‘Mary and the Witch’s Flower’ rivals Ghibli films with its delightful imagination Noah Howard February 9, 2018 0 Comments “Ponoc,” explains producer Yoshiaki Nishimura, “is Croatian for ‘midnight,’” the moment where one day ends and another begins. For Nishimura, and the rest of the newly formed Studio Ponoc,... Read More »
Carlos Valladares’ favorite movies of 2017 Carlos Valladares January 10, 2018 1 Comment Another year, another batch of great films. Some are pop gems (“Baby Driver,”) some weren’t as heavily pushed as they should have been (“Dawson City,” “A Quiet... Read More »
A perfect movie week? ‘The Red Turtle,’ ‘Personal Shopper,’ ‘I Am Not Your Negro’, ‘Song to Song,’ ‘Frantz’ Carlos Valladares March 28, 2017 0 Comments In recent memory, has there been a more inspiring week for film? Think on it: Malick’s latest joint, Studio Ghibli is back, Kristen Stewart fights texting ghosts (and herself), and James... Read More »
Playlist: The Stanford Daily music beat shares their songs for the midterm struggle Tyler Dunston October 25, 2016 0 Comments “Piano Phases” — Steve Reich From his “Another Look at the Counterpoint,” “Piano Phases” by Steve Reich is a 12-minute minimalist epic. The repeating rhythms are both calming and... Read More »
Film review: Terence Davies’ ‘Sunset Song’ is lilting, lyrical, life-affirming poetry Carlos Valladares June 3, 2016 0 Comments “Sunset Song” — the latest quiet work from cinemaster Terence Davies (“Distant Voices, Still Lives,” “The Long Day Closes”) — is the humanist film to beat this year. Like a less... Read More »
Carlos’ faves of 2016 (the Mid-Year Report) Carlos Valladares May 30, 2016 0 Comments As I look forward to a promising end of the year in film (“Finding Dory,” Spielberg’s “BFG,” Jeff Nichols’ “Loving,” a second Malick movie), I look... Read More »
‘The Continuing Allure of Hayao Miyazaki’: Celebrating Japanese pop culture Eric Huang April 23, 2015 0 Comments This past Wednesday, The Graphic Narrative Project, Stanford Humanities Center and the Center for East Asian Studies hosted a talk about the worldwide appeal of legendary Japanese animator Hayao... Read More »
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