Films set in New York City

directed and produced a short experimental film back home in a small town in Southwest China called “Eat Me.” “What is an experimental film?” my family and friends always asked me. I came to the United States when I was thirteen as a sophomore in a private Christian high school in suburb Chicago, and that is where I discovered my passion in filmmaking. However, by that time, I still had no idea what experimental films were all about. I was making films in an extremely sheltered environment, but…

Candace Bushnell is an American television producer and novelist best known for writing a series of chick lit novels. Her best known works are the Sex and the City novels which were adapted from the columns by the same name that she wrote for the New York Observer between 1994 and 1996. Candace was born to Camile Salonia and Calvin L. Bushnell in 1958 Glastonbury, Connecticut. Her father was something of a celebrity in her town having been an inventor of the Air Cooled Hydrogen Fuel Cell that…

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Broadway fans across the world will be flocking to New York City in the coming months to see the critically acclaimed musical Mama Mia one last time in the Broadhurst Theater before the show ends its fourteen year run in September. The musical is based around the discography of ABBA and includes some of their biggest hits including “Dancing Queen,” “S.O.S.,” and the track from which the musical was named. The show debuted on Broadway in October of 2001 to rave reviews and rapidly amassed a…

New York City is the place where everything and anything can be found. It is widely known for its constant movement, holding true to its nickname as “The City that Never Sleeps”. Famous for its remarkable landmarks, endless history, iconic museums, and diverse culture it is not a secret why it has become an ideal location for films and sitcoms to set in. Some of these medias truly capture what it means to live in New York City, while others do not. However, the majority of the popular culture…

Jonathan Mahler, writer of the book, “Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning,” discusses the political, economical, and social fall of New York in 1977. The term originated in 1972 after a documentary series episode of the same title was aired. The term became more socially recognized during the 1977 World Series game where the New York Yankees faced the Los Angles Dodgers. Helicopter camera views show video clips of actual fires during the arson breakout caused by the economic fall of the…

industries and the growth of cities was noted by several sources in the first decade of the twenty-first century, but explanations relating to the nature of the link have thus far proven to be insufficient. The two dominant “scripts” were those of “creative clusters” and “creative/cities/creative class” theories, but both have significant limitations arising from how they privilege amenities-led, supply driven accounts of urban development and how they fail to adequately situate cities in wider…

been pointed out. Everything about the city screams: Improve! Improve! Improve! Another interesting fact about San Francisco is that during the Great Depression not a single bank failed. San Francisco is truly the epicenter of world of ingenuity, allowing it to easily breeze into the number one spot. 2.New York, New York The lure of New york is impossible to emulate, it’s status as an icon is indisputable well deserved. The de-facto measure of success, New York forces you to step out of your…

gave her film debut in 2003 ‘Camp’. She rose to fame in her prominent supporting role as Jessica Stanley in The Twilight Saga. Anna attended the Deering High School in Portland. She began her relationship with director Edgar Wright in 2009 after meeting up in the sets of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World which broke up in early 2013. It is astonishing to know that Anna published her own memoir in 2016 namedScrappy Little Nobody.She also achieved recognition for starring as Beca Mitchell in the film…

New Jersey is the greatest state in America. This has nothing to do with the fact that I have lived in New Jersey my whole life; I make this claim strictly with objectivity and fact based arguments. The diverse, and densely populated state is home to a bevy of attractive and titillating features. Historically, culturally, scenically, New Jersey is without equal. Conventional wisdom of New Jersey’s ails are not grounded in reality. New Jersey is called “The Garden State” for a reason, as despite…