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NYC Releases Its First Ever Comprehensive AI Guidelines

New York City Public Schools implemented a new AI policy for the 2026-2027 school year, placing a one-year moratorium on generative AI for grades 2K-8 while restricting its use in high schools.

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Parsons Brings it Back in Backrooms (2026)

Backrooms, directed by Kane Parsons, is a masterpiece despite overwhelming public dissatisfaction.

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Aesthetic Authoritarianism bores me: The Secret Agent

The Secret Agent is authoritarianism on a slow, slow summer’s day.

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The Devil Still Wears Prada

The Devil Wears Prada 2 debuts as an unnecessary, narratively confusing legacy sequel, with acting that did not stand the test of time.

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Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (2025): For the Fans

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (2025), while not exactly like the games, is thrilling and suspenseful, making it a fun watch for die-hard fans.

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Four Stuyvesant Students Earn 2026 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar Distinction

Stuyvesant students Sophia Yinghan, Hailan Chen, Vincent Chen, and Rhea Malhotra were four of 300 selected as Regeneron scholars.

Arts and Entertainment

The Holy Trinity comes to Knives Out

A religious, emotional experience with fantastic acting and a solid murder mystery to bear, Knives Out adds a new approach to its repertoire.

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Friendship, Disagreements, and Wit in Yasmina Reza’s ART

The play’s revival not only made audiences laugh, but also provoked reflection on what qualifies as “art.”

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Dispatch (2025): Your Choices Matter

Dispatch (2025) is incredibly compelling, full of puzzles and hard choices.

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The Bear Season Four: A Slow-Cooked Return to Form

Although the latest installment resolves many of Season Three’s flaws, and delivers a more mature tone, it’s still unfocused, largely because the restaurant—once the show’s anchor—is pushed to the wayside in favor of many scattered and tedious storylines.

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How A Miku Who Can’t Sing Speaks Volumes

Colorful Stage! A Miku Who Can’t Sing hits the big screen, cementing itself as a milestone in Vocaloid history… but is it only for the fans?

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An Impossible Mission… One Last Time

While Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) is weighed down at times by heavy exposition and clunky plotting, these flaws are negligible compared to the emotional payoff and jaw-dropping action.

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Lilo and Stitch: Changed For the Better or For the Worse?

The Lilo and Stitch live-action remake changes the plot of the original film, but do the changes make the film better or worse?

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Ethnofiction’s Rebirth: Fusing Memory and Documentary

Ethnofiction’s growing influence in modern cinema directly provokes traditional documentaries, underscoring the importance of first-person storytelling.

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Thunderbolts* Jolts the MCU Back to Life

With exhilarating action, deep storytelling, and an instantly lovable band of misfits, Thunderbolts* is easily one of the strongest films Marvel has released in the post-Endgame era.

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Sinners: A Coogler Masterpiece

Although Sinners stumbles in its attempt to weave together more complex themes with horror elements, Coogler’s ambition is evident as glimpses of the film’s true potential shine through.

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Snow White and the Seven Missteps

Disney's live action remake of Snow White has become the laughing stock of this year so far, from its lack of sonic and visual substance, to its flat attempts to correct the politics of the original.

Arts and Entertainment

Death of the Hollywood Creative

In 2024, spectacle trumps substance. What can the modern director learn from Abbas Kiarostami?

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Megalopolis and the Coppola Effect

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The Substance and the Horror of Society’s Obsession with Beauty

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Brian Eno's biranneo's eonniarb One Brain

Why watch a generative movie?

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The Seasons, as Seen by Alex Katz

Deadpool and Wolverine is a self-aware film that is extremely fun to watch.

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MaXXXine Finally Becomes a Star

Mia Goth returns to play Maxine Minx for the last time in an oftentimes shaky end to the X trilogy.

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The Dark Side of It Ends with Us: Criticism Over Domestic Abuse Portrayal

Although the film attempts to portray domestic abuse with respect for real victims, the careless and insensitive marketing casts a foreboding shadow over the film.

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The Garfield Movie: The Downfall of a Lazy Lasagna Lover

A disappointing combination of inadequate voice actors, an unfit animation style, and a baseline misunderstanding of the title character as a whole unfortunately led to The Garfield Movie being a large letdown.

