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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

An Apple Vision Pro on display in the Apple store at 815 Boylston St. Officially for sale Feb. 2, the device marked Apple’s first new product category to launch since AirPods in 2016.

Review: I tried the Apple Vision Pro so you don’t have to

Ethan Wayne, news staff March 11, 2024

Mention “virtual reality” at an Apple Store today, and an employee may quickly correct you. Spatial computing is Apple’s newest technological venture, marking its entry into the mixed-reality industry....

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Greta Lee stars as Nora Moon, a New York-based playwright, in Past Lives. The film garnered two Oscar nominations: Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. Photo courtesy A24.

Review: ‘Past Lives’ tells a not-so-average love triangle story

Jake Guldin, lifestyle editor March 10, 2024

Since its premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, critics have lauded Celine Song’s “Past Lives” — and it’s easy to ascertain why.  The film, nominated for Best Picture and Best Original...

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Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo star in Yorgos Lanthimos provocative feminist fairy tale, Poor Things. It was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including Best Actress for Stone, Best Supporting Actor for Ruffalo and Best Picture. Photo courtesy Atsushi Nishijima, Searchlight Pictures.

Review: ‘Poor Things’ explores female empowerment, sexuality with humorous moments

Laura Emde, deputy lifestyle editor March 10, 2024

There are very few movies where actor Mark Ruffalo could get away with calling someone a “cunt,” and “Poor Things” is one of them. The 2023 film, currently up for 11 awards at this year’s...

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Erika Alexander and Jeffrey Wright star in the satirical dramedy American Fiction. The film, based on the novel Erasure, was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Wright. Photo courtesy Metro Goldwyn Mayer.

Review: ‘American Fiction’ is a smart, overstuffed satire on racial equality

Daniel Patchen, news correspondent March 10, 2024

In past years, historically white industries have made sweeping efforts to promote diversity and spotlight Black culture. But writer-director Cord Jefferson is not buying the apparent goodwill of these...

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Carey Mulligan and Bradley Cooper star as actress Felicia Montealegre and composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein in Maestro. The film endured several controversies before opening to positive reviews last year. Photo courtesy Netflix.

Review: ‘Maestro’ miraculously manages to carry a tune

Jake Guldin, lifestyle editor March 10, 2024

Every awards season, like clockwork, pundits and film fanatics comb through the perceived frontrunners across the major categories for one thing — a villain. Think “Elvis,” “Green Book” or “Bohemian...

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Dominic Sessa, Paul Giamatti and DaVine Joy Randolph (left to right) star in The Holdovers. The film, set at a New England boarding school in the 1970s, was nominated for several Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Photo courtesy Focus Features.

Review: ‘The Holdovers’ provides Christmas warmth year-round

Kristina DaPonte, deputy lifestyle editor March 9, 2024

Nothing sums up “The Holdovers” quite like this Letterboxd review: “A movie that is both hot chocolate for the soul and chicken soup for the lazy eye.” Set at Barton Academy, a fictional Massachusetts...

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Sandra Hüller stars as a woman accused of murdering her husband in Anatomy of a Fall. The film won the Palme dOr and earned five Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. Photo courtesy mk2 Films.

Review: ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ leaves no easy answers in its study of a toxic marriage

Daniel Patchen, news correspondent March 7, 2024

A marriage’s tragic demise is deconstructed in “Anatomy of a Fall,” writer-director Justine Triet’s courtroom thriller that leaves no simplicity in its underlying mystery. “Anatomy of a Fall”...

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Madonna raises her hands as dancers circle around her. The Celebration Tour showcased various milestones across her decades-long career.

Review: ‘The Celebration Tour’ revels in 40 years of Madonna’s hits

Jake Guldin, lifestyle editor February 8, 2024

Madonna arrived fashionably late at TD Garden Jan. 8, emerging on the smoke-shrouded stage two hours later than expected. But the pop icon’s ardent fans, dressed in “do-it-yourself” renditions of...

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Paul Mescal (left) and Andrew Scott (right) star in All of Us Strangers. The film sees the latter, who plays Adam, encounter the ghosts of his parents who died decades earlier. Photo courtesy Searchlight Pictures.

Review: ‘All of Us Strangers’ will both break and warm your heart

Claudie Bellanger, news correspondent February 7, 2024

Fans of both devastating television and Irish actors rejoiced over the pairing of Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal in director Andrew Haigh’s “All of Us Strangers” — and for good reason.   Opening...

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From left to right, Bebe Wood, Reneé Rapp and Avantika Vandanapu star in Mean Girls (2024). They portray Gretchen Wieners, Regina George and Karen Shetty — otherwise known as The Plastics — respectively. Photo courtesy Paramount.

Review: ‘Mean Girls’ (2024) updates the original to mixed results

Ella Warner, news correspondent February 2, 2024

To escape the Boston cold, crowds of pink flocked to the AMC Boston Common to endure nearly two hours of singing, dancing and the typical attempt to relate to a predominantly Gen Z audience during Tina...

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Sandra Hüller stars as Hedwig Höss in The Zone of Interest. The film follows the day-to-day lives of the Höss family, Nazis living next door to Auschwitz. Photo courtesy A24.

Review: Unfathomable horrors lie just beyond ‘The Zone of Interest’

Ian Dartley, news correspondent February 1, 2024

For the past decade, film director and screenwriter Jonathan Glazer has refined his newest film, “The Zone of Interest,” to be “a warning,” not a history lesson.  Following Glazer’s critically...

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Review: Tate McRae’s ‘THINK LATER’ is certain to ‘hurt your feelings’ in the best way possible

Review: Tate McRae’s ‘THINK LATER’ is certain to ‘hurt your feelings’ in the best way possible

Sarah Popeck, news staff January 11, 2024

Canadian sensation Tate McRae has returned with her sophomore album, “THINK LATER.” A musical journey through her tales of heartbreak and self-discovery, the album’s 14 tracks complement each other...

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