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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
The Castro Theater, built in 1922, has become a San Francisco landmark (JONATHAN GOODY/Flickr).

Historic movie theaters of San Francisco

Emilia Diaz-Magaloni
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Jan. 14, 2019
The Los Angeles Public Library uses Overdrive to make books available online (courtesy of Flickr).

An ode to OverDrive

Shana E. Hadi
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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
At bookstores, customers encounter surfeits of superb stories (TIM FRITZ/Flickr).

Reflections on book selling and book readers

Sofia Schlozman
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Jan. 10, 2019
During his time at Stanford, Yung Slee has become a prolific musician (courtesy of Yung Slee).

Yung Slee crafts songs from Stanford

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Jan. 9, 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
Boots Riley, writer and director of "Sorry to Bother You," speaks at Stanford after a screening of his film. (OLIVIA POPP/The Stanford Daily)

Boots Riley on ‘Sorry to Bother You,’ political organizing and making a difference

Olivia Popp and AnQi Yu
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Jan. 7, 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
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A holiday trio of reads

Katherine Silk, Claire Francis and Shana E. Hadi
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Dec. 14, 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
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
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
As evidenced by this shelf, Dr. Emily Rabiner is an avid reader (courtesy of Emily Rabiner).

Shelf-indulgence: What professors are reading (Part 2)

Claire Francis
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Nov. 28, 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
Courtesy of Chicago the Musical

Touring production of ‘Chicago’ razzles and dazzles

Olivia Popp
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Nov. 17, 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
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