The program for the 54th BFI London Film Festival, launched today by Artistic Director Sandra Hebron, showcases an array of highly anticipated films by both established and emerging talent from around the world. Held over 16 days, the festival will screen a total of 197 features and 112 shorts, including 11 World, 23 International and 33 European premieres, many presented ... Read More »
Celebrate: Anna Wintour will be very very angry if you don’t celebrate Fashion’s Night Out. And you don’t want to make Anna Wintour unhappy, do you? This kick off to NYC’s Fashion Week means retailers not only in New York will be celebrating with parties and special in-store deals, but shops and designers around the world. Watch: I’m ... Read More »
“I finished the whole thing in nearly one sitting.” –Candice Walsh regarding Chronicles of Old New York Read More »
Celebrate: It’s Labor Day weekend in America, the unofficial end of the summer when kids head back to school and summer Friday’s come to a sad halt. Time to roll out those bbqs for one last hurrah and remember to check your local calendar for any town parades! Watch: The American – As an assassin, Jack (George Clooney) ... Read More »
Imagine Dirty Dancing except with Iggy Pop as Johnny and the Vivian Girls (collectively) as Baby and that’s maybe close to what you’ll get on a trip to All Tomorrow’s Parties, New York. The American branch of this UK festival takes place at Kutsher’s Country Club in Monticello, NY. Kutsher’s is one of the last of a dying breed ... Read More »
At the corner of 42nd St. and Lexington Avenue sits one of the most iconic buildings in New York City, the Art Deco skyscraper The Chrysler Building. For eleven months after The Chrysler Building was completed in 1930, it was the tallest building in the world- until The Empire State Building succeeded it. At the time ground was broken ... Read More »
Celebrate: If in New York City this weekend, celebrate what very well may be the end an era with the final Pool Party taking place on the Williamsburg Waterfront after five years running. As always, the show is free and starts at 2pm but fans of the promoters JellyNYC can start lining up an hour ahead of time. This ... Read More »
The Merchant’s House Museum has been called by the New York Times, “Manhattan’s most haunted house.” Whether that is true or not remains to be seen, but needless to say, the Merchant House exudes an other worldly air, a transportation into the past, that should be experienced. Built steps away from Union Square, the red-brick, Federal-style Merchant House ... Read More »
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