Sundance 2021, part 7: ‘Flee’

Olivia Popp was a managing editor of Arts & Life for volumes 251 through 254 and the editor-at-large for The Stanford Daily's board of directors for volumes 254 and 255. She hails from Michigan and enjoys science fiction TV shows, independent film festivals, and the Bay Area theater scene.

Sundance 2021, part 6: ‘CODA’

Sundance 2021, part 5: ‘Marvelous and the Black Hole’

Julie Fukunaga is a staff writer for A&L and a senior majoring in Sociology. In her free time, she enjoys talking about the Central Valley, making dishes with cabbage, and occasionally writing nonsense about video games.

Contact her at juliefa 'at' stanford.edu

Asian American film and TV recommendations from the Screen beat

Rosana is an Arts & Life Contributing Writer and a News Staff Writer from La Puente, CA. She enjoys a good hike and is her dog’s biggest fan. The SoCal native misses playing the alto saxophone and looks forward to someday watching the Dodgers (in-person) win another World Series game. Contact her at rmaris 'at' stanforddaily.com.

Jared Klegar ’24 writes for Arts & Life and The Grind and co-chairs the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team. An English major, misplaced modifiers are among his biggest pet peeves. Contact him at jklegar 'at' stanforddaily.com.

Staff Writer, DEI Team Co-Chair

Malia Mendez ’22 is the Vol. 260 Managing Editor of Arts & Life at The Stanford Daily. She is majoring in English with a concentration in Creative Writing, Prose track. Talk to her about Modernist poetry, ecofeminism or coming-of-age films at mmendez 'at' stanforddaily.com.

Managing Editor of Arts & Life

Kyla Figueroa ‘24 is a staff writer for Arts & Life and contributing writer for Opinions and The Grind at the Stanford Daily. She is from Stockton, California and is studying English with a track in Creative Writing. Her favorite subjects to write about are TV, film, books, theatre, activism, and lifestyle. Contact Kyla Figueroa at kfigueroa ‘at’ stanforddaily.com.

“Lost in Translation” is an insult to every Asian and, more broadly, anyone who is not a white American.

The egregious racism against Asians in ‘Lost in Translation’

Nadia Jo '23 is the Desk Editor of Music for Vol. 259 (and previously Vol. 258) and occasionally writes for Screen and Opinions. She is particularly interested in hip-hop, R&B, and classical music. Contact her at njo ‘at’ stanforddaily.com.

On character projection and risk-taking: An evening with Sebastian Stan

Why we need shorter games

Noah Howard '21 is a junior from Sacramento, CA, who has been writing reviews since age eleven. He is interested in politics, hot sauce, and, of course, heated discussions about movies. Contact him at noah.howard 'at' stanford.edu.

In the limelight: ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’ season 2 debut

‘Promising Young Woman’ reclaims the female martyr

On Cloud 9: Jonathan Green ’95 and Gabe Miller ’93 discuss their time on NBC’s ‘Superstore’

5 anime for springtime

‘95 and 6 to Go’ touchingly presents love, loss and history

Sundance 2021, part 4: ‘On the Count of Three’ and ‘Prime Time’

Sundance 2021, part 3: ‘Mayday’ review

70 movies in 7 weeks: Week two (my Bergman awakening)

‘Colette’ explores the ongoing nature of grief

Howdy! I write for the Screen Desk of the Arts & Life Section. Besides watching movies, whenever I have downtime I love reading poetry, writing, and dancing arrhythmically while singing off-key to Kate Bush or Lady Gaga. I love meeting new people and having conversations about anything and everything.

70 movies in 7 weeks: Introduction and week one

Netflix’s ‘Operation Varsity Blues’ empathizes with scandalized figures

‘High School Musical’ films, ranked

‘Solar Opposites’ is lighthearted, gory alien fun

Michael Espinosa '22 is majoring in international relations. He's the head of The Daily's social media team, and editor for the University beat and also occasionally writes for sports, arts, and The Grind. He's the biggest Taylor Swift fan at Stanford and the proudest New Yorker you will ever meet. Contact him at mespinosa 'at' stanforddaily.com.

‘Nomadland,’ the American West and a parable for uncertain times

Wondering about ‘WandaVision’: Season 1, episode 9

Wondering about ‘WandaVision’: Season 1, episode 8

Screen’s picks for Black History month

Fateemah Faiq ’22 is a Screen Staff Writer for the Arts & Life section of The Daily. She is majoring in Linguistics and minoring in Data Science. Geek out with her about TV or send watching recommendations at faiqf ‘at’ stanford.edu.