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Warren Beatty plays a hedonistic hairdresser in Hal Ashby's "Shampoo" (courtesy of Sony Pictures and The Criterion Collection).

Sex, society and ‘Shampoo’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Jan. 14, 2019
MINT Magazine's fall 2018 issue explores "the politics of inversion"(KELSEY WANG and JESSICA YEUNG/MINT Magazine).

MINT Magazine, fall 2018 — reviewed

Chasity Hale
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Jan. 11, 2019
Mimi Leder's new film shows how Ruth Bader Ginsberg surmounted sexism (courtesy of Focus Features).

‘On the Basis of Sex’ can’t win the case

Grace Zhou
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Jan. 10, 2019
Charlie (Hailee Steinfeld) finds an unlikely friend in the autobot Bumblebee, a refugee to Earth whom Charlie discovers. “Bumblebee” is the most recent installment in the Transformers franchise. (Courtesy of Paramount Pictures)

‘Bumblebee’: A masterfully nostalgic love letter to the 80s

Olivia Popp
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Jan. 9, 2019
Hua Chenyu's cover of Cui Jian's "Fake Monk" is completely compelling (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

Hua Chenyu’s peerless performances

Enshia Li
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Jan. 7, 2019
Dale Bell and Harry Wiland make documentaries about pressing social issues (courtesy of Media Policy Center).

Documentaries for good: Dale Bell and Harry Wiland discuss the Media and Policy Center

Hayley Hodson
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Dec. 19, 2018
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
Virginia Woolf is the author of "Mrs. Dalloway," first published in 1925 (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

The bearable heaviness of being: reflections on ‘Mrs. Dalloway’

Carly Taylor
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Dec. 10, 2018
Jefferson Mays stars in the Geffen Playhouse world premiere adaption of Charles Dickens’ "A Christmas Carol,” directed by Michael Arden. (Courtesy of Chris Whitaker)

Geffen Playhouse’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ shines with a solo holiday performance

Olivia Popp
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Dec. 7, 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
Most people read the 1831 edition of "Frankenstein," but it is not Mary Shelley's original version (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons).

‘Frankenstein’ and its transformations

Shana E. Hadi
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Nov. 29, 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
Neil Gaiman is the award-winning author of "The Sandman," "American Gods," "Coraline" and "The Graveyard Book" (STANISLAV LVOVSKY/Flickr).

The stardust surrounding Neil Gaiman

Shana E. Hadi and Claire Francis
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Nov. 16, 2018
Many actors in "Gaieties" are freshmen, making their debuts on Stanford's stages (KHUYEN LE/The Stanford Daily).

Gaieties 2018 is an enchanting testament to individualism and community

Chloe Wintersteen
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Nov. 15, 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
Craig Thompson muses on memory in his graphic novel "Blankets." (Courtesy of Craig Thompson)

Listening to the silence of memory in Thompson’s ‘Blankets’

Lily Nilipour
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Nov. 12, 2018
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