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Off the Radar: ‘City Lights’ challenges both sight and sound

Off the Radar is a column surveying overlooked films available to students for free via NYU’s streaming partnerships. “City Lights” is available to stream on Kanopy.
Dani Biondi, Film & TV Editor May 7, 2025

If TikTok existed in the silent film era, editors would’ve had a field day with Charlie Chaplin — he was the first Hollywood it-boy, after all. The multihyphenate found global...

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6 pieces of Indian media to consume this AAPI Month

Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month by adding these recommendations to your rotation.
Anjali Mehta, Copy Chief May 6, 2025

Content warning: This article contains mentions of suicide. Stereotypes and underrepresentation often push Indian creatives to the sidelines. We’ve all seen it: the nerd with...

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Q&A: Tisch alum on being the next ‘Karate Kid’

Ahead of the theatrical release of “Karate Kid: Legends,” WSN spoke with actor Ben Wang about ushering in a new era for the beloved franchise.
Dani Biondi, Film & TV Editor May 5, 2025

Actor Ben Wang is living every kid’s dream. Since graduating from Tisch School of the Arts in 2020, his career exploded. He’s starred alongside Hollywood legends like Michelle...

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Off the Radar: ‘Jealousy’ tackles the artist’s dilemma

Off the Radar is a column surveying overlooked films available to students for free via NYU’s streaming partnerships. “Jealousy” is available to stream on Kanopy.
Eleanor Jacobs, Music Editor May 1, 2025

This French film asserts that the brooding man frequenting your Pinterest pages is no good at all. Director Philippe Garrel’s “La Jalousie,” or “Jealousy,” paints the...

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The Oscars will soon award stunts. Here’s what they missed out on.

To celebrate the newly announced Oscars category for stunt design, check out films that deserved recognition for theirs.
Leo Field, Staff Writer May 1, 2025

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Review: A ‘Black Mirror’ season with fragmented love and throwbacks

Keep an eye on your smart devices, the technology-driven anthology series is back.
Ethan Li, Deputy Copy Chief April 29, 2025

Aren’t we already living in a “Black Mirror” universe? I’m sure many who watched the latest season of the British dystopian fiction anthology series were thinking that...

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Ranked: Manhattan’s AMC theaters

A list by AMC A-List warriors for AMC A-List warriors.
Dani Biondi and Annie Emans April 29, 2025

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10 years later, ‘Ex Machina’ is electrifyingly relevant

Alex Garland’s sci-fi drama prompts us to question artificial intelligence and its role in the film industry a decade after its release.
Leo Field, Staff Writer April 25, 2025

“A god from a machine.” That’s the translation for the iconic phrase “deus ex machina,” which the title for Alex Garland’s 2015 science fiction film “Ex Machina”...

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Review: ‘On Swift Horses’ is a slog

Gen Z’s favorite heartthrobs couldn’t save this LGBTQ+ melodrama from folding.
Dani Biondi, Film & TV Editor April 25, 2025

I shamelessly allow my favorite actors to dictate my watchlist. Because of this, I didn’t need much convincing to see the adaptation of Shannon Pufahl’s 2019 novel “On Swift...

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Review: Watch out Baby Yoda, it’s Ochi’s turn

A24’s “The Legend of Ochi” delivers a wonderful fantasy world, but fails to deliver much else.
Christine Vigliotti, Contributing Writer April 25, 2025

An impressive directorial debut from Isaiah Saxon, “The Legend of Ochi” is almost perfect. Almost. “The Legend of Ochi” follows Yuri (Helena Zengel), a young girl who...

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Review: In ‘Sacramento,’ appropriately flawed characters are matched by an equally flawed plot

Michael Cera delivers a wonderfully awkward performance in a middling movie.
Oshmi Ghosh, Contributing Writer April 24, 2025

This review contains spoilers. If you know anything about Michael Cera, you’d approach “Sacramento” with the same expectation that I did: This is going to be incredibly...

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Review: ‘The Wedding Banquet’ subverts farcical formulas with a fruity, modern twist

In Andrew Ahn’s reimagining of the classic Ang Lee film, four LGBTQ+ friends find that marriage isn’t the solution to all their problems.
Ethan Li, Deputy Copy Chief April 22, 2025

The sound of Chinese drums beating opens Andrew Ahn’s film, “The Wedding Banquet.” A lion dancer appears, expertly moving with tradition and care. Then, in a shocking twist,...