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American Dance Machine for the 21st Century : Cool
Even in these testing days (!) the American Dance Machine for the 21st Century knows how to be ‘cool”. Literally. Their latest exhilarating video is “Cool” from West Side Story, performed by 10 extraordinary dancers around New York City. Directed by Tony Award nominee Joshua Bergasse, with choreography by Jerome Robbins recreated by Robert La Fosse. This…
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Sean Baker”s short for KHAKIA celebrates grimy glamour of NY
Award-winning indie filmmaker Sean Baker (‘Tangerine‘ ‘The Florida Project‘) has just released a new short film. Shot for KHAITE to Showcase their Fall/Winter 2021 Collection it celebrates New York City with a throwback to the grimy glamour of 1970s Cinema Shot on the streets of New York and within its subterranean corridors, the new…
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The Genius and The Opera Singer : a toxic mother/daughter relationship
This 2017 documentary from Brit filmmaker Vanessa Stockley about the toxic relationship between 92 year-old former opera singer and her 55 year-old embittered daughter is one helluva tough view. Drawing immediate comparisons with the more famous eccentric mother/daughter duo in Grey Gardens, but this new film severely lacks the humor and affection (albeit twisted)…
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PS Burn This Letter Please : a glimpse into NY’s gay drag scene in the 1950’s + 1960’s
In 2007 John Maloof a young graduate working on a history project bought a suitcase full of photographic negatives in a Chicago auction hoping that one or two them maybe useful in his research. However what he discovered that day was a treasure trove of what is undoubtedly one on the finest collection of street…
