All content by Elizabeth Crawford
![An illustration of Jennifer Lopez holding a $100 bill. Wearing a light blue shirt and small gold hoop earrings, she stands in front of a rose-colored background.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/susan-behrends-valenzuela-marry-me-900x675.png)
‘Marry Me’ is a Where’s Waldo of soulless product placement
If you’re reading this, chances are you’re not Jennifer Lopez. Neither am I. We are safe from her here.
Elizabeth Crawford, Contributing Writer
• February 28, 2022
![Artist Alice Neel chose unconventional subjects for her paintings. A collection of her works is currently on display at the Guggenheim in Bilbao. (Photo by Elizabeth Crawford)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/arts-abroad-aliceneel-cover-900x703.jpg)
Alice Neel’s sublime portraiture
Alice Neel brings Harlem to the Guggenheim.
Elizabeth Crawford, Contributing Writer
• October 8, 2021
![“Ballad of a White Cow,” co-directed by Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moghaddam, is a 2020 Iranian drama film. This film follows Mina (Maryam Moghaddam) as she uncovers the bureaucracy of a repressive state. (Staff Illustration by Susan Behrends Valenzuela)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/arts-film-cow-susanbehrendsvalenzuela-900x673.png)
Review: “Ballad of a White Cow”
Co-directed by Behtash Sanaeeha and Maryam Moghaddam, “Ballad of a White Cow” offers a bleak, moral unraveling centering around the carceral state.
Elizabeth Crawford, Contributing Writer
• July 21, 2021
![Ellen Martin (Meryl Streep) in The Laundromat. (via YouTube)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-03-at-10.40.28-PM-5-900x537.png)
‘The Laundromat’ Is Star-Studded and Half-Baked
Steven Soderbergh’s latest film is a swing and … not a miss, but definitely one of those awkward skid-roll-bounces.
Elizabeth Crawford, Staff Writer
• October 4, 2019
![Promotional still from Satan and Adam, a musical documentary about the history of the pairing of Sterling Magee and Adam Gussow. ( via PR Co (Falco Ink) )](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Screen-Shot-2019-04-14-at-4.12.16-PM-1-900x711.png)
‘Satan & Adam’: A Film About Blues, With Soul
“Satan & Adam” — a project 23 years in the making— follows the improbable yet incomparable friendship of two blues musicians.
Elizabeth Crawford, Staff Writer
• April 15, 2019
![The movie poster for 3 Faces. (via Jafar Panahi Film Production)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/3faces_movie-608x900.jpg)
In ‘3 Faces,’ a Quietly Radical Portrait of Iran
“3 Faces” is a quiet, charming look at a not-so-quiet, not-so-charming patriarchal social system.
Elizabeth Crawford, Staff Writer
• March 13, 2019
![Juli Jakab as the character Irisz Leiter in Sunset. (Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/3-3-900x486.jpg)
‘Sunset’: More Than Just Hats, But Not Much More
“Sunset,” chaotic like an empire falling into war, lacks an affecting story to bring meaning to the mayhem.
Elizabeth Crawford, Staff Writer
• February 14, 2019
![Bollywood actress Tanushree Dutta who spoke out against actor Nana Patekar, helping to kickstart the #MeToo movement in India. (via facebook.com)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/film-india-600x900.jpg)
Indian Cinema’s #MeToo Moment
Elizabeth Crawford, Staff Writer
• December 5, 2018
![Carey Mulligan as Jeanette Brinson, and Jake Gyllenhaal as Jerry
Brinson in Paul Dano’s WILDLIFE. (Courtesy of IFC Films)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Wildlife-Image-6-900x600.jpg)
The Disintegration of a ’60s Family in ‘Wildlife’
Paul Dano reflects on what it means for a parent to shape a child in his film "Wildlife."
Elizabeth Crawford
• October 23, 2018
![Maggie Gyllenhaal and Parker Sevak in The Kindergarten Teacher. (Courtesy of Netflix)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/arts-kindergarten-900x451.jpg)
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s A+ Performance in ‘The Kindergarten Teacher’
Elizabeth Crawford, Contributing Writer
• October 15, 2018
![Promotional still from the documentary 306 Hollywood.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/306Hollywood_1ClothesOnHouse-900x525.jpg)
11 Months and One Daunting Task — The Quirky Story of This Arthouse Wannabe
Two siblings-turned-filmmakers are forced to clear their grandmother's house in 11 months. What they find is endearing and unexpected.
Elizabeth Crawford
• October 2, 2018
![Tessa Thompson and Lakeith Stanfield in Sorry To Bother You.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/arts-race-900x600.jpg)
Race Seen Through Three Lenses
Elizabeth Crawford, Contributing Writer
• September 17, 2018
![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
![A woman with brown hair and a blue shirt.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/dopico.jpeg)
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