The story of how Everett Leroy Jones became Amiri Baraka, from his childhood to the mid '60s, is told through interviews recorded in the late '90s.
Stewart, an art student in the "bohemian" Greenwich Village in New York City, lives next door to his girlfriend Hedda, who wants to be a singer. One night while they are dining at their favorite cafe, a wealthy woman, Mrs. Trask, comes up to them with a proposition: she knows he is an artist and wants to go to Paris in order to study and develop his talent, and she will pay all his expenses to allow him to do that. He refuses because he doesn't want to leave Hedda, but she eventually persuades him to agree. It turns out that she as an ulterior motive for what she's doing--as does Mrs. Trask.
The legend of Jack Hardy and the Songwriter's Exchange tell the story of Greenwhich Village folk Icon Jack Hardy, and the folk scene that he helped create. Jack's influence and his collective of songwriters produced such notable folks musicians as Suzanne Vega, Shawn Colvin, John Gorka, Christine Lavine, Tracy Chapman and countless others. Jack's story is a fascinating tale of community and commitment to the song.
A womanizing poet falls into the hands of a psychiatrist with a straying wife.
A look at Greenwich Village, produced by the Cotton Producers Institute.
A Psycho stalks the streets of Greenwich Village, killing and cutting off their hair!
A prominent New York attorney defends his estranged wife's lover, who's been charged with the murder of a model in Greenwich Village.
Manicurists Sally, Irene and Mary hope to be Broadway entertainers. When Mary inherits an old ferry boat, they turn it into a successful supper club.
Set in 1912, inside a dive bar named The Last Chance Saloon, its destitute patrons eagerly await the arrival of Hickey, who arrives annually and props everyone up with free drinks and spirited stories of his travels. However, when Hickey does show up this year, it is with a message of temperance and an exhortation to give up hopeless dreams and face reality.
A chronicle of gay culture in New York during the post-Stonewall, pre-AIDs era. Thirteen men and one woman look back at gay life and sex in Manhattan and Fire Island - from Stonewall (June, 1969) to the first reporting on AIDS (June, 1981). They describe the rapid move from repression to celebration, from the removal of shame to joy, the on-going search for "someone," the freedom before AIDS, the friendships, and brotherhood.
Jerry Ryan (Robert Mitchum) przybywa do Nowego Jorku, by zapomnieć o rozpadającym się po 13 latach małżeństwie i na nowo ułożyć sobie życie. Na przyjęciu u znajomego poznaje 29-letnią Gittel Moscawitz (Shirley MacLaine). Dwoje życiowych rozbitków zaczyna okazywać sobie coraz intensywniejsze zainteresowanie, by z jednej strony (Jerry) uciec przed samotnością, a z drugiej (Gittel) ulec miłości.
A society girl is suspected of murdering an artist whose brother is a notorious racketeer. In her pursuit of an alibi, she inadvertently implicates a struggling advertisement photographer. Now they must keep up the appearance of being engaged as a bumbling detective snoops around, and their initial distaste for each other blossoms into romance.
Jeden z najlepszych filmów grozy RKO wyprodukowanych przez Vala Lewtona. Naiwna sierota Mary Gibson (Kim Hunter) przybywa na Manhattan w poszukiwaniu swej starszej siostry-dziwaczki Jacqueline (Jean Brooks w pamiętnej peruce Kleopatry) i dowiaduje się o związkach siostry z sektą szykownych satanistów, którzy próbują doprowadzić ją do samobójstwa za to, że zdradziła ich kult.
Charlie (Mickey Rourke) zostaje zwolniony z pracy w restauracji, do czego w głównej mierze przyczynia się jego młodszy kuzyn nie stroniący od drobnych kradzieży. Dziewczyna Charliego, Diana (Daryl Hannah), oznajmia mu, że jest w ciąży. Mężczyzna, nie będący jeszcze gotowy na dziecko, chcąc nie chcąc zaczyna szukać nowego zajęcia. Znajomy proponuje mu pracę w swoim lokalu, ten jednak nie chce zniżać się do zwykłego kelnerowania. Tymczasem jego kuzyn, Paulie (Eric Roberts), obmyśla plan zdobycia wielkich pieniędzy i postanawia wtajemniczyć Charliego....
A woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village thinking it will provide the perfect atmosphere for her mystery writer husband to create his next book. They soon find themselves in the middle of a real-life mystery when a corpse turns up in their apartment.
An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953.
Follows the relationship of 27-year-old journalist Mitchell Crawford and 21-year-old bicycle messenger Raheim Rivers, who meet at a gay bar in Greenwich Village during the summer of 1993.
Ruth and her beautiful sister Eileen come to New York's Greenwich Village looking for "fame, fortune and a 'For Rent' sign on Barrow Street". They find an apartment, but fame and fortune are a lot more elusive. Ruth gets the attention of playboy publisher Bob Baker when she submits a story about her gorgeous sister Eileen. She tries to keep his attention by convincing him that she and the gorgeous, man-getting Eileen are one and the same person.
Ruth Sherwood and her sister, Eileen, have moved to 1935 Greenwich Village. They're surrounded by colorful Village characters (including an out-of-work football player known as the Wreck, and Mr. Appopolous, a modern painter and their landlord) and embark on various New York adventures. Ruth, who's trying to make it as a writer, meets up with a sleazy newspaper writer named Chick and a kindly editor named Bob, both of whom take an interest in both her career and her.
Sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their careers. Ruth wants to get a job as a writer, while Eileen hopes to succeed on the stage. The two end up living in a dismal basement apartment in Greenwich Village, where a parade of odd characters are constantly breezing in and out. The women also meet up with magazine editor Bob Baker, who takes a personal interest in helping both with their career plans.