Despite cries of outrage from local residents, Hollywood studios keep filming in Greenpoint. While it may make parking an even bigger pain in the ass than it already is, and disrupt local business, I’m still all for it. If only for one thing; the chance to watch Tracey Morgan in action. That’s right, those signs [...]
The Brooklyn International Film Festival concluded on Sunday with fanfare and a closing party at Speak Low-Below Rice in DUMBO. For a list of 2009 winners, read more, and for selected press coverage of the event and films, click here.
The Brooklyn-based opera company, who performed earlier this fall at McCaddin Hall to rave reviews, is looking for a venue in Williamsburg to perform a new production this summer. OperaOggiNY will need a piano to be available at the space. If you have a space or suggestions, please contact Thomas Lawrence Toscano at thomas@operaogginy.com.
Joel Schumacher, ostensibly known for ruining the Batman series before Christopher Nolan revived it in 2005, will be filming “Twelve” on Russel St, Sutton St and Driggs Ave tomorrow. The film, an adaptation of Nick McDonell’s novel of the same name, is the story of a young drug dealer whose high-rolling ways fall by the [...]