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

Washington Square News

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

Washington Square News

Masayuki Mori and Machiko Kyô as the potter Genjuro and his client Lady Wakasa, in the ghost film “Ugetsu,” by Japanese director Kenji Mizugochi.

‘Ugetsu’ is an Essential, Beautiful Haunt

Matthew Holman, Contributing Writer March 2, 2017
The re-release of Kenji Mizuguchi’s 1953 film "Ugetsu" should be eagerly anticipated — the work is both one of the few ghost movies with neither over-the-top ghouls and one of the few war films that doesn't simply lapse into gore.
A Noh theater Hawk costume, re-envisioned by Simon Starling, in the Japan Society's exhibition “At Twilight.”

‘At Twilight’ Brings Beauty From Complex Culture

Thomas Miritello, Contributing Writer October 18, 2016
In a delightfully intricate and curiosity-provoking new exhibit at the Japan Society, Simon Starling's "At Twilight" blends Japanese Noh theater with a variety of other cultural phenomena.
Paramount Pictures

New kind of zombie in Brad Pitt’s horror flick

December 6, 2012
"World War Z," a zombie-apocalypse movie to be released next June, is based off Max Brooks' popular 2006 novel.