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A poster for the Lizzie McGuire Movie. (via wikimedia commons)

Staff Recs: Best Disney Channel Original Movies

We’ve talked about some of our favorite childhood Disney series, but let’s not forget how one of our favorite channels was churning out classic T.V. movies at this time as well.
We’ve talked about some of our favorite childhood Disney series, but let’s not forget how one of our favorite channels was churning out classic T.V. movies at this time as well.
Molly Shannon and Susan Ziegler in "Wild Nights with Emily." The new biographical comedy-drama depicts the love affair between poet Emily Dickinson and her sister-in-law and muse Susan Huntington Dickinson with warmth and humor. (via P2 Films)

Tisch Alum’s Film Shines New Light on Emily Dickinson

Writer and director Madeleine Olnek’s new dramedy “Wild Nights with Emily” uses relatively recent insights into the poet’s private life.
Alex Cullina, Theater & Books Editor April 17, 2019

Everyone knows the story of the 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson: she was a spinster and a recluse, and she wrote her poems without intending for them to ever be published. “People...

The movie poster for Moonlight, an A24 film. (via A24)

Unpopular Opinion: A24 Films

Before you watch “Under the Silver Lake,” let’s revisit past A24 films and break down if they’re really as good as Tisch kids say they are.

Over the past few years, indie film studio A24 has taken over the independent movie zeitgeist, and certainly captured the love of the NYU community to the point where everyone...

A poster for "Barry," a new HBO comedy series that follows a low-level hit man turned actor. (via facebook.com)

Second Season of ‘Barry’ Promises a Steady Descent Into Darkness

The show’s sophomore season feels like a natural continuation of something that was already great by itself.
Ethan Zack, Staff Writer April 16, 2019

When the main character isn’t shooting people full of lead, he’s making time to take an acting class and find some friends. It’s an unlikely premise, but Bill Hader and Alec...

'Game of Thrones'  promotional still of Emilia Clarke who plays Daenerys Targaryen.  (via Facebook)

‘Game of Thrones’ Premiere Trades Plot for Predictability

The final season starts off slow, but promises to gain traction as the series comes to a close.
Abby Hofstetter, Instagram Editor April 15, 2019

The following review contains spoilers of the April 14 episode of ‘‘Game of Thrones.” Sunday night’s “Game of Thrones” episode marked the beginning of the end. The...

Anderson Paak (via facebook)

Anderson .Paak Releases an Ode to Old

The R&B musician’s latest album harkens back to his hazy soul roots.
Ethan Zack, Staff Writer April 15, 2019

In a turnaround so quick it might have given his fans whiplash, rhythm and blues artist Anderson .Paak released his fourth studio album “Ventura” just months after his third,...

Sarah Teed and David Leeper in "Where Do All the Ghosts Go?" The new play, running at Theater for the New City, follows the ghosts of five historical figures who haunt a soon-to-be-demolished building. (Photo by Joe Bly)

Ghosts Face Gentrification in ‘Where Do All the Ghosts Go?’

In Barbara’s Kahn’s dark comedy, an eclectic group of ghosts who call the St. Denis building home must team up with a young lesbian couple to find new dwellings to haunt before the historic building is demolished.
Julie Goldberg, Staff Writer April 15, 2019

In a historic building just south of Union Square, modernist artist Marcel Duchamp (David Leeper) and Wild West showman Buffalo Bill (Christopher Lowe) play a game of invisible...

Neil Diamond, singer of Sweet Caroline (via facebook).

Staff Recs: Best Songs to Blast at Parties

You aren’t partying right until you’ve heard the Arts Desk’s playlist.
Arts Desk April 12, 2019

If you’re worried about what to queue up at your next party, now you can stop fretting. The Arts Desk, otherwise known as WSN’s self-certified party animals, is here to give...

“Turbulence" is a theater piece exploring the “experiences of Black and People of Color (BPOC) in clinical settings and society at large.” (via nyu.edu)

A Starving Artist’s Guide to Arts Events This Weekend: April 12 to 14

Stay entertained this weekend for $20 or less.
Alex Cullina, Theater & Books Editor April 11, 2019

New York City is the cultural capital of the world, people! Go out! Explore! Do stuff! Like, for example, one of these arts and entertainment events? Steinhardt presents “Turbulence”...

Book cover of It's Kind of a Funny Story. (via Hyperion)

Unpopular Opinions: Young Adult Novels

The Arts Desk gives some fresh takes on novels for younger audiences.
Guru Ramanathan, Dante Sacco and Alex Cullina April 10, 2019

A new young adult novel adaptation, “After,” hits theaters this weekend, and for once it’s not based on a book by John Green or Nicholas Sparks. But instead of needlessly...

Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements by Irene Taylor Brodsky. (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Irene Taylor Brodsky)

‘Moonlight Sonata’ Is a Work of Love Where Silence Is a Superpower

“Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements” is a vulnerable memoir which allows an intimate understanding of one deaf experience but doesn’t explore the different narratives as much as it promised.
Yaroslava Bondar, Staff Writer April 10, 2019

Documentarian Irene Taylor Brodsky made headlines with her 2007 documentary “Hear and Now,” which chronicles her deaf parents’ decision to get cochlear implants so they could...

Nick Murphy, more
popularly known by his former stage name Chet Faker, performs at Southby’s on April 2. (Photo by Xin-Rui Lee)

Nick Murphy Previews New Songs at Sotheby’s

The artist formerly known as Chet Faker played an intimate acoustic show on April 2.
Xin-Rui Lee, Contributing Writer April 9, 2019

With a soulful voice and a distinctive Australian accent, Nick Murphy, more popularly known by his former stage name Chet Faker, has won over fans around the world with his R&B-influenced...