Tag: films

German screwball comedy, the story of refugees in Lampedusa, and a South Korean rom-com with a mysterious twist. There’s a film

Have you been watching "The Night Of", the fictional HBO drama that centers around a murder that took place on the Upper West Side? It's a

The free outdoor Central Park Film Festival is back next week! This year the Central Park Conservancy will screen

If you can't afford a ticket to Paris this summer, the French embassy is offering the next best thing: a free film festival celebrating the City of Light.

I'm Alex Spieth, a writer and actor, who has lived in the Upper West Side for the past 3 years (109th, so I made it by the skin of my teeth). Over the

By Nancy Novick Documentary fans rejoice! The Margaret Mead Film Festival at the American Museum of Natural History is back for the 38th year in a row

Several local film series and festivals have just begun or are about to start.

If Westsider Books on 80th and Broadway has looked a little different for the past few days, there's a good reason: the shop has been rebranded as "M. Schwartz & Sons Rare and Used Books" for a movie called Fading Gigolo starring John Turturro, Woody Allen, Sharon Stone and Sofia ...

As part of the Winter's Eve festival on Monday, the Film Society of Lincoln Center is showing the hit 1982 movie Annie three times during the day, at 2:30, 5 and 7:30 p.m. The free showings are at the Elinor

Fordham is holding its seventh annual Forum Film Festival through October 25, and this Sunday at 3 p.m. John Turturro and Elie Wiesel will make a special appearance to speak about the film "The Truce," starring Turturro. "Based on Primo Levi’s memoir The Reawakening, this Francesco Rosi film depicts Levi’s ...

The Alamo Drafthouse, a movie theater chain that is opening a new five-screen theater in the historic Metro Theater on Broadway between 99th and 100th Streets, was given the thumbs-up from a community board committee last night to get a liquor license, DNAinfo reported. The chain sells liquor and will ...

Nora Ephron, the writer and filmmaker who died last month, was an Upper West Sider. She was born here, lived much of her life here, and made the neighborhood the setting for some of her most acclaimed films. The JCC on 76th and Amsterdam is honoring Ephron next Tuesday (July ...

Summer movies are like a 20-ounce sugary shot of childhood nostalgia (get it now before the mayor bans it!). This summer, the Film Society of Lincoln Center is diving deep into your cerebral cortex down down down to the place where those sweet memories exist. The Film Society starts a ...

Upper West Side cinematographer Yael Shulman sent us this video she made of the tribute to 343 fallen firefighters on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 at the Fireman's Memorial in Riverside Park: The Fallen - Canon 7D, 2011 from Yael Shulman on Vimeo.

Starting today, the Film Center of Lincoln Center is putting on a film series it calls "Hollywood's Jew Wave" that celebrates the period from the 1960's and 1970's when a new group of Jewish writers, directors and actors produced a ton of influential Hollywood movies. From Woody Allen to Dustin ...

It's a beautiful weekend, with clear skies and highs in the 70's and 80's. If you're not atoning for your sins (Yom Kippur), find some way to get out of the house. The photo above is from Upper West Sider Amy Aglar. If you do one thing outside this weekend… At ...

A new cafe just opened in the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, and it could change your feelings about movie theater food forever. Instead of the usual butter-drenched popcorn and soda

Remember Hurricane Irene? It was just one week ago, but it feels much farther away, doesn't it? We've dug up seven videos made by Upper West Siders of the scene in the neighborhood, from Blair-Witch-style films to a silly video of a woman dressing up her dogs in ridiculous yellow ...

By Harriet Flehinger On Wednesdays this summer, sling a folding chair over your shoulder and head out of the house. Come to Richard Tucker Park (66th St and Broadway, across from Lincoln Center) for live world music from noon until 2 p.m. Performers range from the Metro Brass Quintet to ...