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 "Film"

Tours

Photo: Staff

The Tenenbaums

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… read more »

Features

Alex and Companies

Alex Calderwood has a history of turning nothing into something. He looks at unloved and abandoned spaces with an optimistic eye, seeing potential to infuse them with new life, art,… read more »

Textile & Objects shop 1961

Photo: Todd Webb courtesy of máXimo

Meet the Neuharts

We were first smitten with the work of Marilyn and John Neuhart upon discovering the handcrafted, colorful dolls that Marilyn created on commission for Alexander Girard’s Textile & Objects Shop… read more »

Oliver and Evan Haslegrave of hOmE in their Greenpoint studio

Photo: Rose Callahan

The Brothers Haslegrave

One afternoon in late winter, Evan and Oliver Haslegrave, the brotherly design duo behind half a dozen New York City restaurants and shops including the Manhattan Inn, duckduck and Goat… read more »

Videos

Josh Vogel of Blackcreek Mercantile & Trading Co.

Photo: Mindy Best

Josh Vogel

We visited Josh Vogel of Blackcreek Mercantile & Trading Co. in late 2010 and kick started this year with a feature on the wood sculptor based in Kingston, New York. read more »

Events

Liberty Hall Screenings at the Ace

Photo: Ace Hotel

Liberty Hall Screenings

“We’re starting a free weekly movie series in Liberty Hall with some local and international independent film groups and other friends. Some of the screenings have filmmakers in attendance and… read more »

Roof in Brooklyn Navy yard

Photo: Sarah Palmer

Rooftop Films

For those of us city dwellers with the frequent urge (but not always as frequent ability) to rise above it all, the annual Rooftop Films Summer Series offers… read more »

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 »

Blog

Drawings From the Film Beginners

Photo: Alleged Press

Drawings From the Film Beginners

Similar to Thumbsucker, Mike Mills will be putting out a book with Damiani for his forthcoming film, Beginners. In a cycle of art imitating life, Mills created a… read more »

Michel Gondry's latest book <i>You'll Like This Film Because You're In It</i>

Photo: PictureBox

You'll Like This Film Because You're In It

Michel Gondry’s been on a mini tour to promote his latest book You’ll Like This Film Because You’re In It. His next stop will be at this weekend’s… read more »

Left: <i>Rem Koolhaas: A Kind of Architect</i> Right: <i>Milton Glaser: To Inform & Delight</i>

Photo: Arthouse Films

Arthouse Films

While doing a little bit of research we ran across an independent production and distribution company called Arthouse Films. We didn’t realize that the company was involved in… 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…

 Read More