‘Premature,’ a raw story about young love in Harlem, keeps the real estate true to life

… movie feels refreshing because it shows how people really live in NYC instead of a glossy sanitized version of the … is a shabby two bedroom in the West 140s where she lives with her single mother It is a basic prewar rental … her new life We are left to assume that while the girl may be leaving Harlem Harlem will forever be engrained in …

By Kelly Kreth |March 4, 2020 - 3:00PM
Edward Norton’s ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ recalls how Robert Moses reshaped NYC in his own image

… Norton to include a major real estate villain a master builder and bully intent on reshaping New York City to … had no such character  Editors note When a movie or TV show is set in New York Cityand if the people making it are … area that we cleared out for the Fordham expansion downtown They needed the space Now I ask you what was that …

By Marjorie Cohen |November 25, 2019 - 2:00PM