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Index of Theaters Now Playing: Gotham Cinema Links New York Stories |
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Seeing a movie in Manhattan can be a sublime experience, or a ridiculous one. Gone are the halcyon days of the 70s, when Alvy Singer and Annie Hall seemed to have the whole of film history (ah, Bergman; ah, Dovzhenko) at their disposal in Manhattan's repertory houses. Gone are the sleazy Times Square grindhouses that would show anydamnthing on a double feature, any time of the day or night. Don't even look for a movie palace -- with the still-glorious exception of the Ziegfeld, New York's most indispensible moviehouses are actually 'plexes of varying quality, with four, six, even 12 screens each flickering at 24 frames per second. These pages are meant to be -- eventually -- part consumer guide and part tribute to the moviegoing experience. I'm indebted to Charles Odell and Steve Erickson, who pitched in happily with theater reviews and then watched the site go to hell because I lacked the initiative to keep it updated. (Uh, sorry guys.) Most of the information here is more or less timeless but, like everything else, it needs work. If you want to contribute, please let me know by following this link or send email with the subject clearly marked "GOTHAM."
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