WNYC’s Sara Fishko had this to say after a Tribeca Festival screening of James Marsh’s documentary Man on Wire, about the high-wire artist and daredevil Phillipe Petit:
“I loved seeing Man on Wire. Phillipe Petit is a totally improbable, endearing character whose dream of walking a wire between the two tallest towers in New York […]
Author Archives: WNYC Culture
Must See: Man On Wire
April 30, 2008 – 2:21 pm
Faubourg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans
April 24, 2008 – 12:27 pm
WNYC’s Sara Fishko picks this film, about the historic black neighborhood in New Orleans. She says it’s a great story and an important one. The film is narrated by New Orleans’ Times Picayune columnist Lolis Eric Elie. From the press release: “Who knew that in the early 1800’s, while most African-Americans were toiling on plantations, […]
Errol Morris’s Standard Operating Procedure
April 23, 2008 – 4:36 pm
Erroll Morris has been all over the place, talking about his new film about the photographs taken at Abu Ghraib prison. Here’s a bit of his conversation with Studio 360’s Kurt Anderson.
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Sita Sings The Blues
April 21, 2008 – 9:13 pm
We’ve been talking about this film around here for a while: Sita Sings the Blues, by the New York filmmaker Nina Paley. Excerpts of it have been floating around for over a year — our friends have seen parts of it at a festival called ArtWallah in LA, and then at a rooftop screening at […]
One Family Celebrates
February 20, 2008 – 11:23 am
Celebrations of the Lunar New Year, which started on February 7, wrap up this week. Freelance producer Richard Yeh documented his family’s Lunar New Year celebration. The party took place in Queens, but it included family from all over the world.
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Lunar New Year Events Map
February 8, 2008 – 10:42 am
The Year of the Rat is said to be lucky. And lucky you, we’ve got an interactive map of Lunar New Year celebrations around the city.
You’ll find parades, family festivals, and other new year-related things to see and do around New York. We’ve started with some of the bigger events around town, but we’d like […]
Lunar New Year in Flushing
February 7, 2008 – 6:13 pm
Flushing, Queens got the New Year started early. Reporter Amanda Aroncyzk visited the the Flushing Public Library and found several generations of party goers.
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