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[WATCH] This Gowanus Warehouse is Where Movies and TV Shows Get Their Vintage Electronics

2025-10-31T12:00:00-04:00

The Gowanus E-waste Warehouse is a large facility in Brooklyn that allows New Yorkers to drop off and recycle discarded, old, and/or broken electronics for free. The goal of the warehouse is to reduce the contamination that the toxic electronic parts would add to our landfills, and ultimately, our environment. This collection of vintage tech is also the perfect spot for movies and television shows to find the old electronics they need. Learn more about the warehouse in this interesting video from Gizmodo.

Deep in Brooklyn, there's a warehouse that supplies vintage electronics to film and movie sets.

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[WATCH] New York City Is Filled With Alleys That Don't Exist

2024-07-16T12:00:00-04:00

If you watch any movie or TV show shot in New York City, chances are you'll see a scene set in one of New York’s “many” seedy alleys. According to Hollywood, they're everywhere. But in reality, New York barely has alleys at all. So where did the myth come from and why doesn't NYC have alleys?

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[VIDEO] How One NYC Building Changed Filmmaking (368 Broadway)

2024-01-04T12:00:00-05:00

From Casey Neistat to Greta Gerwig, 368 Broadway launched the careers of many of NYC's most successful filmmakers. This summer, I researched the story behind the storied building. My conclusion? One day, at some overpriced liberal arts college, students will take a class called: "The Diane Fink School of Filmmaking." Mark my words.

Contents of this video:
0:00 - Intro
1:08 - The rise of Casey's vlog
2:20 - The origins of 368
3:20 - 368's main theme
3:54 - 368 in the 1900s
4:09 - Diane Fink
4:47 - Early 368 films
6:05 - Collaboration
6:40 - Similar styles
7:33 - Mainstream success
8:15 - New generation

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[VIDEO] Top 10 Scariest Horror Movie Locations Found in New York City

2023-10-04T12:00:00-04:00

They call it 'the City that Never Sleeps' for a reason! For this list, we’ll be looking at some of the most notable real-life locations found in scary movies set in the Big Apple. Our countdown includes “Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan”, “1408”, “Ghostbusters”, and more! What’s your favorite New York-based horror movie? Scream about it in the comments!

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[VIDEO] The Real Five Points, The Neighborhood That Inspired 'Gangs of New York'

2023-08-19T12:00:00-04:00

Martin Scorsese's period epic Gangs of New York took up residence in the chaos-ridden New York City neighborhoods of the mid-1800s, populated by eccentric characters and vicious acts of aggression. Its depiction wasn't entirely accurate, but it was based on a very real neighborhood and the very real misery it experienced. Five Points, a major intersection in lower Manhattan, was home to a host of impoverished immigrants seeking a better future for their families. That future wasn't easy to come by; newcomers mostly encountered hostility and distrust, which often boiled over into conflict.

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[VIDEO] 10 Giant Monsters That Have Attacked New York City

2023-04-14T12:00:00-04:00

There is a greater possibility that New York City, rather than Tokyo, will be attacked during a monster apocalypse or when a large beast is on the loose. This VIDEO will highlight ten of the largest monsters and kaiju to ever strike New York City.

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[WATCH] "Scream" Movie Franchise Brings Horror to Big Apple

2023-03-06T12:00:00-05:00

The latest "Scream" movie is set right here in New York City. CBS2's John Dias takes a look at the city's place in horror history.

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[VIDEO] Upcoming "Scream VI" Movie is Set in New York City

2022-12-16T12:00:00-05:00

In a city of millions, no one hears you scream. Watch the official Teaser Trailer for #ScreamVI - Only in theatres March 10, 2023.
Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter. In Scream VI, Melissa Barrera (“Sam Carpenter”), Jasmin Savoy Brown (“Mindy Meeks-Martin”), Mason Gooding (“Chad Meeks-Martin”), Jenna Ortega (“Tara Carpenter”), Hayden Panettiere (“Kirby Reed”) and Courteney Cox (“Gale Weathers”) return to their roles in the franchise alongside Jack Champion, Henry Czerny, Liana Liberato, Dermot Mulroney, Devyn Nekoda, Tony Revolori, Josh Segarra, and Samara Weaving.

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[VIDEO] New York City Is Filled With Alleys That Don't Exist

2022-10-15T12:00:00-04:00

If you watch any movie or TV show shot in New York City, chances are you'll see a scene set in one of New York’s “many” seedy alleys. According to Hollywood, they're everywhere. But in reality, New York barely has alleys at all. So where did the myth come from and why doesn't NYC have alleys?

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[VIDEO] MoMA: Horror Film Experts Take on Slashers, the "Final Girl," and Representation

2022-08-12T12:00:00-04:00

Inspired by MoMA’s summer-long film series "Horror: Messaging the Monstrous," we spoke with scholars Ashlee Blackwell, Kali Simmons, and series co-organizer Caryn Coleman about their formative horror movie moments, moving beyond the slasher film, the “final girl,” and the genre’s long-overdue journey toward inclusion both on screen and behind the camera. Caryn Coleman is a film curator and found of The Future of Film is Female. Kali Simmons is an assistant professor of Indigenous Nations Studies at Portland State University. Ashlee Blackwell is a writer and producer, known for Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019).

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