Jefferson Market University: The New York Character
Thursday, November 12, 7 pm By Matt Whitman As an ongoing, provisional history textbook of New York City, modern and contemporary cinema populates the city […]
Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter
November 2015 If you think an important movie opens every other day in NYC, you are right, It is fall and the Harvey Weinstein template […]
Greenwich Village Film Festival
By Robert Moore Presenting a unique short film about Greenwich Village is a tall order but last night the Greenwich Village Film Festival did exactly […]
Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter
October 2015 The Stonewall Rebellion took place in Greenwich Village in 1969. Hollywood director Roland Emmerich and Broadway Playwright Jon Robin Baitz have released […]
West Village Connections to Kim Hunter and The Seventh Victim
The scheduled October resurrection of historic Chumley’s bar at 86 Bedford St. (WestView News, September) reminds me of its portrayal in the classic Val Lewton-produced […]
Adding More Joy On Christopher Street
By Stanley Fine Here’s a West Village secret. Right next door to the well-known and recently landmarked Stonewall Inn is another a local bar, with […]
Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter
NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL (NYFF53) Spent 10 days and nights watching movies, attending talks and public conversations and then thought what do I want […]
The Lost Cinemas of the West Village: It’s A Wrap (Part Two).
By Clive I. Morrick Remembering some favorite West Village cinemas which I and many readers have known but are now lost to us. The […]
Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter
August used to be the month that studios dumped all the films that had failure written all over them or the month when indie films […]
The Lost Cinemas of the West Village: It’s A Wrap (Part One).
By Clive I. Morrick I had intended to write one article on some favorite West Village cinemas which I and many readers had […]
Take Home Broadway!—Even Tony Winners
By Ellis Nassour Award season has come and gone. There’ve been winners and not-winners in the Musical categories. It was a Broadway season for […]
Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter
The BAMcinemaFest is the success story of the year, with imaginative programing by curators who hand pick the best indie films and documentaries. They cull […]
Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter
Shocker: In Manhattan tickets for new movies can cost $15 to $20 dollars for adults and $14 for seniors (there goes the fixed income movie […]
Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter
May 2015 Ten days of non-stop Tribeca Film Festival has left me weary (jumping on my Citybike four or five times a day and rushing […]
Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter
April 2015 I’m writing from SXSW 2015 in Austin Texas. SXSW now includes the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music and Media Conference, SXSW Film and […]
Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter
OK, let me get my Oscars response off my chest. The New York Times published an article critical of Academy voters for being out of […]
Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter
I am writing this column from Park City, Utah home of the 26th SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL. Today there are actually two Sundances. The one you […]
Jim Fouratt’s REEL DEAL: Movies that Matter
As I write this column I am still reeling from the saturation of quality films that opened and closed in the last 90 days in […]