Category Archives: Harlem movie

The Experiment: Alan Berliner Curated by Lorenzo Gattorna and Peter Buntaine

The Experiment, for its third installment of experimental documentary cinema encompassing a serial nature, is pleased to present a retrospective screening of works by NYC native, Alan Berliner.

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HW Pick: “Skyfall” Movie Trailer (Video)

The 007 brand continues in Skyfall with Daniel Craig, Helen McCrory, Javier Bardem, John Logan, Ian Fleming, Ralph Fiennes, Judi Dench, Naomie Harris, Albert Finney, Ben Whishaw, and Berenice Marlohe.

Vince Vaughn Shooting ‘Delivery Man’ in Harlem

Delivery Man, a.k.a the Untitled Ken Scott Project, starring Vince Vaughn, began screen tests and other pre-production work, including set up for a basketball scene. Continue reading

Harlem’s Earl ‘Snakehips’ Tucker (video)

Earl “Snakehips” Tucker (1905 – 1937) became known as the “Human Boa Constrictor” after the dance he popularized in Harlem in the 1920s called the “snakehips (Dance)“. Continue reading

HW Pick: ‘The House I Live In,’ Free Movie Screening At The Apollo Theate (video)

Eugene Jarecki‘s seminal film Why We Fight dissected the underbelly of the American war machine. Continue reading

’666 Park Avenue’ filming in Harlem (again)

Harlem is full of celebrities again with the filming of ABC’s 666 Park Avenue the latest to board the supernatural-tinged drama pilot with diva Vanessa Williams at East 1st Avenue and East 97th St, in East Harlem, NY.

Zoe Saldana to Play Singer Nina Simone in Biopic

A Nina Simone biopic has been in the works for years now, with Cynthia Mort set to direct from her own script since 2005, and singer Mary J. Blige once attached for the lead role that has now apparently gone to Zoe Saldana… Continue reading

Harlem Celebs Hit ‘Sparkle’ Red Carpet Opening

135th Street Agency reports that is was a busy night in NYC last night! First, Tri Star Pictures hosted a red carpet screening of the upcoming ‘SPARKLE’ film at the Tribeca Grand Hotel in Soho. Continue reading

The Douglas Theater in Harlem, 1920

On 143rd Street and Lenox Avenue sat the Douglas Theater, depending on which of my sources is correct, either 600 or 2200 seats (which in 1935 expanded to 2300, which could indicate that an orchestra pit was covered over to add more seating). Continue reading

The Fox Star Theater in Harlem, 1930′s

This photograph was taken during the 1930′s. The Fox Star Theater has been reduced to a second run house by this point. Continue reading