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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
  •  
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
  •  
Nov. 12, 2018
Fans of house, trap, EDM and hip-hop flocked to the Treasure Island Music Festival (courtesy of Josh Withers).

Treasure Island Music Festival features a variety of awesome acts

Dylan Grosz
  •  
Nov. 9, 2018
Speculative fiction is set in "The Uncanny Valley," where robots resemble humans (CHRISTOPHER DOMBRES/Flickr).

Speculative Fiction: the suspension of disbelief in “humanized” characters

Shana E. Hadi
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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
Chicago rapper Noname performs in 2016 at the first annual REC., a music festival in Rotterdam (RENE PASET/Flickr).

Noname finds identity on sophomore album ‘Room 25’

Caroline Hallee
  •  
Nov. 5, 2018
Gabriella Momah and Megan Timpane play lovers in Hansol Jung's "Cardboard Piano" (courtesy of Lois Tema).

‘Cardboard Piano’ crafts a beautiful queer tragedy

Olivia Popp
  •  
Nov. 5, 2018
Courtney Flores' costumes reflect the 1950s setting of Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun" (COURTNEY FLORES/Stanford TAPS).

Dream deferred? TAPS + BLACKstage’s “A Raisin in the Sun” is a dream fulfilled

Chloe Wintersteen
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Nov. 1, 2018
In Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights," Heathcliff is a haunted antihero (ZINC CARAS/Flickr).

Culture and the occult: Eerie reads for Halloweek

Claire Francis
  •  
Nov. 1, 2018
Arts & Life
The Reads beat recommends some spine-chilling stories for Halloween (BRIAN HERZOG/Flickr).

Bewitching Halloween reads

Arts & Life Reads beat writers, Sofia Schlozman, Olivia Manes, Carly Taylor, Scott Stevens, Mark York and Shana E. Hadi
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Oct. 31, 2018
Emma Stone and Jonah Hill play a plethora of different personas in "Maniac" (courtesy of Netflix).

‘Maniac’ considers the mysteries of the mind

Emilia Diaz-Magaloni
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Oct. 31, 2018
"The Haunting of Hill House" is based on Shirley Jackson's classic novel (courtesy of Netflix).

‘The Haunting of Hill House’ combines scares with compelling characters

Kaycee Branche
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Oct. 30, 2018
"Contact Warhol" demonstrates that the artist's photography inspired paintings like "Hammer and Sickle" (courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art and the Andy Warhol Foundation).

Andy Warhol in our minds and in photographic film

Chasity Hale
  •  
Oct. 29, 2018
Young Thug is one of the most talented trap musicians working today (DAN GARCIA/Flickr).

Young Thug’s ‘On the Rvn’ is tremendous trap music

Christina Macintosh
  •  
Oct. 29, 2018
Ben (Cassidy Brown) and Daniel (Jomar Tagatac) in "You Mean to Do Me Harm." (Courtesy of Ken Levin)

‘You Mean to Do Me Harm’ challenges bias and perception at SF Playhouse

Olivia Popp
  •  
Oct. 29, 2018
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