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Josh and Benny Safdie Hijack a Bus

“Narrative Jackass.” That’s the genre shorthand Micheal Tully has invented to describe Benny and Josh Safdie’s latest short film, There is Nothing You Can Do, and it’s pretty fitting.
The film was shot by Josh on a tiny prosumer video camera on a real-life, New York City bus crowded with both actors and unknowing actual riders. [...]

10 Ways ‘Man on Wire’ Is Like “The Dark Knight’ — Only Better!

How is a new documentary about a tightrope walker like this year’s biggest superhero blockbuster? Let me count the ways.

10 Movies, 10 Years: NYC in the ’90s

THE WACKNESS brings us back to New York City in the ’90s. Here, I bring you back to the same decade with 10 films that represent that time and place best.

Eliot Spitzer, HookerGate and NY Film Production

How Eliot Spitzer’s hooker habit could have a lasting impact on the New York State film industry.

New Cloverfield Trailer and the Cinematic Destruction of NYC

Apparently all they really need to show is a headless Statue of Liberty and an NYC in flames for the world to buy tickets.