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

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

Washington Square News

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‘Elite’ Season Two Explores the Secret Lives of Spanish Prep School Students With New Twist

"Elite’s" eagerly anticipated second season is a suspenseful and shocking teen drama that reverses audience expectations. In the fictional Las Encinas High School, everyone is hiding something.
Alyssa Craig, Contributing Writer September 19, 2019

The cliffhanger in the season one finale of “Elite” left fans with many questions. Namely, how will a show that spent the whole season building up to a murder retain the same...

Still from Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus. (Photo via Netflix)

‘Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus’ Delights Inferior Humans Young and Old

Fareid El Gafy, Film & TV Editor August 24, 2019

The year is 2000. Nickelodeon has redefined children’s media with the likes of “Ren and Stimpy”; crass humor and gratuitous violence abound. American mothers shudder in the...

Promotional imagery for The Silence, a new Netflix original film. (via netflix.com)

‘The Silence’: A Netflix Algorithm Mishap

Netflix’s algorithms have predicted some of our favorite original productions, but “The Silence” isn’t one of them.
Yaroslava Bondar, Staff Writer April 22, 2019

Netflix’s “The Silence,” directed by John R. Leonetti and based on the novel of the same name by Tim Lebbon, chronicles the world as attacked by blind, flesh-eating, pterodactyl-like...

We Need to Keep Fighting for Latinx Representation on TV

We Need to Keep Fighting for Latinx Representation on TV

Canceling a show which positively represented the diversity of Latinxs hurts more than just the Latinx community.
Emi Bonet, Contributing Writer April 15, 2019

When I first heard Netflix’s “One Day at a Time” was canceled after three seasons, I immediately picked up the phone and called my mom. It is the show we would always binge-watch...

From left to right: Aidan Gallagher, Ellen Page, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Tom Hopper and David Castañeda. (via Facebook)

Netflix’s Post-Marvel, Pre-Apocalypse Family Drama

Netflix’s new original series stars Ellen Page and Mary J. Blige, but tries to juggle too many plotlines and genres.
Yaroslava Bondar, Staff Writer February 25, 2019

At a funeral eight days before the impending apocalypse, screenwriter Jeremy Slater introduces us to “The Umbrella Academy,” a gaggle of superheroes who have the chance to...