FEATURES

Battersby Brooklyn

By Sarah Williams
Left: Chef Walker Stern Right: Chef Joseph Ogrodnek

Photo: Tuukka Koski

At Battersby, it’s all personal. Chef-owners Walker Stern and Joseph Ogrodnek have a long-standing friendship that’s taken them through culinary school to stints at some of the city’s best restaurants.

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Chuck Miller

By Caroline Hwang
Chuck Miller with his wife Jeanette Miller

Photo: Michael A. Muller

The Meatpacking District in New York is full of beautiful Manhattanites, working professionals, and stylish tourists who are staying at the nearby Gansevoort Hotel and the Standard. So when you…

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Journal: Clift San Francisco

By Michael Muller
Frontside view of the Clift from Geary Street

Photo: Michael A. Muller

On a recent trip to San Francisco, the Clift hotel was the central figure and home base on a quick three-day stay during the onset of autumn in…

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RESULTS FOR "Documentaries"

Features

Chris and Kirk Bray of Billykirk

Photo: Rose Callahan

Billykirk Studio Visit

Billykirk’s studio is surrounded by things, equipments, flat files, paintings, photos, and memories. read more »

Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch in their studio

Photo: Rose Callahan

Roman & Williams Studio Visit

The partners behind Roman & Williams, Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch are anti minimalists. It’s apparent in the spaces they create. read more »

Chuck Miller

The Meatpacking District in New York is full of beautiful Manhattanites, working professionals, and stylish tourists who are staying at the nearby Gansevoort Hotel and the Standard. So when you… read more »

Events

The Devil and Daniel Johnston, by Jeff Feuerzeig

Photo: Courtesy of Arts In Mind

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

Join the award-winning documentary filmmaker Jeff Feuerzeig for a screening of his film The Devil and Daniel Johnston, followed by conversation and Q&A. The film portrays a musician and outsider… read more »

Died Young, Stayed Pretty Rock Poster Show

Photo: 303Grand

Died Young, Stayed Pretty

A bit short notice, but we wanted to announce an interesting pair of upcoming events. Opening tonight at 303Grand, the Died Young, Stayed Pretty Rock Poster Show rides… read more »

Photo: Food, Inc.

Food Inc.

Along the same lines as Fresh, Food Inc. gives us a close, maybe too close, look at the food we eat and where it comes from. Definitely… read more »

Blog

Hotels, Documentaries and Features

We’re quickly approaching our one year anniversary and have been diligently working on new content. The first in our documentary series with Billykirk is due out in September. New features… read more »

Photo: Handmade Nation

Handmade Nation

Handmade Nation is an indie documentary covering the multi-front resurgence of craft and DIY culture by first-time filmmaker, artist, and photographer Faythe Levine. We first learned about the… read more »

The Archive

Photo: Ed David, directed by Sean Dunne

The Archive

A couple of months ago cinematographer Ed David produced a documentary short on Martin Greenfield, a Bushwick tailor known very little outside of the industry but has been… read more »

TOURS

The Bacon Tour

By David Tez

Photo: Staff

From time to time, The Scout will feature interborough food tours designed as culinary and geographic explorations of our fair city. Each has been field tested, in a single day,…

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The Tenenbaums

By Siobhan Vivian

Photo: Staff

The Royal Tenenbaums is Wes Anderson’s visual love letter to New York. Though never explicitly named, the film presents a stunningly constructed pastiche of the quirky, the kitschy and the…

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