by Downtown Magazine | Jul 18, 2016 | Culture, Events, Living, Movies, Travel
As a media-oriented city, there is no shortage of film festivals in New York City. However, there are limited opportunities to watch great movies in a relaxed outdoor setting. For nearly a decade, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, FACE Foundation and the...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 5, 2016 | Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Movies
As one of the most recognizable comics out there, Gilbert Gottfried has reinvented himself plenty of times. After years of doing stand-up, he first went national as a cast member of Saturday Night Live in the early 1980s. That decade also found him appearing on Alan...
by Helaina Hovitz | Jul 1, 2016 | Culture, Living, Movies, Pets
I recognized Mervin The Chihuahua from a mile away, not only because I’d written about him before, but because that tiny little tongue — barely bigger than a pea — is unmistakable. It was 7:00 PM and the “Pet Carpet” was in full swing at the Crosby Street...
by Downtown Magazine | Jun 9, 2016 | Culture, Events, Featured, Movies
New York City has no shortage of film festivals, but the Lower East Side Film Festival is arguably its fastest-growing. This year’s event runs from Jun. 9 to 16 and its venues include Sunshine Cinema, Hotel Indigo, and the East Village location of The Standard...
by Downtown Magazine | Jan 28, 2016 | Culture, Events, Movies
The epitome of a cult TV show, Mystery Science Theater 3000 was probably the first time that most people watched people on TV watching movies. This naturally preceded ESPN’s Cheap Seats, MTV’s Beavis & Butthead, and VH1’s I Love The 70s. After MST3K parted ways...
by Downtown Magazine | Jan 27, 2016 | Culture, Movies
For a lot of actors, steady acting work is the goal. For Alysia Reiner, she was Fig on Orange Is The New Black, won an Obie for her performance in An Oak Tree, and is a recurring character on Rosewood. For Sarah Megan Thomas, beyond episodic TV work, she starred in...
