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A gavel coming down on a stack of glitching digital papers.

COLLEGE 102 and algorithmic justice in ‘Mercy,’ starring Chris Pratt

Melita D’Souza
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Feb. 25
Reads
Photo of a bookshelf

Three books I couldn’t put down in January

Audrey Chang
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Feb. 1
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“Drop” is an entertaining watch that strikes a healthy balance between dread and humor, writes Cunningham. (Graphic: DA-HEE KIM/The Stanford Daily)

Universal Pictures starts the year in thrilling fashion with ‘Drop’

Madisyn Cunningham
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April 13
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Boy holding camera with image of man holding camera in lens.

‘Rear Window’ exemplifies a brilliantly crafted thriller

Mason Barrett
  •  
March 3, 2025
Reads
A drawing of a smiling ghost holds a book, "spooky books" is written above the ghost's head

The Daily’s recommended reads for spooky season

Leyla Yilmaz, Emma Kexin Wang, Hana Dao, Amistad Vanegas and Cate Burtner
  •  
Oct. 29, 2023
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An actress dressed in black standing in a hazy corridor

‘The Watchful Eye’ lead Mariel Molino talks character differences, career and working with Kelly Bishop

Ellen Abraham
  •  
March 25, 2023
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Outline of characters from "Knock at the Cabin," with the text of the title overlaying the images.

M. Night Shyamalan’s latest twist? Making bad movies

Kirsten Mettler
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March 1, 2023
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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
  •  
Sept. 25, 2022
Arts & Life
A landscape photo of Lagos, Nigeria. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Lately in Literature: Family against murder in ‘My Sister, The Serial Killer’

Leyla Yilmaz
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Feb. 27, 2022
Arts & Life
Cho Yeo-jeong as the wealthy matriarch in Bong Joon-ho's "Parasite." (Courtesy of NEON)

‘Parasite’ will have you buzzing to the #Bonghive

Olivia Popp
  •  
Sept. 17, 2019
Arts & Life
Bestselling author Robert Dugoni writes about spies, but his characters are never caricatures (MARK YORK/The Stanford Daily).

The mind of an author with Robert Dugoni

Mark York
  •  
May 8, 2019
Arts & Life
The Reads beat recommends some spine-chilling stories for Halloween (BRIAN HERZOG/Flickr).

Bewitching Halloween reads

Arts & Life Reads beat writers, Sofia Schlozman, Olivia Manes, Carly Taylor, Scott Stevens, Mark York and Shana E. Hadi
  •  
Oct. 31, 2018
Jakob Cedergren plays a disillusioned emergency dispatcher in "The Guilty" (courtesy of Magnolia Pictures).

‘The Guilty’ delivers thrills from behind a telephone

Grace Zhou
  •  
Oct. 19, 2018
The Grind
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When horror movies aren’t scary enough

Clara Spars
  •  
Oct. 10, 2018
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‘Gringo’ is a confounding comedy

Zak Sharif
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May 10, 2018
Right to left: Forrest Goodluck, Sasha Lane and Chloë Grace Moretz in "The Miseducation of Cameron Post." (Courtesy of Sundance Institute)

Sundance 2018, part 6: Olivia Popp’s favorite (and award-winning) films

Olivia Popp
  •  
Feb. 9, 2018
Charlize Theron as MI6 spy Lorraine Broughton in 'Atomic Blonde' (Jonathan Prime/Focus Features).

Charlize Theron shines as an ‘Atomic Blonde’ in new action spy thriller

Evie Sun
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Aug. 9, 2017
(l-r) Caitlyn O'Grady and Blake Robert Ward play an interracial couple in "Shen," a psychosexual thriller by Jace Alexander Casey '17 and Abigail Flowers '17. (Photo credit: Eva Ye).

Film review: Surreal student thriller ‘Shen’ looks at black femininity, white patriarchy

Carlos Valladares
  •  
Sept. 22, 2016
Patrick Stewart and actors in "Green Room." (Credit: Scott Patrick Green, A24 Pictures.)

Film review: “Green Room” is nutty neo-Nazisploitation (and it’s pretty good)

Raymond Maspons
  •  
April 21, 2016
Steve Carrell and Channing Tatum in "Foxcatcher." Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.

‘Foxcatcher’ review: Bennett Miller crafts a slow but engaging, taut thriller

Will Ferrer
  •  
Nov. 19, 2014
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