Films set in New York City

1. Summary of review from the New York Times for the movie, La La Land, published on December 8, 2016 A.O. Scott from the New York Times reviewed La La Land starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling on December 8, 2016. As this movie centers a story about a musician and an aspiring actress who fall in love in Los Angeles, Scott thought that La La Land “succeeds both as a fizzy fantasy and a hard-headed fable, a romantic comedy and a showbiz melodrama, a work of sublime artifice and touching…

the creator and writer of the hit tv show for HBO entitle simple Girls, with a broad name like Girls the show and how it represents girls isn 't so broad and often criticized for it. Girls is like many shows before it, for example Sex and the City, Broad City, and Girlfriends. These type of show are made to focuses on a particular group of friends and the world around them and nothing else and Girls is no different. The show is now on its fourth season and as a hole it has depicted the life of…

In 2009, Stephen was nominated for a BAFTA, a Cesar and Oscar for the hats that he created for the film CocoAvant Chanel for Audrey Tautou. He also did some work for Sex in the City2. In May 2009, Mr. Jones staged a significant exhibition at the Victoria& Albert Museum in London, he titled it Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones, the exhibition had over…

Introductory Material Imagine being so famous for writing film scores that TV shows begin to use you as satire and good play. This is the case for John Williams, arguably one of the most famous composers living today. He was composed over a hundred movies and seems as though he is not stopping. He also has worked in many other outputs such as the Boston Pops Orchestra for some time. John Williams has written the film scores for all of the Star Wars movies, Indiana Jones, Fiddler on the Roof, and…

In America, it does not portray any undocumented Irish in the United States. This film encapsulates the pain that is felt when leaving home and feeling alone in a land that realistically, education and employment prospects are vast. Throughout this film, the main protagonist confronts feelings of guilt and disloyalty, the anguish of homesickness but also the rush of excitement that one feels when they are on a new exciting adventure. Living in a small town in Ireland, the prospect…

beautiful era of the 1920s has given people great memories and happiness. As the economy grew during the 1920s, dramatic, social,and political changes started to happen. The national wealth doubled during 1920 through 1929, so people moved to the cities from farms. Thanks to the nationwide advertising and the spread of common chain stores, people bought the same goods and listened to the same music. The 1920s were also known as the Roaring Twenties with its iconic flapper: a young woman with…

When I think of Grease, I picture the 1978 comedy music and teen film that could always get me to sing along. Grease first stated when it became a musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey with additional songs written by John Farrar in 1971. It was actually named after the 1950s United States working class youth subculture known as greasers. The musical was set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School where a group of teens learn the complexities of friendship, romance and adventures. It also takes…

at his local school so his parents enrolled him at Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pennsylvania where he began to write stories under his covers at night. His writing continued as he got older and he began to submit several stories to the New Yorker paper which were all unfortunately rejected. In the Spring of 1942, during WWII several months after the United States had entered the war, Jerome had drafted into the war and was sent to fight in the 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry…

Jennifer Lynn Lopez, also known as “J.LO”, whos nationality is american was born on July 24, 1969 at Castle Hill, New York City, NY. She grew up on the bronx in New York, a community where it is rough to live in. She grew up with both parents and her two sisters. She has struggled to be what she is known for today: a dancer, actress, singer, and a producer. Lopez developed her skills at a very young age, at age five she began taking singing and dancing lessons. She was always talked about the…

the Broadway Musical was a comedic musical that appealed to audience members of any ages including a range from myself a college student to the family of four sitting next to me. Elf the Broadway Musical was a delight surprise, since I had seen Elf (film) I expected the play to appeal more to a younger audience, but was surprised when I found myself laughing alongside the two children sitting next to me. I honestly did not have very high expectation from this play for some reason I was just not…