It turns out ex-transit worker Michael Martin's movie was filming in Brooklyn yesterday. Photos of Ethan Hawke, Lily Taylor and a NY Post prop were taken on location. The movie, Brooklyn's Finest, is described as a drama involving the three intertwining story lines of Brooklyn cops. Variety just named Martin one of the top 10 screenwriters to watch, and they make note of one idea he's had for a subway-set miniseries, amongst other things. He......

Residents of Washington Heights and the Lower East Side may be noticing some production crews in their 'nabe this week, as filming begins for the redux of PBS's The Electric Company, which ended its series in 1977. The NY Times reports that the the show will be "refitted for the age of hip-hop and informed by decades of further educational research on reading." In addition, it will reportedly be accompanied by interactive online elements and......

Photo courtesy Mike Lewis. If you passed by St. Paul’s Chapel near the World Trade Center site yesterday you may have felt like you’d stepped back through time to the city’s raw, post-9/11 days, when the chapel’s fence was festooned with photos and tributes to the attack's victims. The new Nora Ephron movie Julie & Julia recreated the makeshift memorial, which was dismantled in November 2002. (Using a crane, the crew also pasted leaves to......

Photo via perhapsslam's flickr. A few years ago Langhorne Slim played our Movable Hype show, and even got the typical New York still-standing, arms-crossed audience to dance. His charismatic country-rock makes you want to join a jug band, and tomorrow you can be a part of it all for a few fleeting hours.Langhorne Slim is shooting a video for "Rebel Side of Heaven" this Monday, March 31st at The Box (189 Chrystie, between Rivington......

With the original set of rules tossed aside, the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre, and Broadcasting (MOFTB) has focused in on levels of sidewalk obstruction when it comes to shooting photographs and film in the city. Juliana Luecking points out the ridiculousness of the new rules, which don't allow much space for shooting. There will be a public hearing about the new regulations on December 13th (details here), and you can address your comments prior......