 28, 2019
In her landmark essays "A Room of One's Own" and "Professions for Women," Virginia Woolf critiques female archetypes (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

Woolf, witches and wives: Coming of age through archetype

Claire Francis
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Feb. 27, 2019
Daniel Day-Lewis and Michelle Pfeiffer deliver impassioned performances in Martin Scorsese's "The Age of Innocence" (courtesy of Columbia Pictures and The Criterion Collection).

Scorsese uses allusion to conjure up ‘The Age of Innocence’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Feb. 26, 2019
"Fauve" follows two boys on their journey through an empty wilderness (courtesy of Shorts TV).

Tales of boyhood and family in this year’s Oscar-nominated live-action short films

Marika Tron
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Feb. 25, 2019
The Stanford Shakespeare Company presents "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (courtesy of Frank Chen).

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ delves into the trials of love through fantasy

Shana E. Hadi
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Feb. 22, 2019
In "Happy Death Day 2U," the intrepid Tree Gelbman must once again outwit a ruthless killer (courtesy of Universal Pictures).

‘Happy Death Day 2U’ is a happy accident

Kaycee Branche
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Feb. 22, 2019
In her new book "Becoming," former First Lady Michelle Obama concentrates on her own personal causes rather than politics (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

Michelle Obama: Putting the first in First Lady

Sarah Kim
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Feb. 21, 2019
"Narcos: Mexico" follows the ambitious, enigmatic Felix Gallardo as he becomes a drug kingpin (courtesy of Netflix)

‘Narcos: Mexico’ doesn’t quite hit the same high the original did

Hannah Blum
  •  
Feb. 21, 2019
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