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"I love this dirty town": J.J. Hunsecker and the New York of Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Sweet Smell of Success is one of the great and final dramatic noir films set and filmed in an alluringly dangerous New York. Directed by Alexander Mackendrick with a brilliant script by Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets, the 1957 classic, shot in glor...
A Visit to Astoria, Then & Now: The Marx Brothers at Paramount Pictures and Notes on Contemporary Attractions
The Marx Brothers at Paramount PicturesIn 1929, in the wake of their stage successes, the Marx Brothers signed a five film deal with Paramount Pictures. During their stage run in Animal Crackers at the Forty Fourth Street Theatre, the Marx Brothers t...
Aernout Mik at MoMA: Something is Happening Here, But I Don't Know What It Is
Last weekend, when I stood for two hours with a crowd behind barricades watching the Secret Service and police accompany the First Couple's motorcade to the restaurant on Washington Place for date night, I thought about the video installations I had ...
WOTBA New York Events Calendar: Howdy, Sailor! Edition Monday, May 18 - Monday, May 25, 2009
Hard to believe that next Monday, May 25, is Memorial Day. On Wednesday, Fleet Week begins and with it a multitude of events to welcome service members to New York. See the link for Fleet Week below for more information.• Monday, May 18. American B...
Further Reports From Film Camp
Over the last few days, I've either squirreled myself away in movie theaters to watch a few films in the Tribeca Film Festival or retreated to a room to write about them. When I'm not in the theater or writing, I take long walks, and fortunately, I'v...
On Reframe: Screens Big and Small, and Quentin Crisp's New York
I wanted to remind readers of Walking Off the Big Apple that this week and next I'm writing about aspects of the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival (now in progress through May 3) for the website, Reframe, an online project of the Tribeca Film Institute. As ...
Mapping Out the Tribeca Film Festival
The first question someone asked me yesterday during the course of covering the first full day of this year's Tribeca Film Festival was where to get good Italian food near Union Square. Thousands of film writers, producers, and directors have converg...
WOTBA New York Events Calendar: Monday, April 20 - Monday, April 27, 2009
Though the week begins with rain and patchy fog, our ever-precarious New York weather forecasts call for mostly sunny skies by the end of the week. Some flowering trees of the pinkish-rose variety look ready to unfurl their dainty petals, and with th...
Starring New York: New York Films at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival
For those who enjoy depictions of New York on film, several movies in this year's Tribeca Film Festival (April 22-May 3, 2009) give New York a featured role. Though not surprising for a festival that was created to reinvigorate lower Manhattan in the...
WOTBA New York Events Calendar: Monday, March 30 - Sunday, April 5, 2009
Before the listings, a bit of news. File this item under "something to keep in mind later." News reports indicate that the planned streetscaping of Broadway from Herald Square to Times Square may force the Macy's Thanksgiving Day route to take a diff...
WOTBA New York Cultural Events Calendar: Monday, March 16 - Sunday, March 22, 2009
Yippee! Spring Break! St. Patrick's Day. Let's have a parade. Green beer is flowing through the streets, and spring bulbs are breaking through the ground. Actually, I've only seen the latter.This scene looks fun, yes? Mild weather brought many people...
WOTBA New York Cultural Events Calendar, with Events for Lincoln's Birthday and Valentine's Day: February 9 - February 15, 2009
DOGS. Monday, February 9 and Tuesday, February 10. The 133rd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show: Madison Square Garden, Seventh Ave at 32nd St. 8 am–11pm. $20–$145. Also on TV but you miss the smell of pretty dogs. USA & CNBC.ART. Open Mondays....
Documentaries on the Academy's Shortlist: A Program at Tribeca Cinemas This Week
One of the most thrilling experiences for me last year was attending the Tribeca Film Festival in late April and early May, meeting talented filmmakers and seeing their extraordinary films. I write a regular blog titled "Shoe Leather" for the website...
Dalí and The Surrealist Mysteries of New York
Of all the wonders at the exhibition, Dalí: Painting and Film at MoMA, I was especially intrigued by his painting, The Surrealist Mystery of New York (1935), the artist's response to his eagerly anticipated visit to New York in 1934. The occasion of...
