Arts

Unpopular Opinions: Super Bowl Commercials
In which the Arts Desk gives hot takes on what is the most important of the big game, anyway.
Guru Ramanathan, Nicole Rosenthal, Claire Fishman and Alex Cullina
• February 6, 2019

The Wait for Vampire Weekend’s New Music Is Over
The indie-rock legends have released their first new singles in six years.
Jude Zhu, Contributing Writer
• February 5, 2019

‘The Wild Pear Tree’: A Rumination on the Millennial Condition
Turkish drama wows with its take on unnoticed, everyday beauty in a modern world.
Chelsea Cheng, Contributing Writer
• February 5, 2019

Terrance Hayes Talks Trump, Teaching at NYU
At the Lillian Vernon Creative Writing House, the award-winning poet and NYU professor read published and unpublished work from a series he started after the 2016 election.
Alex Cullina, Books & Theater Editor
• February 4, 2019

‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ Attempts to Push Satire Through Horror
The Netflix film premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and reunites “Nightcrawler” team Dan Gilroy, Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo.
Julie Goldberg, Staff Writer
• February 4, 2019

Clive Davis’ Harry Teardrop and James Ivy Bring Lo-Fi to the Lower East Side
The two music up-and-comers opened for Billy Lemos, who has garnered over 2 million streams on Spotify.
Aashna Agarwal, Staff Writer
• February 4, 2019

Tony Winner Talks ‘I Am The Night’
WSN sits down with actor Jefferson Mays to talk about his role in TNT’s new limited series “I Am the Night,” co-starring Chris Pine.
Guru Ramanathan, Arts Editor
• February 4, 2019

Staff Recs: Best Albums for Winter
The key to surviving crazy temperature drops and impromptu blizzards? Music recs from the critically acclaimed weekly series from WSN’s Arts Desk!
Guru Ramanathan, Alex Cullina, Claire Fishman, Nicole Rosenthal
• February 1, 2019

A Starving Artist’s Guide to Arts Events this Weekend: Feb. 1 to 3
Stay entertained this weekend for $20 or less.
Alex Culina and Nicole Rosenthal
• January 31, 2019

‘I Am The Night’ Is A Few Steps Short of Success
TNT’s new neo-noir limited series is based off a fascinating true story, but isn’t the home run many hoped it would be in its first episode.
Guru Ramanathan, Arts Editor
• January 30, 2019

Unpopular Opinions: ‘Black Mirror’
The first spring 2019 edition of one of the Arts Desk’s acclaimed weekly series deals out hot takes on Netflix’s Emmy-winning sci-fi series.
Alex Cullina, Guru Ramanathan and Nicole Rosenthal
• January 30, 2019

Bring Me the Horizon Explores Pop, Alt Rock on ‘amo’
The metalcore band opts for a softer sound on their new release.
Gabriele Esposito-Wilcock, Contributing Writer
• January 29, 2019

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