Bedford + Bowery » Daniel Maurer

Just last week, New York’s cinema scene looked like, well, something out of a horror movie. Movie theaters had been dark since March, and– even as New York City’s casinos,(...) The post Q...

https://bedfordandbowery.com/2021/02/queens-drive-in-joins-indoor-theaters-in-making-a-return/

At some point in Kenny Scharf: When Worlds Collide, one of the film’s talking heads opines that perhaps the artist isn’t taken more seriously because he’s associated with the “F”(...) ...

https://bedfordandbowery.com/2020/11/in-new-docs-punk-artist-dash-snow-and-pop-artist-kenny-scharf-blaze-their-paths-in-nyc/

While New Jersey’s indoor movie theaters were allowed to reopen earlier this month (hence this weekend’s screening of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, limited to an audience of 150), it’s still(...

https://bedfordandbowery.com/2020/09/ny-lgbtq-film-festival-is-the-latest-to-park-at-the-drive-in/

Over a month after its liquor license was suspended following a news report about “pandemic parties,” Cloister Cafe reopens tonight, having won a temporary restraining order against the State...

https://bedfordandbowery.com/2020/09/hookah-lounge-accused-of-covid-violations-wins-restraining-order-against-liquor-authority/

An East Village hookah lounge that reportedly hosted “pandemic parties” has failed to secure a temporary injunction requiring the State Liquor Authority to reinstate its liquor license, and w...

https://bedfordandbowery.com/2020/09/cafe-that-sued-sla-over-pandemic-parties-wont-win-back-liquor-license-just-yet/

“Honk your horn if you’ve told someone an Action Park story and people have doubted you,” Seth Porges told an audience that had just watched his new documentary about New(...) The post Fo...

https://bedfordandbowery.com/2020/08/four-stories-that-didnt-make-the-wild-timely-new-documentary-about-new-jerseys-most-infamous-amusement-park/

They closed down Lincoln Center and put up a parking lot. The New York Film Festival is the latest to announce that it will screen movies a la drive-in. Film(...) The post Lincoln Center’s Ne...

https://bedfordandbowery.com/2020/08/lincoln-centers-new-york-film-festival-is-latest-to-go-drive-in/

Last week we noted that several of the New York City area’s summer film festivals are– quite delightfully– taking the form of drive-in movie theaters. On Friday, Rooftop Films started(...) ...

https://bedfordandbowery.com/2020/07/rooftop-films-brings-a-drive-in-movie-theater-to-flushing-meadows-park/

When theaters went dark in March, film festivals quickly adapted by curating content online, but let’s face it, summer has come and you’re not about to watch a movie on(...) The post Sudden...

https://bedfordandbowery.com/2020/07/suddenly-nyc-is-a-drive-in-movie-mecca/

Last week we reported that Rockaway Beach’s food vendors are returning, albeit only for takeout service. This week, some vendors on the other side of the peninsula, at Jacob Riis(...) The pos...

https://bedfordandbowery.com/2020/06/you-can-now-sit-down-for-beer-and-lobster-rolls-at-riis-beach/