City Room: City Room: The Urge to Destroy New York on Film
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New York has been destroyed by asteroids, floods and human venality countless times in the movies. Are fantasies about the city's destruction signs of greatness, or do they verge on being tasteless?.
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In a futuristic New York, a daredevil pilot and an intrepid reporter set out to find and destroy the villainous Dr. Totenkopf before he succeeds in his dastardly plot of world
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A New York City Council resolution to ban the infamous epithet may be well-intentioned, but it implies that black people are nothing but helpless targets
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Anders Thomas Jensen's film about the cannibal business is neither high flying enough for the art house nor low down enough for the cult-video shelf.
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This tiny shot-on-video downer hits theaters at the same time as a more deluxe home version of Martin Scorsese's career-making melodrama Mean Streets comes to DVD. The timing is probably coincidence, because Creek's anti-urban setting (largely a boat in rocky waters) has far more in common with several other well-known movies, which is part of its problem.
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Grand Central Terminalâs magical role on screen makes it the ideal location for âCelluloid Skyline: New York and the Movies,â an ambitious exhibition of films, photographs and sets.
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By Foster, John Bellamy  I would like to begin my analysis of what I am calling here "the ecology of destruction" by referring to Gillo Pontecorvo's 1969 film Burn!.1 Pontecorvo's epic film can be seen as a political and ecological allegory intended for our time.
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Comment is free: Martin Kettle: They chose a good week to launch a film about loss of rights and liberties - but the basic premise simply does not stand up.
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Watch what happens when horror movies find themselves trying to appeal to feminists and misogynists at the same time.
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Rwandan Jean-Pierre Sagahutu always wanted to visit New York but he has mixed feelings now that he's in the city to talk about a movie he worked on that depicts the genocide in his country in 1994.
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The Brave One transposes 1970s fears to today's New York City
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A look at the historic building where the once-mighty media company is attempting to slither into the neighborhood.
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A new documentary exposes the absurdities of Hollyywood's rating system
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There is a newfound willingness to confront the five nights of gunfire, looting and flames driven by race-tinged rage that disemboweled the cityâs midsection in 1967.
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The destruction of New York City in action films may not be appealing to many American moviegoers, but it plays well overseas.
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This lively, if maddeningly reductive documentary examines the influence of the low-budget 1972 film "Deep Throat."
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âThe Landlordâ gives audiences a chance to see a pivotal moment not only in the career of Hal Ashby but also in the history of New York real estate.