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Allison (Ally Sheedy) and Claire (Molly Ringwald) experience epiphanies in Saturday detention (courtesy of Universal Pictures and Getty Images).

‘The Breakfast Club’ is an antique analysis of adolescent anguish

Amir Abou-Jaoude
  •  
Feb. 5, 2019
n Josef von Sternberg's "Shanghai Express," Marlene Dietrich seems divine (courtesy of Universal Pictures and The Criterion Collection).

Von Sternberg creates a land of light and shadow in ‘Shanghai Express’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
  •  
Oct. 4, 2018
(Courtesy of London Films)

Let’s start at the very beginning

Amir Abou-Jaoude
  •  
Aug. 2, 2018
The Stanford Daily

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