Review: ‘Evil Dead Rise’ brings new life to the cult horror franchise
“Evil Dead Rise,” is in theaters starting April 21. This movie is ready to scare you and everyone else — no one is safe.
Chesney Graham, Contributing Writer
• April 24, 2023
Review: ‘Showing Up’ continues Kelly Reichardt’s soft-spoken hot streak
The Oregon-based director focuses on the studio art world in her latest film for A24. “Showing Up” is currently showing at select theaters in New York City.
Ethan Beck, Contributing Writer
• April 13, 2023
Off the Radar: ‘Casablanca Beats’ explores the complex intersection of hip hop and politics
This Moroccan film doesn’t shy away from contentious discussions, examined with hip hop. “Casablanca Beats” is currently available on Kanopy.
Afnan Abbassi, Staff Writer
• April 7, 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
Off the Radar: ‘Where Is My Friend’s House?’ and the importance of empathy
Off the Radar is a weekly column surveying overlooked films available to students for free via NYU’s streaming partnerships. “Where Is My Friend’s House?” is available to stream on Kanopy.
Yezen Saadah, News Editor
• March 24, 2023
Off the Radar: Lessons on how to film ‘The Act of Killing’
Off the Radar is a weekly column surveying overlooked films available to students for free via NYU’s streaming partnerships. “The Act of Killing” is available to stream on Kanopy and NYU Stream.
Mick Gaw, Staff Writer
• March 10, 2023
The case against Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’
Hide your theater kids for this one.
Andre Garcia, Contributing Writer
• March 10, 2023
Review: ‘Argentina, 1985’ and the legacy of a landmark anti-fascist trial
Nominated for best international feature film, Santiago Mitre’s “Argentina, 1985” depicts a monumental event in Argentine and international legal history. The film is showing in select theaters and streaming on Amazon Prime.
Mick Gaw, Staff Writer
• March 7, 2023
Review: ‘Cocaine Bear’ is at its best when it’s just about a bear on cocaine
Colleen Secaur, Contributing Writer
• March 7, 2023
Review: ‘Dancing the Twist in Bamako’ is a tale of star-crossed lovers in a postcolonial world
Set in a nation freshly liberated from French colonial rule, director Robert Guédiguian tells the story of two lovers fighting to be together against all odds. The film opened on Feb. 24 at the Film Forum.
Sanam Estakhrian, Contributing Writer
• March 6, 2023
Review: New doc on Sarah Lawrence cult tells the harrowing truth of survivors
The docuseries follows a group of nine students at Sarah Lawrence College who fell victim to manipulation. It serves as a harrowing realization that cults are not things of the past, but closer than we know.
Julia Diorio, Contributing Writer
• February 28, 2023
Review: ‘The Sorrow and the Pity’: Once illegal, now in theaters
The film returned to theaters on Feb. 24, 50 years after director Marcel Ophuls exposed how the French Vichy government secretly collaborated with the Nazis during World War II.
Ashley Simons, Contributing Writer
• February 27, 2023
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