Three times last year, I reeled off a series of movie and TV moments referencing New Haven. Now I’ve recorded enough for a fourth. And while things usually go south by this point in a franchise, I hope you’ll agree: This release is more Rocky IV than Phantom Menace. (more…)
Script Notes II
Six months ago, I reeled off a series of movie and TV moments referencing New Haven. Today, I’ve got enough for a sequel. And I didn’t even have to watch Gilmore Girls. (more…)
Life of Slice
For anyone from outside the city, New Haven’s “pizza wars”—between fans of Pepe’s, Sally’s and Modern—may seem funny, even incomprehensible, but New Haveners are downright serious about their pizza. Enter local filmmaker Gorman Bechard, a self-described “pizza snob,” to explain why. His feature-length documentary Pizza: A Love Story will make its local debut Saturday at […]
Movie Times
If you’re among the first to arrive for a movie at the Ciné 4, you take maybe 10 or 11 steps from your car to the main door. If you arrive later–or even late–it may be 20 steps. (more…)
Keeping It Reel
As the Oscars approach, opinions abound on actors, directors, screenplays, special effects and more. But few of us give any thought to the physical film itself. (more…)
Straight Shooters
Pepe Vega and Hugh “HG” Gallman grew up in “The Tribe,” a housing project that once stood in the Dixwell neighborhood. Eventually torn down, Dixwell’s projects were notorious for disrepair and (more…)
Well-Played
Perhaps you know her as Mrs. Braddock (pictured second), Dustin Hoffman’s concerned mom in the iconic 1967 coming-of-age movie The Graduate. Or as Roz, the snitch who sat on the toilet seat in the ladies (more…)