TV/Film
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Watch Taylor Mead & Harold Hunter in Tompkins Square Park [VIDEO]
Inspired by the recent flight of Taylor Mead in the face of alleged landlord harassment, we fell down a rabbit hole of past performances on YouTube. One of our favorites is “Man Under Wire,” the 2005 [...]
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Recap: ‘Gazzara’ and ‘Uncomfortable Silence’ Close the Soho Film Festival
Gazzara (2012), a feature length documentary about the late, legendary actor Ben Gazzara, had its US premiere in NYC when it closed the Soho International Film Festival last Thursday night.
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SNL Spoofs ‘The History of Punk’ with Ian Rubbish and the Bizzaros [VIDEO]
The award for best sketch on this week's Saturday Night Live definitely goes to Fred Armisen for throwing together a punk rock spoof - "The History of Punk."
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Soho Film Festival: Checking in on ‘Boyz of Summer’
Chilly temperatures (for April in NYC, anyway) and a freakish, rainy down pour could not keep crowds from checking out The Soho International Film Festival at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema Wednesday night, where [...]
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Documentary on Streit’s Matzo Factory in the Works [VIDEO]
Fifth generation. Four contiguous Rivington Street buildings (148-154). Same antiquated equipment. Same quality. Supplying 40% of the nation's matzo.
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Trailer Released for Keanu Reeves Indie Flick ‘generation Um’ [VIDEO]
Keanu Reeves was last spotted on the Lower East Side munching cupcakes outside Sugar Sweet Sunshine for indie flick generation Um. For a while there in 2010, the indie flick had a grip on the neighborhood, filming [...]
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‘Spice World’ Ushers 90s Nostalgia at Sunshine Cinema This Weekend
The New Museum isn't the only Lower East Side institution currently capitalizing on nineties nostalgia. Here's the story from A to Z...