This one. Nothing else is close. Not even Spin Doctors.

'God's waiting room' that welcomed all: new doc spotlights infamous dive Hank's Saloon A new documentary tracks a changing city through the 114-year history of the bar

former Hank's regular @timdonnelly.com got the scoop from the film's director, and did a dive on what it means that this stretch of Atlantic is now full of denser housing, yes, but also empty, depressing new development retail spaces nygroove.nyc/hanks-saloon...

Just barely

Almost…

Local activists have set this site up to help defend the Court St 🚲 lane.

Enjoy!

#bikenyc courtstreet.bike

Stealworkers

The Making of the Atomic Bomb, Richard Rhodes

Drop in Filmmaking Lab | Brooklyn Public Library It is harder than ever to get a film into the world. From concept to screenings, come get advice on your film and meet other filmmakers. Bring your project in for community and guidance. All skill lev...

Hello Everyone. I am hosting a Drop in Filmmaking Lab at @bklynlibrary.bsky.social and I hope you will join me. All skill levels and styles welcome. Come find community and get your project moving.

www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/dro...

Brian Eno's album Another Green World was released on October 17, 1975

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

A little north and there’s De Leon. (Not many tourists tho)

Lowering the flags on 9/11 at the Guantanamo Bay McDonald's for Charlie Kirk is the most dril tweet thing that's ever happened

Screening tonight at DCTV's Firehouse Cinema.

www.dctvny.org/s/firehousec...

I don’t want to say Andrew Cuomo’s political career is dead, but it just checked into a nursing home run by Andrew Cuomo

The Act of Seeing With One’s Own Eyes. Probably should’ve read the blurb.

Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, another mayor candidate who has cross endorsed Lander, speaks to crowd.

NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was just arrested by Trump’s ICE agents because he asked to see a judicial warrant.

This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now.

Steam rising from orange pipes on a Manhattan Avenue.

The rats have chosen a new pope.

After two sold out special screenings, we have decided to add another on May 13, on a screen as close to the canal as we could get. Please join us. Tickets in comments. Great conversations have been sparked.

Come see my film! GowanusCurrent.com

“Spear thrower”? Come on NYT, you can say atlatl.

Reminded of this Onion classic today.

I lost my job, my kids have measles, and I had to drive my parents 200 miles to a Social Security office, but at least I know that immigrants are getting sent to torture prisons in El Salvador.

Hey I just saw Abel Ferrera’s Pasolini film last night. Loved the scene with this quote.

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Jem Cohen Shorts
Between the Temples
The Clock- 11:45am-12:25pm
Spoons & Toons Xmas
Trash Humpers
Bill Viola: The Raft
Sonic the Hedgehog 3

16 at FilmForum
7 at MoMA
3 @nitehawkcinema.bsky.social
3 @ifccenter.bsky.social
3 at Metrograph
2 at Cobble Hill Cinema
DCTV Roxy Anthology Paris etc

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Robot Dreams
Escape From New York
Despicable Me 4
Grin Without a Cat
Eno
Le Deuxieme Souffle
Burden of Dreams
War Game
Army of Shadows
Kim’s Video
The Last Waltz
Paris, Texas
The Devil, Probably
Throw Down
Megalopolis
Gummo
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
The Clock- 2:30-3:15pm
Il Grido
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what I saw on the big screen in 2024:

The Third Man
The Empire Strikes Back
Poor Things
Memoria
Onlookers
Realm of Satan
Nostalghia
Zone of Interest
After Hours
Kung Fu Panda 4
Le Samourai
Evil Does Not Exist
The Valley, aka Obscured by Clouds
Jamie Nares Shorts Program
Flipside
Emergent City
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Pull them mofos! Pull em!

Delighted Health Insurance Executives Gather In Outdoor Coliseum To Watch Patient Battle Cancer -The Onion

Delighted Health Insurance Executives Gather In Outdoor Coliseum To Watch Patient Battle Cancer
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Decivilization May Already Be Under Way The brazen murder of a CEO in Midtown Manhattan—and the cheering reaction to his execution—amounts to a blinking-and-blaring warning signal for a society that has become already too inured to bloodshe...

The warning about "decivilization" didn't come after any one of a number of school shootings. It didn't come after January 6. It was after a health insurance company CEO's shooting wasn't received with national mourning:

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...