All content by Bella Simonte
![A paper tray on grass with six bao buns and two forks on it.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_5131-1.jpg)
Smorgasburg: The global glory of eating through America’s largest food festival
The food festival reopened on April 5 and will continue until Oct. 27. Though every vendor served up the most delicious eats, there is only so much food one person can eat in a day.
Bella Simonte, Contributing Writer
• April 25, 2024
![A film still of two men in military outfits holding guns and walking people with black bags over their heads. Behind them, a girl sits against a wall with chalk markings of pink, blue and green, wearing a black vest with the word, “PRESS” written on it.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/arts-civil-war-review-1200x800.jpg)
Review: ‘Civil War’ asks viewers what kind of American they are
Alex Garland criticizes journalistic and bystander integrity in his new A24 film “Civil War.”
Bella Simonte, Contributing Writer
• April 24, 2024
![A girl wearing a white tank top and blue jeans sits on a store countertop, holding a wooden sign that reads, “Brandy Melville.”](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/arts-film-brandy-melville-doc-review-1200x800.jpg)
Review: ‘Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion’ has been a long time coming
Australian documentarian Eva Orner calls for strikes and boycotts against the exploitation and overconsumption at Brandy Melville, within a larger conversation about fast-fashion culture.
Bella Simonte, Contributing Writer
• April 18, 2024
![Chicken pieces garnished with sweet peppers and lemons.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/culture-dining-fossetta-RoastedHalfChicken-1200x800.jpg)
Fossetta provides a moment to sneak away for carb-loaded solace
Fossetta in the Lower East Side is the perfect hideaway to enjoy focaccia and wine by candlelight, read alone at the bar or catch up with out-of-towners.
Bella Simonte, Contributing Writer
• March 14, 2024
![An illustration of a young boy and girl in a courtyard, looking at each other. The girl, colored red, stands on a staircase and the boy, colored blue, stands on the sidewalk. Both the boy and the girl have yellow bubbles around them.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Past_Lives-1200x800.png)
Why Celine Song should win best screenplay at the Oscars
Though it’s worth recognizing the visual and technical merits behind the success of “Past Lives,” Celine Song’s genre-defying screenplay is the star of the film.
Bella Simonte, Contributing Writer
• March 8, 2024
![A large room with white walls and floors has a variety of framed paintings on display in a grid.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/arts-visual-david-shirley-4-1200x659.jpg)
Review: ‘David Shrigley & Tal R: The Notebook’ is a colorful testament to friendship
A collaboration between artists David Shrigley and Tal R is on display at the Anton Kern Gallery until Feb. 17.
Bella Simonte, Contributing Writer
• February 8, 2024
![A purple N.Y.U. flag hangs on a building.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/news-childaistudy-1200x800.jpg)
Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief • July 9, 2024
![Students stream past the clay-colored main entrance of Bobst Library on a bright fall afternoon. The green scenery of Washington Square Park is reflected off the library’s windows.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/news-sustainability-900x600.jpg)
Julia Smerling, Photo Editor • June 18, 2024
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Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief • June 18, 2024
![A woman dressed in red and holding a purple sign that reads NYU is Complicit in Genocide.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RallyForHesen-3-1200x800.jpg)
Mikaylah Du, Under the Arch Editor • June 15, 2024