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The WSN staff recommends their favorite high school movies.

Staff Recs: High school films

Zach Martin, Maddie Pazzani, Audrey Deng and Anne Cruz November 5, 2015
Reminisce your high school memories with these staff-recommended high school movies like "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "Heathers."
Misan Sagay, who wrote the screenplay for "Belle," spoke at the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Film Center last Thursday.

NYU’s Cantor Film Center hosts ‘Belle’ screenwriter Misan Sagay

NYU’s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Film Center welcomed guest speaker Misan Sagay last Thursday to participate in a Q&A before a screening of the 2014 film “Belle."
Daria Butler, Staff Writer November 4, 2015
"Belle" screenwriter comes to NYU.
Laurie Anderson uses the death of her dog, as the starting point for reflections on life, death, religion and philosophy in her new film Heart of Dog.

Anderson’s ‘Heart of a Dog’ combines art forms to reflect on life and death

Tony Schwab, Staff Writer November 4, 2015
Experimental artist Laurie Anderson's new film "Heart of Dog" spirituality by combining several different art forms.
André Allen Anjos of the Remix Artist Collective sat down with WSN to talk about his career and performances in New York.

Remix Artist Collective tours with friends

Alexa Wong, Creative Director November 4, 2015
Remix Artists Collective founder André Allen Anjos talks with WSN about releasing music by song, not by album, and how this effects his tour. Catch RAC at Webster Hall this Friday.
Frederick Wiseman's latest film, “In Jackson Heights,” explores the diversity of the Queens neighborhood.

‘In Jackson Heights’ director Frederick Wiseman talks gentrification

Tony Schwab, Staff Writer November 3, 2015
Frederick Wiseman's "In Jackson Heights" explores the intense cultural diversity of the Queens neighborhood. WSN spoke with Wiseman about gentrification robbing neighborhoods of local personality and his documentary style.
"The Hallow" is set in rural Ireland, where a conservationist Adam Hitchens (Joseph Mawle), his wife Claire (Bojana Novakovic) and their infant son Finn have recently moved.

Monsters scare in ‘The Hallow’

Dejarelle Gaines, Staff Writer November 3, 2015
A conservationist unwittingly awakens ancient demonic forces in the Ireland-set film "The Hallows."
"Masterpieces of Chinese Painting” is currently on display at the MET from Oct. 31, 2015 to Oct. 11, 2016.

Art of the ancient Americas and paintings from China open at the Met

Carter Glace, Staff Writer November 3, 2015
Ancient American exhibit "Design for Eternity" and "Masterpieces of Chinese Painting" opened at the Met, providing a wide-ranging scope of Ancient American architectural design and Chinese calligraphy.
Sun Club released their first full length album, “The Dongo Durango”, worldwide on October the 30th.

Catch some rays with pop band Sun Club

Carter Gray Shelter, Contributing Writer November 2, 2015

Sun-pop band Sun Club makes a point of playing only happy music. From Baltimore, Sun Club has made their career as an optimistic band, and will play at the Music Hall of Williamsburg...

ABC’s new drama, Wicked City, premiered on the 27th of October, 2015.

‘Wicked City’ does not live up to hype

Anubhuti Kumar, Staff Writer November 2, 2015
Ed Westwick kills for sport on the streets of Sunset Boulevard in ABC's new show, "Wicked City."
Director Jason Mann and producer Marc Joubert during a Q&A following a screening of their new film, “The Leisure Class” on the 28th of October, 2015.

Winner of ‘Project Greenlight’ deserves red light

Dejarelle Gaines, Contributing Writer November 2, 2015
HBO's "Project Greenlight" comes to a disappointing end with Jason Mann's "The Leisure Class," showing celebrity endorsement is not always well-guided.
NYU Alumni Beowulf Sheehan talks about his personal style and artistic goals in his photography.

Alum Beowulf Sheehan discusses career as photographer for the famous

Cece Charendoff, Staff Writer November 2, 2015
Since graduating from NYU, photographer Beowulf Sheehan has photographed everyone from the NYU Deutsches Haus to Kanye West.
Leah Meyerhoff (middle) answers audience questions on her experience as the director of her new movie, “I Believe in Unicorns”.

Tisch alum believes in ‘Unicorns,’ fighting gender bias in film

Jordan Reynolds, Staff Writer November 2, 2015
Leah Meyerhoff, Tisch alumna and founder of the Film Fatales, premiered her film, "I Believe in Unicorns" at NYU's Film Fusion Festival in support of female presence in film.