Olive Oil 101
By Annunziata Gianzero What do you really know about olive oil? Most everyone in New York likes to think of themselves as a foodie, as […]
The Rest of the Fest – An Insider’s Guide to the Best of the Tribeca Film Festival
By Annunziata Gianzero A college grad recently asked me how he should query realtors when shopping for downtown apartments. I quickly responded with an array […]
If You Walk a Mile of the Village, It Will Take You Places You Can Never Go…
By Annunziata Gianzero My eyes strain to make out the words on the flag as it curls and ripples in the North River wind. “Don’t […]
Filming in the West Village: Balancing Diversity and Quality of Life
By Gary Tomei Annunziata Gianzero’s article in the July 2016 issue of WestView, “Diversity Matters” and the three subsequent articles written by her, contain some […]
New Film Czar in Fun City (Part Two): An Interview with NYC Commissioner of Media and Entertainment Julie Menin
By Annunziata Gianzero Part One of this article, which appeared in last month’s issue of WestView (https://westviewnews.org/2017/02/started-fun-city-part-one/), recounted the beginnings of the NYC Film Commission […]
Not Adulting Right Now, Thank You Very Much: Catching the Virtual Reality (VR) Wave at Sundance 2017
By Annunziata Gianzero You sit at a desk, stand in a projected white circle, get strapped into a mock space capsule seat, or (as I […]
It All Started With Fun City (Part One)
By Annunziata Gianzero Although the birth of the American film industry was marked by the unveiling of Thomas Edison’s kinetoscopes at 1155 Broadway in NYC […]