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The Quad Cinema is showing Sex Positive, a documentary about AIDS activist Richard Berkowitz. The Daily News' Elizabeth Weitzman writes that he was "unknown and uncelebrated, alone and barely scraping by. . Even the peers interviewed here, like Larry Kramer, once shunned him, because he took a controversial approach to what was, in the mid-'80s, a taboo topic. He was desperate to introduce the notion of safe sex while decreasing promiscuity, a tactic considered either foreign or insulting to many of the men he was trying to reach. It didn't help that he was self-righteous and stubborn — but it sure didn't hurt, either. After all, some of those same people may be alive today, thanks to his inflexible persistence."
This weekend, the big release is the star-loaded remake of the 1970s classic subway thriller, The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3. But there are other worthy films to see, if the notion of seeing a subway movie in New York City makes you think of a packed subway during rush hour. Click through the gallery to see.
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Re: Indiana Jones, I agree with Stan.
Me too.
I'm showing my kids the original Pelham 123 tonight, so they'll have a benchmark. I think the original is a magnificently understated and thrilling film, and a great time capsule of 1970s NYC. We'll see the new one next weekend; here's hoping it doesn't disappoint. It looks promising, which will be nice as so many of the remakes are whores with thick makeup.
Meh, I'm not that interested in watching Freddy Mercury take over a subway car.
Would rather watch The Hangover again.
FTW
pretty excited to see Moon tonight.
They should call it the Raping of Pelham 1-2-3. What sacrilege!
Have you seen the remake yet?
I'll just pop the DVD of the real Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 in instead. The original was great, an and an improvement on the book. This unneeded remake looks worse than the late 1990s made for TV remake filmed in Toronto. Gesundheit!