Tag: 80s New York
Eric: Change Comes From Within (Even If You’re Without A Puppet-y Shell)
Set during the time and place everyone loves to romanticize—New York City in the 1980s—Abi Morgan’s Eric isn’t your typical kidnapping story. But then, nor [Read More…]
Glimmers of the “Old” Strokes, Like the “Old” New York, Still Fail to Capture A Certain Magic On The New Abnormal
For some reason or other, one of the many details that seems to be forgotten about The Strokes and how they came to “be” is [Read More…]
Envisioning Susan Shopping at Target for Her Rhinestone Boots
As the scandalization effect of Target opening in the East Village starts to wear off and people get rather comfortable with the idea of having [Read More…]
Why Desperately Seeking Susan’s Eponymous Heroine Could Never Get By in New York Now
Susan, no last name, no inhibition. That was the name of the game in the New York of the 80s, wasn’t it? Getting by on [Read More…]
The Parallels Between Smithereens and Nights of Cabiria
Though Susan Seidelman’s most famous film is arguably Desperately Seeking Susan, her true pièce de résistance is, in fact, her debut, Smithereens. Filmed on and off [Read More…]
“What’s Wrong Can Never Be Made Right”: The Ronny Cammareri View of Life
When you’re a woman, whether of the 80s or now, there is only one man–and it’s Ronny Cammareri (Nicolas Cage) from Moonstruck. His intensity, constant [Read More…]
