I Guess The Princess Lives Uptown Somewhere...

Okay, as an avid New Yorker and a pretty heavy Star Wars fan (you know...the first...I mean...LAST three), this for me is a magical confluence, courtesy of the roaming Improv Everywhere troupe! I adore those knowing subway riders, who're extremely adept at improv themselves. The one cutaway to the dreamy young lovers is a favored highlight, as are the detail-oriented soft-focus shots of the

I Guess The Princess Lives Uptown Somewhere...

Okay, as an avid New Yorker and a pretty heavy Star Wars fan (you know...the first...I mean...LAST three), this for me is a magical confluence, courtesy of the roaming Improv Everywhere troupe! I adore those knowing subway riders, who're extremely adept at improv themselves. The one cutaway to the dreamy young lovers is a favored highlight, as are the detail-oriented soft-focus shots of the

Richard Sandler's Brave New York and Sway

New Yorkers, especially the seasoned ones, will be in for a bittersweet taste of the city's old way of doing things when Richard Sandler's artful documentaries Brave New York (2004, 56 minutes) and Sway (2006, 33 minutes) screen at the Sixth Street and Avenue B Community Garden on Friday, August 22nd, starting at 8:30 pm. Given Sandler's singular talent behind the camera, this is truly an event

Richard Sandler's Brave New York and Sway

New Yorkers, especially the seasoned ones, will be in for a bittersweet taste of the city's old way of doing things when Richard Sandler's artful documentaries Brave New York (2004, 56 minutes) and Sway (2006, 33 minutes) screen at the Sixth Street and Avenue B Community Garden on Friday, August 22nd, starting at 8:30 pm. Given Sandler's singular talent behind the camera, this is truly an event

TriBeCa Diaries #3: Empire II

Dedicated not to Andy Warhol but to late film geniuses Ingmar Bergman and Michaelangelo Antonioni, Amos Poe's new experimental documentary Empire II still owes a lot--including its title--to the white-haired pop artist. Warhol's 1964 film Empire was an 8-hour black-and-white shot of the top half of the Empire State Building. It was a quizzical experiment that I suppose had to be done, but of

TriBeCa Diaries #3: Empire II

Dedicated not to Andy Warhol but to late film geniuses Ingmar Bergman and Michaelangelo Antonioni, Amos Poe's new experimental documentary Empire II still owes a lot--including its title--to the white-haired pop artist. Warhol's 1964 film Empire was an 8-hour black-and-white shot of the top half of the Empire State Building. It was a quizzical experiment that I suppose had to be done, but of