Uncut Gems (2019)
Edgy sibling filmmakers Benny and Joshua Safdie had their hearts set on making Uncut Gems shortly after the release of their acclaimed semiautobiographical 2009 dramedy Daddy Long Legs (aka Go Get Some Rosemary). It’s...
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Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
Rosanna Arquette stars as Roberta Glass, a dreamy, but largely lonely and dissatisfied New Jersey housewife who contents herself to reading about the mysterious lives of others through perusing the personals in the local...
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
One of Woody Allen’s (The Purple Rose of Cairo, Broadway Danny Rose) finest films, Hannah and Her Sisters sees the esteemed filmmaker return to Manhattan to deliver one of his most insightfully satisfying stories yet. At its...
Mean Streets (1973)
One of the main themes in Martin Scorsese’s breakthrough film, Mean Streets, is that paying for your sins isn’t done in the confession booth — it’s done right in the streets — what goes around...
Please Don’t Eat the Daisies (1960)
A 1960 family comedy that is quite entertaining for fans of Doris Day (The Man Who Knew Too Much, That Touch of Mink), made at the peak of her popularity. It plays as one long...
Ghost Town (2008)
Ricky Gervais (Stardust, Night at the Museum) stars as Bertram Pincus, a misanthropic London-transplant dentist currently living and working in Manhattan who finds himself gaining the ability to see and hear from dead people after...
Cloverfield (2008)
Cloverfield‘s premise isn’t dissimilar to The Blair Witch Project in that it is a mock home video taken of a terrifying event shot by one of the eyewitnesses. The opening written blurbs indicate that the...
Alice (1990)
Alice Tate (Farrow) is a well-to-do Manhattan housewife who is irresistibly drawn to another parent who brings his child to her school, Joe the sax player (Mantegna), who finds himself also unable to walk away...
Alfie (2004)
Although times have changed in the dating world since the 1960s, Alfie is still a superfluous remake that feels more like a PSA against promiscuous sex than a full-fledged romantic comedy. It’s been a while...
Raising Helen (2004)
Helen Harris (Hudson) is a 20-something up-and-comer in the fashion industry, putting it all on the line for her career while still able to partake of the Manhattan party atmosphere she knows inside and...