In 1993, a 19-year-old New York skateboarder spent three weeks writing a script for an art house flick that swiftly became a classic. Harmony Korine—a Washington Square Park hoodrat by way of Tennessee—collaborated with photographer Larry Clark to create Kids (released in 1995), a dismally fatalistic version of the ’90s featuring delinquent New York teens, AIDS and a dewy, just-discovered Chloë Sevigny. With its non-actors not acting, and dialogue that seemed entirely improvised (and was barely audible), the film hit just the right note for the burgeoning mumblecore movement. Read More

Last night, moviegoers took a break from big-budget popcorn flicks for 60th-anniversary screenings of Singin’ in the Rain all around town that were presented by Turner Classic Movies and hosted by NCM Fathom Events. The Observer attended a screening in Union Square, where longtime fans, old and young, arrived early with their children and uninitiated friends to get good seats. Read More