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‘My Life At the Movies’: Rachel Kushner explores cultural authority and the influence of film 

Zora Hudson
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May 11
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The Stanford Scene: West Mulholland ’27 balances stardom and Stanford

Paolo Ferreira Reitz
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May 8
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A boy is holding a camera with an image of a gunslinger in the lens.

‘For a Few Dollars More’ (1965) surpasses its predecessor

Mason Barrett
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April 8, 2025
Culture
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Trope-tastic: What can we do about Mary Sue?

Ellaheh Gohari
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March 10, 2025
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Second Take: ‘Milk’ highlights gay hope and humanity

Sebastian Strawser
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March 6, 2025
Culture
Graphic for Ellaheh Gohari's '28 column on tropes in film and media.

Trope-Tastic: Embrace the villainous virtuoso

Ellaheh Gohari
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Feb. 16, 2025
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A woman stands at a window with the shadow of a hand on her face and "Nosferatu" written as text.

‘Nosferatu’ (2024) marries the beautiful and the grotesque

Cate Burtner
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Jan. 28, 2025
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Two hands hold open a book with the words "Rage on the Page" sprawled in it in black and red.

Rage on the Page: The howl of ‘Nightbitch’ the film barely echoes the novel

Melisa Ezgi Guleryuz
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Jan. 23, 2025
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‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ (1974) is a cleverly-written horror classic

Mason Barrett
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Jan. 21, 2025
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A movie director's sign with gender symbols on it with text "HER POV."

Her POV: ‘Babygirl’ is all tension with no release

Blyss Cleveland
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Jan. 20, 2025
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‘Superman’ teaser radiates hope and justice for a brighter tomorrow

Sebastian Strawser
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Jan. 16, 2025
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A movie director's sign with gender symbols on it with text "HER POV."

Her POV: ‘Madeline’s Madeline’ artfully breaks down the parent-child bond

Blyss Cleveland
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Jan. 12, 2025
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A girl (Moana, the titular character) holds an oar and smiles confidently.

‘Moana 2’ drowns in money and fails to make waves

Anthony Martinez Rosales
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Dec. 11, 2024
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Three South Asian people stand in the middle of a crowd, with the text "In Focus" across the bottom of the image.

In Focus: ‘C/o Kancharpelam’ addresses the small town taboo of love

Srithanya Satish
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Nov. 20, 2024
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A movie screen in a dark theater depicts teenagers in a high school hallway

Levin celebrates birthday at Presidential FLiCKS

Cate Burtner
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Nov. 19, 2024
The Grind
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Overheard at Stanford: ‘Men destrAHOYed this nation’

Linden Hansen
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Nov. 18, 2024
The Grind
Stanford transfer students hold 'Class of 2026' and 'Class of 2027' banners.

Transfer students share their ‘Why Stanford?’ stories

Catherine Wu
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Nov. 12, 2024
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A girl stares up at the camera with the text 'Anora' over her face

‘Anora’ mostly avoids tired tropes about sex work 

Blyss Cleveland
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Nov. 11, 2024
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"Talk Horror To Me" is written in bloody letters on a wall.

Talk Horror to Me: Meet ‘Abigail,’ the first pirouetting vampire

Emma Kexin Wang
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Nov. 7, 2024
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The movie character Venom sticks his tongue out with the word "Review" next to him.

‘Venom: The Last Dance’ lands its finale

Anthony Martinez Rosales
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Nov. 5, 2024
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