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‘Cléo from 5 to 7’: Agnès Varda depicts real-world anxieties in real time

Emmett Chung
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Jan. 19
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A movie director's sign with gender symbols on it with text "HER POV."

Her POV: ‘Sorry, Baby’ hits hard, apologizes for nothing 

Blyss Cleveland
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Jan. 5
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A movie director's sign with gender symbols on it with text "HER POV."

Her POV: Who gets to survive ‘A House Of Dynamite’ in the United States?

Blyss Cleveland
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Nov. 12
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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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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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"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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I watched 40 movies this summer. Here are my five favorites.

Ellaheh Gohari
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Oct. 30, 2024
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What do Stanford tennis players think about ‘Challengers’?

Annie Tang
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Aug. 1, 2024
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Talk Horror to Me: Documenting trauma in ‘Nope’ (2022)

Emma Kexin Wang
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Feb. 12, 2024
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The new ‘Mean Girls’ falls flat, but not without something ‘fetch’ for Gen Z

Katie Mannion and Annie Virsik
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Jan. 31, 2024
The Grind
A drawing of a man and woman in formal wear, not looking at each other

Romance is dead: Why everything was more meaningful in the past

Lara Seyahi
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Jan. 22, 2024
Arts & Life
Person wearing 3D movie glasses reflecting scenes from "Singin' in the Rain," eating popcorn, with backdrop of music notes

The Sound of Cinema: ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ transforms dancing and splashing into musical joy

Anthony Martinez Rosales
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Jan. 11, 2024
The Grind
"The storyline essentially hangs by a thread on a roll of Kodak film." (Photo: ALICE FANG/The Stanford Daily)

‘Curry and Pepper’: The Kodak Ad

Alice Fang
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Nov. 9, 2023
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Talk Horror to Me: Misdirected forms of human connections in ‘Talk to Me’

Emma Kexin Wang
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Nov. 8, 2023
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‘Good’ girlhood: ‘Aftersun’ and the pain of turning girlhood memories into adult wisdom

Blyss Cleveland
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Oct. 16, 2023
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‘Bottoms’: The perfect teenage-lesbian-fight-club fever dream 

Blyss Cleveland
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Oct. 5, 2023
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A graphic featuring a scene from the movie "Wings" (1927).

20/20 Vision: Legacy of ‘Wings’ (1927) as the first Best Picture

Anthony Martinez Rosales
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May 25, 2023
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A drawing of the outline of a father and son sitting on the couch watching TV together. The background is black with the outlines drawn in white. At the bottom of the drawing are the words "films my father loves."

Films My Father Loves: In spite of everything, ‘Life is Beautiful’

Allan Lopez
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Feb. 1, 2023
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A drawing of the outline of a father and son sitting on the couch watching TV together. The background is black with the outlines drawn in white. At the bottom of the drawing are the words "films my father loves."

Films my father loves: ‘Click’-ing through the past

Allan Lopez
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Oct. 27, 2022
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Text at bottom reads: "Don't Worry Darling." Cut-outs of Harry Styles, left, and Florence Pugh, right, in red carpet make-up and attire sit over a green background with blue and red brush marks.

Mis-flow: ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ exposes the troubling state of Hollywood

Peyton Lee
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Sept. 25, 2022
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