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The Greene Street Review

The Greene Street Review

Cultural Criticism & Commentary from the NYU Department of English

Category: Reviews

Reviews of books, films, television, etc.

A Closer Look at Gagosian’s ‘A Foreigner Called Picasso’

By Ruth Wecker This past winter, the Gagosian Gallery’s Chelsea location on West 21st Street presented A Foreigner Called Picasso,…
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Posted on: May 2, 2024 Last updated on: May 2, 2024 Written by: pch8883

Punk Politics: A Review of Nowhere Generation by a Member of the Nowhere Generation

By Nathan Burke The album cover of Nowhere Generation by Rise Against Rise Against is a Chicago-born punk rock band,…
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Posted on: May 2, 2024 Last updated on: May 2, 2024 Written by: melaniezhang

Why Is ‘A Little Life’ a Book People Still Won’t Stop Reading?

By Margherita della Gherardesca A Little Life came out 8 years ago and I have been aware of its popularity…
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Posted on: December 12, 2023 Last updated on: December 8, 2023 Written by: jr5882

Review of ‘I’m a Virgo’

By Zakiya Rowe “Heart, head, hands, feet. As long as I push, there’s no defeat.”  His father Martisse recites this…
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Posted on: December 12, 2023 Last updated on: December 11, 2023 Written by: jr5882

‘Mississippi Masala’ and Its Meditations on Home, Identity and Love Without Borders

By Lulu Chatterjee Mississippi Masala (1992), directed by Mira Nair, is a romantic comedy-drama about love and race that is…
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Posted on: December 12, 2023 Last updated on: December 8, 2023 Written by: jr5882

Subtle Significance Along the 100th Meridian: A Review of Andrew Moore’s Dirt Meridian 

By Alejandro Cortinas The 100th Meridian: the long, wide and grand plains of the American West, marked by an invisible…
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Posted on: May 16, 2023 Last updated on: May 16, 2023 Written by: amc10118

HBO’s Girls Goes on Trial in the Court of Gen Z

By Alexandra Cohen  In 2017, when I was 14, I watched my mother watch a naked Lena Dunham on the…
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Posted on: May 15, 2023 Last updated on: May 15, 2023 Written by: amc10118

Climbing Up in “The Hills”

By Annie Gold-Onwude “The Hills” is not your average reality TV show. It is, of course, a show about wealthy…
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Posted on: May 15, 2023 Last updated on: May 15, 2023 Written by: amc10118

Generations, a History Composed of Disparate Parts

By James Freyland Pervasive throughout the teaching of American history in the US is the notion that an objective account…
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Posted on: May 15, 2023 Last updated on: May 15, 2023 Written by: amc10118

Game of Thrones’ Daenerys Targaryen: Hero or Villain?

By Penn Namely Note: Contains spoilers for Game of Thrones (Which despite its flaws, is still worth the watch!) Throughout…
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Posted on: May 15, 2023 Last updated on: May 15, 2023 Written by: amc10118
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