In favor of smallness
Four years of editing the Washington Square News’ arts coverage have convinced me my task was trifling, but meaningful.
Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer, Arts Editor
• May 5, 2023
Off the Radar: Magic mushrooms, monkeys and melodrama in ‘Altered States’
Off the Radar is a weekly column surveying overlooked films available to students for free via NYU’s streaming partnerships. “Altered States” is currently available to stream on Swank.
Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer, Arts Editor
• April 21, 2023
‘Ready Player One’ is a cinematic masterpiece, actually
Steven Spielberg’s “Ready Player One” is often maligned as pure commercial noise by hoity-toity cinephiles. Despite the criticism, Spielberg’s love letter to the gaming community upholds the essence of fun action films in the face of pretentious cinema.
Andre Garcia, Contributing Writer
• March 31, 2023
Review: ‘The Fabelmans’ is Spielberg at his most vulnerable
In a career notable for poignant moments, legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg gets more personal than ever in this Oscar-nominated, semi-autobiographical tale.
Madeline Kane, Staff Writer
• March 8, 2023
Standing United Against COVID-19
We're all eating more home-cooked meals, family-style dishes, TV dinners in our homes or our apartments — all inside — not because it's Christmas or Thanksgiving, but because we all want to stay alive.
Brittany Talissa King, Contributing Writer
• April 15, 2020
“Hi! Where are you from?”
When you live far away, home looks a little different every time you return.
Vaishnavi Naidu, Contributing Writer
• March 23, 2020
‘Give Me Liberty’ Acts as a Manifesto for a New Style of Madcap American Cinema
Kirill Mikhanovsky’s pseudo-autobiographical film stars unprofessional actors in a bold new fashion for American filmmaking.
Nicolas Pedrero-Setzer, Contributing Writer
• December 3, 2019
‘Easter Snap’ Is What Nonfiction Films Should Strive to Be
RaMell Ross’s “Easter Snap” is a quietly elegant look into a distant way of life.
Nicholas Pabon, Contributing Writer
• October 7, 2019
Tisch MFA Alum Cenk Ertürk’s Journey to Tribeca
WSN sits down with Tisch MFA alum Cenk Ertürk to talk about “Noah Land,” his feature debut at Tribeca.
Guru Ramanathan, Arts Editor
• May 2, 2019
Danielle Braga Jones | A Brazilian Bostonian Photographs New York City
Dante Sacco, Deputy Arts Editor
• April 3, 2019
Staff Recs: Books We Should Have Read in High School
If you hated your high school humanities classes, the Arts Desk is here to give recs so that you can redo your education the right way.
Guru Ramanathan, Alex Cullina, Claire Fishman, Dante Sacco, Arts Desk
• March 14, 2019
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