#Residents of reopened Chelsea Hotel reminisce about old days

#Residents of reopened Chelsea Hotel reminisce about old days

“Residents of reopened Chelsea Hotel reminisce about old days” In 1968 photographer Robert Mapplethorpe got his nipple pierced in a room at the Chelsea Hotel. Singer Patti Smith improvised a chatty soundtrack and residents looked on with cool detachment as filmmaker Sandy Denny spontaneously captured it all for a documentary short called “Robert Having his…

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#The dark side of steamy Hollywood sex scenes

#The dark side of steamy Hollywood sex scenes

“The dark side of steamy Hollywood sex scenes” There’s a dark side to Hollywood’s iconic sex and nude scenes. A new documentary called “Body Parts” that premiered Sunday at the Tribeca Film Festival exposes the frightening and vulnerable position actresses have been put in for decades on sets run by powerful male directors. Steamy sex…

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#New Rita Moreno doc reveals suicide attempt, super-stardom

#New Rita Moreno doc reveals suicide attempt, super-stardom

“#New Rita Moreno doc reveals suicide attempt, super-stardom” When film fans got their first glimpse of Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story” remake during this year’s Oscars, they heard a familiar voice singing the famous song “Somewhere” in the trailer: Rita Moreno.  The original Anita from 1961’s “West Side Story,” Moreno has enjoyed a renaissance in…

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#Musical is the year’s best movie

#Musical is the year’s best movie

“#Musical is the year’s best movie” Running time: 143 minutes. Rated PG-13 (some language and suggestive references). In theaters and on HBO Max June 10. Lin-Manuel Miranda has done it again! Again! The “Hamilton” creator’s blissful new movie “In the Heights,” which is based on his Tony Award-winning 2008 musical, is the best film of…

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#The hottest tickets at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival

#The hottest tickets at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival

“#The hottest tickets at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival” The biggest in-person film festival to be held in America since the pandemic opens Wednesday — right here in New York.  That’s the Tribeca Film Festival, which unlike its nabe-centric name suggests, will take place all over the city this year. Screenings will be held mostly…

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