Even on Memorial Day weekend, when half the city seemed to be out of town, Gramercy Theatre drew a boisterous crowd to see Honor Among Thieves supporting Ten Ton…
Roll With Your Homies to a Rooftop Vineyard Showing Movies Like ‘Clueless’
Rooftop Reds, the “urban rooftop vineyard” at the Brooklyn Navy Yard opened last April and was well-covered by the press of the hoity toity (conditional…
This Writer Is On a Cross-Country Road Trip With Social Media at the Wheel
Michael J. Seidlinger and I met a couple of years ago at a bookstore event in Greenpoint. As the publisher of DIY press Civil Coping…
Log Ladies and Laura Palmers Painted It Red at This Immersive Twin Peaks Tribute
“We all signed N.D.A.s,” before gearing up for the highly-anticipated reboot of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks, Kyle MacLachlan told the Times. While reboots are dime-a-dozen,…
Sweet Spirit Marches Its ‘Freak Parade’ Through Rough Trade Tonight
I caught the Austin band Sweet Spirit by accident at last year’s SXSW—I had dropped into an early-morning show by Sharkmuffin, and got caught up…
Charlotte Wells Took ‘a Risk’ With Her Film About a NYC Subway Assault
We live in a truly bizarre time. Without getting into politics, isn’t it weird enough that O.J. Simpson’s ’90s saga crushed the critics as both…
The Britanys Don’t Mind Being Called the ‘New Strokes’
Who needs another rock band? Well, pretty much everybody, by the look of it—they just keep popping up in Brooklyn, the “Brooklyn sound” shows no…
Annie Hart Enjoys Making Her Listeners Burst into Tears (in a Good Way)
Annie Hart’s SoundCloud page says, “Putting all the synthesizers in my basement to good use,” which is a wonderful description of what she’s quite obviously…
Michael O’Shea’s NYC Vampire Film Is For His ‘Fellow Outsiders, Freaks and Weirdos’
Truly disturbing, truly difficult to watch, Michael O’Shea’s debut feature film The Transfiguration — an official selection at Cannes—features an aspiring young vampire, Milo, as…
Most Beautiful Island Is a Psychological Thriller Set in NYC’s Immigrant Underground
Most Beautiful Island is that rare movie pitched as a “psychological thriller” that is truly a psychological thriller: the best parts happen in your mind while…