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Alum Sean Baker snags 4 Oscars for ‘Anora,’ including best picture

Five alumni took home a total of seven Academy Awards last night, including best picture, best director, best costume design and best animated feature film.
Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief March 3, 2025

Tisch alum Sean Baker won four Oscars for “Anora” at the 97th Academy Awards, sweeping best picture, best director, best original screenplay and best film editing.  “We’re...

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WSN predicts the Oscars

Because only NYU students’ voices matter this awards season.
WSN Staff February 28, 2025

After what seemed like an eternity of artifical intelligence controversies, resurfaced racist tweets and Kylie Jenner appearances, the 97th Academy Awards are this Sunday. To honor...

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Review: ‘The Monkey’ marches to the beat of its own drum

This movie’s killer may be a wind-up toy, but this horror comedy is anything but child’s play.
Annie Emans, Staff Writer February 27, 2025

Osgood Perkins has proven himself a modern horror pioneer. He’s best known for writing and directing “Longlegs,” which received acclaim on social media and quickly became...

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Review: The newest ‘Bridget Jones’ installment is unnecessary and disorienting

"Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” tries a tone shift but lacks the emotional depth necessary — a poor wrap-up of the beloved franchise.
Skylar Boilard, Staff Writer February 24, 2025

Warning: this review contains spoilers. Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) is an undeniably loveable character. She’s a frazzled mess who managed to endear audiences — and...

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The Oscars have a category fraud problem

Kieran Culkin and Zoe Saldaña are front-runners in the supporting categories, but should they even be there?
Leo Field, Staff Writer February 24, 2025

At the Oscars, category fraud is nothing new. When it comes to award shows, movies often campaign their actors in the wrong category just for a better chance of winning. Look no...

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Review: Is $5 million worth your humanity?

In MrBeast’s new Prime Video game show, “Beast Games,” money and potential entertainment value makes beasts out of us all.
Dani Biondi, Film & TV Editor February 24, 2025

Stunt philanthropist Jimmy Donaldson — better known as MrBeast on YouTube — is the human embodiment of the phrase “go big or go home.” He’s the record holder for most...

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Q&A: Ben Stiller on directing ‘Severance’ and the importance of creativity

The director of Emmy-winning Apple TV+ series “Severance” spoke to WSN about his production methods.
Ava Fackler, Contributing Writer February 20, 2025

Actor and director Ben Stiller has been a pillar in the world of comedy since the early ’90s for his  sketch comedy show, “The Ben Stiller Show,” and classics like “Zoolander”...

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The case for ‘Sing Sing’

“Sing Sing” is the best picture contender Hollywood missed — raw, real and too powerful to keep secret.
Chloe Haack, Staff Writer February 20, 2025

With only 191 theaters showing its initial August 2024 release, A24’s “Sing Sing” is an obscurity compared to best picture nominees “Anora” and “The Brutalist,” both...

8 must-watch films by Black female directors

8 must-watch films by Black female directors

From historical dramas to romantic comedies, here are some films to add to your watchlist — and not just during Black History Month.

This Black History Month and beyond, it’s important to spotlight the work of Black female directors, a historically underrepresented group in Hollywood — only 5.3% of directors...

Off the Radar: ‘The Beaches of Agnès’ is a beautiful autobiography of a life well lived

Off the Radar: ‘The Beaches of Agnès’ is a beautiful autobiography of a life well lived

Off the Radar is a column surveying overlooked films available to students for free via NYU’s streaming partnerships. “The Beaches of Agnès” is available to stream on Kanopy.
Alexa Donovan, Arts Editor February 19, 2025

This semester, I signed up for an advanced art history seminar all about the life and work of renowned French filmmaker Agnès Varda. I didn’t know much about her, but I always...

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Review: ‘Mo’ season 2 is a comedic reprieve in Trump’s America

Mohammed Amer’s witty comedy series connects a Palestinian American story to a larger message about immigration and displacement.
Sawyer Gouw Ranzetta, Staff Writer February 14, 2025

Warning: This review contains spoilers. The second season of the Netflix series “Mo” is one of the most surprising shows on television. I can’t think of a single show...

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Review: ‘Love Hurts’ subverts conventional Hollywood action comedy with a disappointing hero

While Ke Huy Quan presents a fresh take on the classic action hero, it struggles to create an interesting world for its characters.
Tony Jaeyeong Jeong, Staff Writer February 13, 2025

Imagine an action-comedy film about a former-assassin-turned-realtor trying to escape his past. Sprinkle that logline with high-intensity fight sequences, a hint of B-movie quirkiness...