Cops who work in the city’s vice unit emphasize that the stings are about public sex, not gay sex. Former Pitch staff writer Nadia Pflaum spent time with the vice unit in 2009. The police who work as decoys, she learned, try to look available — but not too available. A “master of decoy duty” [...]
FILM Tonight at 7 pm, the Hammer Museum screens the documentary, How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster? The film explores “the passions and influences” of British architect Norman Foster. The architect will be in attendance to discuss the inspirations for his designs, including the Beijing Airport, the Reichstag and the world’s tallest [...]
Strauss-Kahn, of course, was dramatically arrested in May as his plane stood on the tarmac at JFK airport. Indicted on sexual assault charges, the case seemed a slam-dunk and the feisty Frenchman’s career and reputation destined for a Pennsylvania landfill.It appeared a simple puzzle for the New York cops and District Attorney – just like [...]
The GTA franchise has always been a contentious one with critics for it’s unapologetic depictions of violence and perhaps even too for it’s subversiveness. Planes were removed from GTA IV, as the possibilities to fly head first into one of Liberty City’s New York inspired sky scrapers were seen as too insensitive and dangerous by [...]
… Island of hope, island of tears” is a phrase you encounter in several places at the Ellis Island museum, but of course it’s the “island of hope” half that gets the bulk of the attention: this is an institution that celebrates the arrival of millions of immigrants beginning in 1892. Not everybody was let [...]
There is an extended cut of this film available on the DVD that seeks to address some of the film’s plot holes. For example, there is a scene in which Randy Quaid explains to the folks at the air force base that his youngest son has a disease affecting his adrenal cortex; two words Randy [...]
Hit the jump to revisit a dog who barely escapes certain fiery death, a movie screen set ablaze seemingly by the magic of movies, and one of the all-time most inspirational movie speeches.“I was 9 years old when I saw ‘Independence Day’ in a jam-packed theater on July 5 because the only way my dad [...]
And the local Catholics are in a tizzy. Gov. Sam isnt talking to Bishop Bob because a Kansas City priest got caught with child porn on his laptop. Sams not upset about the porn or that Bishop Bob didnt go straight to the police when he found out (he kept it secret for several months). [...]
