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Doc makes cartoons ‘Very Semi-Serious’

Tony Schwab, Staff Writer • December 7, 2015

"Very Semi-Serious" takes audiences through the process of how a cartoon goes from pen to The New Yorker.

Museum of Feelings makes you feel things

Amanda Choy, Contributing Writer • December 7, 2015

The Museum of Feelings combines social media and colors to create a multi-sensory art experience at Brookfield Place.

‘King Charles III’ casts the British Royal family

Emma Gordon, Contributing Writer • December 3, 2015

The British Royal Family become Shakespearean figures in Mike Bartlett's "King Charles III."

New exhibitions at MoMA worth visiting

Tony Schwab, Staff Writer • December 3, 2015

Avoid the crowds in MoMA and check out the museum's smaller exhibits, like Barbara Bloom's "Framing Wall" and Ernie Gehr's "Carnival of Shadows."

Kent Jones discusses his new film ‘Hitchcock/Truffaut’

Imara Ikhumen, Contributing Writer • December 3, 2015

WSN interviews Kent Jones, the director of "Hitchcock/Truffaut," a documentary based on the marathon 27-hour conversation between the two legendary directors.

Nothing is fine in ‘Every Thing Will Be Fine’

Natalie Whalen, Staff Writer • December 2, 2015

Wim Wenders' "Everything Will Be Fine" stars James Franco as a writer who causes a car crash.

New mob film ‘The Wannabe’ misses the mark

Tony Schwab, Staff Writer • December 2, 2015

New mob film "The Wannabe" adds nothing new to the genre.

Northern Renaissance art on display at Met

Carter Glace, Staff Writer • December 2, 2015

The Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrates the work of Italian painter and illuminator Girolamo dai Libri and various Veronese artists in a new 14-piece exhibit.

‘Macbeth’ enters modern digital age with aplomb

Min-Wei Lee, Contributing Writer • December 2, 2015

Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard lead the triumphant remake of Shakespeare's tragedy in "Macbeth."

‘Dames at Sea’ revival is dazzling

Nikolas Castelao, Staff Writer • December 2, 2015

At the Helen Hayes Theater, a revival of "Dames at Sea" balances humor and nostalgia to create a perfectly balanced, albeit predictable, play.

‘Dazeworld’ comes to the Museum of the City of New York

Natalie Whalen, Staff Writer • December 2, 2015

Graffiti artist Daze (Chris Ellis) goes indoors in "The City is My Muse," a collection of paintings at the Museum of the City of New York.

Tisch alumnus walks ‘The Wire,’ shines in ‘Spotlight’

Tony Schwab, Staff Writer • December 1, 2015

NYU alumnus Neal Huff discusses with WSN about working in "Spotlight," his work on "The Wire" and how Tisch's environment energized his acting career.