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Hot off the presses: Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant in Howard Hawks' "His Girl Friday." Photo: Columbia/1940 and Dr. Macro.

Valladares: In a sentimental mood

Carlos Valladares
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June 14, 2018
Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes in Frank Borzage's 1932 film of the Ernest Hemingway book "A Farewell to Arms." (Courtesy of Paramount Pictures)

At the Stanford Theatre: In ‘A Farewell to Arms,’ Frank Borzage finds love in war

Carlos Valladares
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March 12, 2018
Baby (ANSEL ELGORT) is chased by the cops in Edgar Wright's "Baby Driver," in theaters Wednesday, June 28. (Photo: Wilson Webb, Tristar Pictures)

Pop thrills: Edgar Wright’s ‘Baby Driver’ is a smart, sexy musical for the age of Spotify

Carlos Valladares
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June 28, 2017
The inner gatefold cover of the Beatles' 1967 album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". Courtesy of Apple Corps, Ltd.

‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’: Reflections on a Beatles opus, 50 years on

Carlos Valladares
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June 6, 2017
Natalie Portman as "Jackie Kennedy" in JACKIE. Photo by Stephanie Branchu. © 2016 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved.

Amir Abou-Jaoude’s top five films of 2016

Amir Abou-Jaoude
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Jan. 10, 2017
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone on a date night along the Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena in "La La Land," the new musical by Damien Chazelle. (Photo: Dale Robinette, Lionsgate.)

Southeast of Eden: An Angeleno’s take on Damien Chazelle’s ‘La La Land’

Carlos Valladares
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Dec. 18, 2016
Agyness Deyn as Chris Guthrie in Terence Davies' "Sunset Song", adapted from the classic Scottish novel of the same name by Lewis Grassic Gibbon. (Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures)

Film review: Terence Davies’ ‘Sunset Song’ is lilting, lyrical, life-affirming poetry

Carlos Valladares
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June 3, 2016
Patricia Reyes Spíndola plays a sex-worker whose night with two wrestlers (Juan Francisco Garduño and Guillermo López) turns ugly in Arturo Ripstein's "Bleak Street." (Courtesy of Victor Mendiola)

Film review: Mexican must-see “Bleak Street” mixes poetry and poverty

Carlos Valladares
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March 9, 2016
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Why ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ is the best Bond flick

Carlos Valladares
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Nov. 6, 2015
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