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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire—A Refreshingly-Hilarious Reboot

In spite of some writing flaws, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is a hilarious watch with a wonderfully talented cast.

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Gladiator 1.5

Gladiator II blew its predecessor out of the water with its massive production scale and visual effects, but falls short in end with its originality.

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Dìdi: Myspace, a Mother’s Love, and Other Relics of the Past

In a mixed media masterpiece, Dìdi teaches its audience that growing up was never transformed by the rise of technology, but merely translated.

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Deadpool and Wolverine: Breaking the Fourth Wall, and the Rules

Deadpool and Wolverine is a self-aware film that is extremely fun to watch.

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Daddy Longlegs

Longlegs, directed by Osgood Perkins, is a masterclass in tension and dread building, despite its clunky exposition and one major plot hole.

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The Odyssey (2026): Oddly Archetypal

The Odyssey attempts to take its place in cinema history; is it a diamond in the rough or a Trojan horse?

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Parsons Brings it Back in Backrooms (2026)

Backrooms, directed by Kane Parsons, is a masterpiece despite overwhelming public dissatisfaction.

Arts and Entertainment

How A Miku Who Can’t Sing Speaks Volumes

Colorful Stage! A Miku Who Can’t Sing hits the big screen, cementing itself as a milestone in Vocaloid history… but is it only for the fans?

Arts and Entertainment

An Impossible Mission… One Last Time

While Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) is weighed down at times by heavy exposition and clunky plotting, these flaws are negligible compared to the emotional payoff and jaw-dropping action.

Arts and Entertainment

Lilo and Stitch: Changed For the Better or For the Worse?

The Lilo and Stitch live-action remake changes the plot of the original film, but do the changes make the film better or worse?

Arts and Entertainment

The Garfield Movie: The Downfall of a Lazy Lasagna Lover

A disappointing combination of inadequate voice actors, an unfit animation style, and a baseline misunderstanding of the title character as a whole unfortunately led to The Garfield Movie being a large letdown.

Arts and Entertainment

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire—A Refreshingly-Hilarious Reboot

In spite of some writing flaws, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is a hilarious watch with a wonderfully talented cast.

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One of a Hundred Kills: The Punisher: One Last Kill

The Punisher: One Last Kill was a perfect continuation of Frank Castle’s story, with its new addition of character development, violence, and emotional impact.

Arts and Entertainment

Ethnofiction’s Rebirth: Fusing Memory and Documentary

Ethnofiction’s growing influence in modern cinema directly provokes traditional documentaries, underscoring the importance of first-person storytelling.

Arts and Entertainment

Thunderbolts* Jolts the MCU Back to Life

With exhilarating action, deep storytelling, and an instantly lovable band of misfits, Thunderbolts* is easily one of the strongest films Marvel has released in the post-Endgame era.

Arts and Entertainment

A Minecraft Movie: Charming or Poorly-Written?

A Minecraft Movie has just been released, but is its bad writing enough to undermine its sincerity to the source material?

Arts and Entertainment

Sinners: A Coogler Masterpiece

Although Sinners stumbles in its attempt to weave together more complex themes with horror elements, Coogler’s ambition is evident as glimpses of the film’s true potential shine through.

Arts and Entertainment

Aesthetic Authoritarianism bores me: The Secret Agent

The Secret Agent is authoritarianism on a slow, slow summer’s day.

Arts and Entertainment

The Devil Still Wears Prada

The Devil Wears Prada 2 debuts as an unnecessary, narratively confusing legacy sequel, with acting that did not stand the test of time.

Arts and Entertainment

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie: Too Many Stars, Not Enough Story

A review of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie with emphasis on its storytelling, character development, and its effectiveness as a sequel.

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Project Hail Mary (2026) Reaches for the Stars

Project Hail Mary serves its purpose well as a hard Sci-Fi adaptation, even as some emotional depth is sacrificed for efficiency.

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Snow White and the Seven Missteps

Disney's live action remake of Snow White has become the laughing stock of this year so far, from its lack of sonic and visual substance, to its flat attempts to correct the politics of the original.

