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Actor Ben Whishaw lies on a beige couch with his arm propped on his elbow, resting his head on his hand while holding a cigarette. He is a white man with brown hair, wearing a blue plaid shirt.

Peter Hujar’s Day Review: Portrait Captures the Poetry of Life

by Pat Mullen
September 30, 2025
Photography/Reviews

Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall star in Ira Sachs' Peter Hujar's Day an authentic quotidian portrait of New York's arts scene.

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Absolutely Fabulous: Pierre Dalpé’s Wigstock

by Matthew Hays
December 30, 2024
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Photographer Pierre Dalpé captures the legendary New York drag event Wigstock in his new book that documents drag artists in their element and faces in the crowd.

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Drop Dead City Review: The Big Apple Gets a Big Audit

by Larry Fried
November 21, 2024
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A chorus of talking heads revisits the notorious summer that transformed the Big Apple in Drop Dead City – New York on the Brink in 1975

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Look Into My Eyes Review: The Mediums Are the Message

by Pat Mullen
May 1, 2024
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Lana Wilson's Look Into My Eyes, about mediums in New York Cit,y offers a revelatory take on the power of active listening.

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Queen of the Deuce Review: The Tale of NYC’s Porn Bubbe

by Pat Mullen
May 30, 2023June 6, 2023
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Queen of the Deuce gives a fun and vivid characterization on Chelly Wilson and her unique success story as New York's porn queen.

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The Stroll Review: A Walk through Trans History

by Pat Mullen
January 25, 2023June 6, 2023
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Kristen Lovell and Zackary Drucker chronicles the stories of Black transwomen sex workers in New York's meatpacking district in The Stroll.

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Make Me Famous Review: The Value of Obscurity

by Pat Mullen
January 18, 2023June 6, 2023
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Make Me Famous profiles Edward Brezinski and the stories of artists who never quite achieved fame or fortune despite having many of the right ingredients for which their contemporaries found success.

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Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel Review – What Makes a Hotel Grand?

by Pat Mullen
July 7, 2022
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People come and people go in grand hotels, but Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel shows how the ones who stay ultimately define them.

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Strand, Levitt, and Parks

by Vincenzo Pietropaolo
December 28, 2021
Photography

A look back at three pioneering photographer-filmmakers: Paul Strand, Helen Levitt, and Gordon Parks and their contribution to documentary.

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All the Streets Are Silent Review: The City That Never Sleeps

by Marc Glassman
July 22, 2021August 7, 2021
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Trust a Canadian to make a documentary even if he’s miles from home. Montreal born and bred Jeremy Elkin identified with New York as a youth and, in particular, the amazing street

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Miette pastry chef Meg Ray and Maria Thomsson from Miette pastry chef Meg Ray and Maria Thomsson from Rödlöga, Sweden at the world premiere of Sweet Störy at @psfilmfest. Here, they share their favourite sweets in this story of cross-cultural cooking. 🌴

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Song Sung Blue is the latest documentary to get a Song Sung Blue is the latest documentary to get a  Hollywood remake. Kate Hudson and director Craig Brewer tell us about reimagining the doc as a movie musical!

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How have documentaries captured political divides How have documentaries captured political divides since Oct. 7? @dimwig surveys the field of films about Palestine and Israel.

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