LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION
The Tribeca Film Festival kicks off its 12-day showcase of international features, documentaries, and shorts tonight, but as always, it's the home-grown flicks that will have the locals clamoring for tickets. In the April issue of CITY, on newsstands now, Erin Bremer speaks with two filmmakers whose documentaries about some of New York City's iconic landmarks will show during the festival. Amos Poe, director of Empire II, aimed his camera out the window of his West Village apartment for an entire year, capturing the Empire State Building and other city sights, and then compressed over 60 hours of footage into a poetic, three-hour visual ode to Manhattan. In Hotel Gramercy Park, meanwhile, director Douglas Keeve, documents the history and reinvention of the once-"democratic" but nearly defunct Gramercy Park Hotel (above) into Ian Schrager and Julian Schnabel's present-day hot spot. To read CITY's exclusive interviews in their entirety, click here for Poe and here for Keeve. For more information on the festival, including ticket sales, go to www.tribecafilmfestival.org
Also on tap this weekend:
Explore one of the world's longest existing art forms at the just-opened Gallery of International Naïve Art, where untrained artists from all over the world portray colorful utopian scenes of the towns and villages from which they hail. Open Tuesday to Friday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday Noon to 6 p.m. 454 Columbus Ave., New York, (212) 877-0097. Or go to www.ginagallerynyc.com
Didn't get enough of Earth Day? Visit Green Your... for a comprehensive guide to making all the elements of your life eco-friendly. Who knew that your existing air conditioner, cell phone, and even your dating techniques could be tweaked so that they are better for the planet? Go to www.greenyour.com
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