Arts and Entertainment

How to Lose a Russian Heir in Less Than a Day

A look at Oscar Best Picture Winner Anora

Arts and Entertainment

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (2025): For the Fans

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (2025), while not exactly like the games, is thrilling and suspenseful, making it a fun watch for die-hard fans.

Arts and Entertainment

Death of the Hollywood Creative

In 2024, spectacle trumps substance. What can the modern director learn from Abbas Kiarostami?

News

Four Stuyvesant Students Earn 2026 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar Distinction

Stuyvesant students Sophia Yinghan, Hailan Chen, Vincent Chen, and Rhea Malhotra were four of 300 selected as Regeneron scholars.

Arts and Entertainment

The Holy Trinity comes to Knives Out

A religious, emotional experience with fantastic acting and a solid murder mystery to bear, Knives Out adds a new approach to its repertoire.

Arts and Entertainment

Friendship, Disagreements, and Wit in Yasmina Reza’s ART

The play’s revival not only made audiences laugh, but also provoked reflection on what qualifies as “art.”

Arts and Entertainment

Dispatch (2025): Your Choices Matter

Dispatch (2025) is incredibly compelling, full of puzzles and hard choices.

Arts and Entertainment

Waiting for the Impossible Resolution

In It Was Just An Accident, Jafar Panahi spins an existential web around one man’s metal leg.

Arts and Entertainment

Megalopolis and the Coppola Effect

Arts and Entertainment

Gladiator 1.5

Gladiator II blew its predecessor out of the water with its massive production scale and visual effects, but falls short in end with its originality.

Arts and Entertainment

The Substance and the Horror of Society’s Obsession with Beauty

News

NYC Releases Its First Ever Comprehensive AI Guidelines

New York City Public Schools implemented a new AI policy for the 2026-2027 school year, placing a one-year moratorium on generative AI for grades 2K-8 while restricting its use in high schools.

Arts and Entertainment

Caught Stealing: Old Tropes in Old New York.

Caught Stealing is a contradiction: both a clichéd crime flick and a surprisingly layered performance piece.

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Caught Stealing: Old Tropes in Old New York.

Caught Stealing is a contradiction: both a clichéd crime flick and a surprisingly layered performance piece.

Arts and Entertainment

Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) Was Pretty Fantastic

Fantastic Four: First Steps creates a visually-stunning, heartwarming viewing experience featuring some writing missteps.

Arts and Entertainment

Dìdi: Myspace, a Mother’s Love, and Other Relics of the Past

In a mixed media masterpiece, Dìdi teaches its audience that growing up was never transformed by the rise of technology, but merely translated.

Arts and Entertainment

Brian Eno's biranneo's eonniarb One Brain

Why watch a generative movie?

Arts and Entertainment

A New Day, But a Classic Spider-Man

With Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Destin Daniel Cretton brings Spider-Man back to his roots, giving Tom Holland’s Peter Parker his most personal and classic story yet.

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KPop Demon Hunters: Celebrating Korean Culture

Despite its questionable name, KPop Demon Hunters stands out as one of the most impressive films of the summer, celebrating Korean and western culture.

Arts and Entertainment

The Bear Season Four: A Slow-Cooked Return to Form

Although the latest installment resolves many of Season Three’s flaws, and delivers a more mature tone, it’s still unfocused, largely because the restaurant—once the show’s anchor—is pushed to the wayside in favor of many scattered and tedious storylines.

Arts and Entertainment

Deadpool and Wolverine: Breaking the Fourth Wall, and the Rules

Deadpool and Wolverine is a self-aware film that is extremely fun to watch.

Arts and Entertainment

The Seasons, as Seen by Alex Katz

Deadpool and Wolverine is a self-aware film that is extremely fun to watch.

Arts and Entertainment

Daddy Longlegs

Longlegs, directed by Osgood Perkins, is a masterclass in tension and dread building, despite its clunky exposition and one major plot hole.

Arts and Entertainment

MaXXXine Finally Becomes a Star

Mia Goth returns to play Maxine Minx for the last time in an oftentimes shaky end to the X trilogy.

Arts and Entertainment

The Dark Side of It Ends with Us: Criticism Over Domestic Abuse Portrayal

Although the film attempts to portray domestic abuse with respect for real victims, the careless and insensitive marketing casts a foreboding shadow over the film.