Spotlight
Wondering which films to watch? Spotlight presents thematically grouped, must see films, hand-picked by Fandor's curators.
NY Export: Opus Jazz
To Inform and Delight
Bill Cunningham New York
A Place in Time
Wild Style
Chop Shop
Richard's Wedding
Nothing Sacred
Love the Hard Way
Work on Me
Keep the Lights On
An Englishman in New York
Dark Days
Blank City
Manhatta
Downtown 81
It Felt Like Love
Variety
Living in Oblivion
A Shock to the System
I Love NYC
New York City is one of the most cinematic and photographed cities in the history of film. From its skyline to its downtown maze, strangers know the city's landscape by heart. This collection includes documentaries on influencers who shaped NYC culture (BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK, WILD STYLE, DOWNTOWN 81), films that archive a changing space (MANHATTA, VARIETY), and features that reveal a city that shapes people (CHOP SHOP, IT FELT LIKE LOVE, AN ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK). In celebration of NYC and to coincide with the Tribeca Film Festival, Fandor presents films set in the city that never sleeps.
Selected Films
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Bill Cunningham New York
"We all get dressed for Bill," says Vogue editrix Anna Wintour. The "Bill” in question is New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham. For decades, this Schwinn-riding cultural anthropologist has been obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high society...Watch Movie
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Richard's Wedding
RICHARD'S WEDDING is an irreverent, often politically incorrect and ultimately touching film that plumbs the depths of friendship and marriage. The film follows Tuna and long time friend, Alex, on their quest to go to Richard's wedding in Central Park. The duo meet up with...Watch Movie
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Nothing Sacred
He's an unscrupulous newspaperman eager to exploit the story of a young woman's death by radium poisoning. She knows she's not really dying but can't pass up a free trip to New York with all the trimmings. So begins William Wellman's wonderful black comedy NOTHING SACRED, starring Frederic March...Watch Movie
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Work on Me
A love that transports through time and place. Inspired by iconic NYC love scenes from the 1970's, and an ode to Maya Deren's MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON. This meticulous craft of cutting-on-action proposes a dance as if it were literally occurring in front of you, like a live performance.Watch Movie
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An Englishman in New York
Giving possibly the best performance of his distinguished career, two-time Academy Award® nominee John Hurt gives a bravura portrayal of British gay icon Quentin Crisp in AN ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK, an exhilarating, funny and inspiring story focusing on Crisp's emigration to...Watch Movie
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Blank City
BLANK CITY is an "absorbing snapshot of a daring time" (Los Angeles Times) when a disparate crew of renegade filmmakers emerged from an economically bankrupt and dangerous moment in New York history. From the late 1970s through the mid-'80s, when the East Village was still a wasteland of cheap...Watch Movie
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It Felt Like Love
In this unflinchingly honest and refreshingly unsentimental coming-of-age story, fourteen-year-old Lila spends a languid South Brooklyn summer playing third wheel to her promiscuous friend Chiara and Chiara's boyfriend Patrick. Eager for her own sexual awakening, Lila gamely...Watch Movie
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A Shock to the System
A middle-aged advertising executive loses his long-awaited promotion to a younger man. In frustration, he accidentally pushes a panhandler in front of a subway train... and gets away with the death. Realizing that committing murder might be a little easier than he previously...Watch Movie
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NY Export: Opus Jazz
In 1958, Jerome Robbins’ “ballet in sneakers,” "NY Export: Opus Jazz," became a smash hit when it was broadcast on The Ed Sullivan Show and toured around the world. Set to an evocative jazz score by Robert Prince, the dance told the story of disaffected urban youth through...Watch Movie
