Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'agathachristie'
February 19, 2008
MOVIE: As the Oscars approach, take a look back at one of the past films to be granted a golden statue. Tonight Agatha Christie's classic mystery Murder on the Orient Express leaps from the page to the big screen when the 1974 movie is shown at Film Forum. Starring Ingrid Bergman, Lauren Bacall and Anthony Perkins, the movie will help you hone your crime-solving skills (and possibly make you think twice about taking Amtrak).......
Continue Reading "Pencil This In"June 19, 2006
If there's one thing the revelation that Al Qaeda was planning a cyanide attack on NYC subways is good for, it's making New York City and State politicians foam at the mouth over the Department of Homeland Security's NYC anti-terror fund slashing. Al Qaeda did not end up attacking the subways because security was increased and there wouldn't be enough fatalities. Senator Charles Schumer said, "This is just more evidence that what Homeland Security......
Continue Reading "Aborted Subway Terror Plot Spooks Riders and Politicians"January 30, 2006
Creepy story from the city's diplomatic quarter: An Indonesian man visiting the U.S., Bambang Wielianto, was found dead, with a knife in his chest and one hand almost severed in the basement of the Indonesian Embassy on the Upper East Side. The NY Times likens it to an Agatha Christie mystery and how - there was a security guard on duty close by when he died! Wielianto had been staying in basement room at the......
Continue Reading "Mystery at the Indonesian Consulate"
