‘Pelham One Two Three’: New York City at its 1970s worst/best
40 years ago, the combination of “white flight” to the suburbs and New York City being on the verge of bankruptcy hurt the image of Manhattan and the other five boroughs around the country. Instead of...
View Article‘Mirage’: smart but unheralded New York thriller at FTC
Peter Stone was a rare writer who was as successful on Broadway as he was in Hollywood. In 1969, Stone was involved with one of the biggest sleeper hits in the history of Broadway — “1776” — and show...
View ArticleRent it now: ‘The Taking of Pelham One Two Three’
If you’re the type of movie buff who won’t watch a classic unless it’s available on Blu Ray, I’ve got good news for you — the terrific 1974 thriller “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” was finally...
View ArticleJoseph Sargent, R.I.P. — co-creator of a New York classic
Joseph Sargent, who died Monday in Malibu at the age of 89, was a journeyman director who worked on all sorts of material for television and the big screen. Sargent directed TV episodes of everything...
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