by Eva Troester | May 1, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment, Movies
Dispatches from the Tribeca Film Festival: A look through the lens of films to see ourselves in the other, and the other in ourselves with Pablo Schreiber. I am sitting on a stoop having a coffee and a croissant when a very tall Pablo Schreiber crosses the street in...
by Downtown Magazine | Apr 6, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment, Events, Family, Movies
Starting this summer, GKIDS — the acclaimed distributor of Academy Award-nominated animated features — and leading distributor of event cinema Fathom Events will present a series of six anime masterpieces to be distributed in the U.S. throughout 2017. This...
by Downtown Magazine | Mar 14, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment, Movies, Theater
When it comes to comedies, few films are as universally-respected as 1993’s Groundhog Day. The movie — co-written by Danny Rubin and director Harold Ramis and starring Bill Murray — manages to be very funny, while maintaining both heart and...
by Denise Courter | Jan 6, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment
On behalf of Downtown, I had the opportunity to attend a screening of the new film Lion with the Moms Network, and participate in a talkback session with Nicole Kidman and eight-year old Sunny Pawar at the Park Avenue Screening Room with Nature’s Made and Stop...
by Rachel Veroff | Nov 3, 2016 | Culture, Dining, Entertainment, Movies
If you are a person who enjoys food, you know that a truly transcendent dining experience engages more than just the taste buds. The mood and lighting in a restaurant can enhance enjoyment of a meal as much as the friends around your table. Visual presentation —...