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New York, New York is a 1977 American romantic musical film directed by Martin Scorsese from a screenplay by Earl Mac Rauch and Mardik Martin, based on a story by Rauch. John Kander and Fred Ebb wrote several songs for the film, including " New York, New York " which became a global phenomenon.
Devansh Patel, film critic for London's Hounslow Chronicle, gave New York five out of five, stating that it is, "the most thought provoking movie Yash Raj Films has ever come up with." [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Nikhat Kazmi of the Times of India gave it four out of five, describing New York as, "an extremely taut and highly emotive piece of political drama ...
Anthony Oliver Scott (born July 10, 1966) is an American journalist and cultural critic, known for his film and literary criticism. After starting his career at The New York Review of Books, Variety, and Slate, he began writing film reviews for The New York Times in 2000, and became the paper's chief film critic in 2004, a title he shared with Manohla Dargis.
The film follows Quentin Crisp's move in the late 1970s from London to New York City, where he was embraced by celebrities and artists. [1] Crisp becomes a local, and then more national celebrity and writes for New York magazines. He struggles to find his way through flippant comments he makes during the AIDS crisis which he refuses to recant.
Schaefer brought Welles to New York City for a private screening of the film with the New York corporate heads of the studios and their lawyers. [ 21 ] : 112 There was no objection to its release provided that certain changes, including the removal or softening of specific references that might offend Hearst, were made.
A. O. Scott of The New York Times called In Darkness "suspenseful, horrifying and at times intensely moving […] touching, warm and dramatically satisfying". [19] On the other hand, Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times dismissed the film as redundant and inferior to Schindler's List which was "more entertaining" in his view. [20]
New York Confidential is a 1955 film noir crime film directed by Russell Rouse starring Broderick Crawford, Richard Conte, Marilyn Maxwell, Anne Bancroft and J. Carrol Naish. [2] Produced by Edward Small for release by Warner Bros., the film was inspired by the 1948 book New York: Confidential! by Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer.
The New York Times film critic, Bosley Crowther, gave the film a mixed review, writing, "But, unfortunately, the script of Harry Essex, based on a factual magazine piece, has a bad tendency to ramble and to confuse two separate hunts. And the performances of the principal characters, while adequate, have little punch.