"Royal Tenenbaum bought the house on Archer Avenue," claims Wes Anderson's film, but if you're heading south from the 375th Street Y, we suggest stopping by the corner of 144th and Convent instead. Read more.
One of the most iconic structures in New York; perhaps best known for being climbed by a gigantic, kidnapped jungle ape clutching a screaming woman. Read more.
Opening Ceremony, inside the Ace Hotel, has a complete Criterion Collection (every DVD/Blu-ray) on hand at all times. Read more.
Home to ruthless gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker (a seething Burt Lancaster) in Alexander Mackendrick's SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS. Read more.
The only arthouse cinema in New York whose banana bread is endorsed by postmodern luminary Jacques Derrida. Read more.
The first official meeting place of fledging press agent Sidney Falco and gossip titan J.J. Hunsecker in 1955's SWEET SMELL OF SUCESS. "Match me, Sidney." Read more.
Allen Baron’s lonely, hard boiled hit-man wanders Rockefeller Center at Christmastime in the b-noir classic BLAST OF SILENCE. Read more.
This is where it all went down on the hottest day of the year in the classic Spike Lee joint, Do the Right Thing. The entire story--and production--took place on this single block in Bed-Stuy. Read more.
"It's not a question of understanding it, man! If you feel it, you feel it, stupid!" Ben Carruthers pronounces on the role of the audience in John Cassavetes' groundbreaking independent film, Shadows. Read more.
When you're going through a rough patch, just remember things'll be better when you get to America. Then remember you've already been here a week. The Chelsea Hotel is in America. Read more.
In the spring of 1968, William Greaves and his crew conducted a baffling, multi-layered experiment on the nature of filmmaking in this iconic park. The name of this experiment? SYMBIOPSYCHOTAXIPLASM. Read more.
