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New York University's independent student newspaper, established in 1973.

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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

In 1980, the enfant terrible of British cinema Ken Russell decided to venture out to the United States and adapt Paddy Chayefsky’s novel “Altered States.” The book follows...

Based on D.H. Lawrence’s novel of the same name, "Women in Love", the movie, which came out in 1969, rebukes conventional relationships and restrictive forms of love through the intertwining relationships among four people.

‘Women in Love’ is Not What it Seems

Angelica Chong, Staff Writer November 28, 2017
The film "Women in Love", which screens at Metrograph on Dec. 1, actually explores the subject of male love, masculinity, and purity.