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Film

The AMC Empire 25 and the Regal Cinema in Times Square. (Ivy Chan for WSN)

AMC vs. Regal

Two theater chains dominate the moviegoing industry. But which one stands on top?
Andrew Kilroy, Contributing Writer October 9, 2025

Over the past five years, moviegoing has become more about seeing a film than the film itself. With box office sales that haven’t recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic and rising...

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NYFF 63 Review: ‘After the Hunt’ preys on our biases

WSN spoke with director Luca Guadagnino, the cast and the NYU alum screenwriter about this provocative festival opener.
Dani Biondi, Arts Editor October 9, 2025

Content warning: This review contains mentions of sexual assault. If you leave Luca Guadagnino’s new film believing any of its characters, you’ve watched it wrong. “After...

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NYFF 63 Review: A glimpse into Palestinian life beyond genocide

Director Kamal Aljafari’s latest documentary "With Hasan in Gaza" will be screened at the New York Film Festival on Oct. 6 and Oct. 7.
Yezen Saadah, Staff Writer October 6, 2025

Gaza is beautiful. It is oftentimes difficult to believe that when all anyone far from the region, and especially in the Western world, ever sees is images and news coverage...

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NYFF 63 Review: ‘Days and Nights in the Forest’ showcases the colonization of the mind and body

Satyajit Ray’s 1970 film will have two encore showings at Film at Lincoln Center on Oct. 2 and Oct. 4.
Yezen Saadah, Editor-at-Large October 2, 2025

Bengali Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray repeatedly pondered the intersection of post-colonial identity and rural tradition across his filmography. In his 1970 picture “Days and...

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Off the Radar: The Wooster Group’s vision of the future

More than two decades ago, this experimental theater company brought screens to the stage in a way that recent Broadway productions have echoed.
Ethan Li, Staff Writer October 2, 2025

On Broadway, ticket costs for celebrity-led shows seem to rise proportionally to how much you get to see said celebrity. And this isn’t about time onstage — it’s about area...

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Review: “Xeno” disappoints its sci-fi predecessors

As it joins a long line of movies where an alien crash lands on Earth, “Xeno” struggles to find a unique angle.
Alikhan Kaukenayev, Contributing Writer October 1, 2025

Aliens in cinema have long been a mirror for global anxieties and hopes. From Cold War-era metaphors for foreign threats to Steven Spielberg-style friendly companions, extraterrestrial...

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‘One Battle After Another’ immortalizes the revolutionary spirit

WSN spoke with the cast of Paul Thomas Anderson's politically charged action epic.
Leo Field and Amelia Knust October 1, 2025

In a sweeping departure from his work for the past 23 years, Paul Thomas Anderson sets his latest film in the present. In fact, “One Battle After Another” feels so impeccably...

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Review: ‘Him’ fumbles when it matters most

Though a unique blend of football and horror, this new Jordan Peele-produced movie fails to deliver any substance.
TJ Giles, Contributing Writer September 30, 2025

Original movies rightfully excite us all. While sequels, remakes and reboots are undoubtedly on the rise, there’s still a collective thirst for the unknown — just take...

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Review: ‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale’ bids farewell to the beloved franchise

Reckonings with the past, present and future come to a head in a glorious send-off to the series and a tribute to its matriarch.
Joe Paladino, Staff Writer September 24, 2025

“Sometimes I feel the past is a more comfortable place than the future,” Harold Levinson (Paul Giamatti) says at a particularly poignant moment in “Downton Abbey: The Grand...

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Review: In ‘Clemente,’ a baseball legend steps up for his community

A new documentary immortalizes Roberto Clemente’s legacy as a renowned right fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates and an unwavering humanitarian.
Bryan Athallah, Contributing Writer September 23, 2025

If you’re anything like me, baseball is the last thing on your mind. As an international student from Indonesia, the ball game has always felt like the one thing that...

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Review: ‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’ fails to reach a worthwhile destination

Not even the star power of Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell can save this grandiose yet overly manufactured love story.
Amelia Knust, Music Editor September 22, 2025

It’s hard for a film to be sincere when not one, but two Burger King product placements interrupt its story. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what happens in director Kogonada’s...

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Review: In ‘Highest 2 Lowest,’ the L train goes off the rails

Tisch alum and professor Spike Lee fails to live up to Akira Kurosawa’s classic crime thriller with his New York City-set remake.
Sarah Kluckhohn, Contributing Writer September 19, 2025

Spike Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest” tries to be many things at once — a biting crime thriller, a heartwarming family tale and an examination of Black success. It succeeds...