Review: ‘Vive L’Amour’ chillingly conveys the ennui of the everyday
The new 2K restoration of Tsai Ming-liang’s second feature-length film “Vive L’Amour” is currently playing at Metrograph. The film follows three lovelorn denizens of Taipei unknowingly sharing the same vacant apartment to escape their daily grind.
222’s democratic vision for skateboard culture
222, a skateboarding collective comprised of artistically-minded NYU students, values community over trendiness.
Recap: ‘Euphoria’ S2E8: When the curtain finally falls
The “Euphoria” season finale delivered a rollercoaster of emotions that will leave viewers eagerly anticipating a third season. “Euphoria” is available to stream on HBO Max.
Review: ‘XCXHEXRXRXIXEXSX’ brings sex back to the big screen
Ken Jacobs' “XCXHEXRXRXIXEXSX” is part of the Roxy Cinema’s “The Carnal Screening: Erotic Visions,” a series devoted to exploring sexuality on the silver screen. Jacobs' experimental film delves into the cosmic nature of life and sex through a series of hallucinatory, pornographic images.
Opinion: For what ‘Euphoria’ gains in drama, it lacks in genuine representation
Despite the popularity of Euphoria, the HBO show suffers for its lack of non-exploitative representation. This is fuelled by a glaring absence of diversity in writers and creative directors.
Review: ‘Electra, My Love’ embodies the limits of revolution myths
Miklós Jancsó’s revolutionary 1974 reimagining of the ancient Greek myth of Electra is currently playing at Metrograph as part of a retrospective on the Hungarian director.
Review: ‘Wuhan Driver’ loses its call to action, and itself, in vapid storytelling
“Wuhan Driver” is the latest short film by Tiger Ji, a Gallatin junior. The film follows a Chinese Uber driver dealing with a series of terrible riders at the onset of the pandemic in New York City.
Review: The brittle poetry of ‘The Girl and the Spider’
“The Girl and the Spider” is a graceful film that explores how love can leave the loss of friendship in its ashes.
Make Black voices heard in NYU’s dramatic writing classes
Black students are demanding for more representation among NYU Tisch faculty and staff as they struggle to reveal their work with their non-Black peers and professors.
Review: ‘House of Gucci’ is a fashion catastrophe
Even a scene-stealing Gaga performance can’t save Ridley Scott’s true-crime slog from itself.
Review: ‘Procession’ is a meta masterwork on trauma
Robert Greene’s portrayal of the painful processing of trauma makes for a profound piece that shows the difficulty and necessity of storytelling.
