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- 10/9/2020
- by Jordan Maison
- Cinelinx
Kurt Vincent’s new documentary introduces Chinatown Fair, made famous by Ol’ Dirty Bastard and Letterman – but made a haven by loyal young gamers
The word “grimy” gets tossed around a lot at the beginning of The Lost Arcade, but its use is always accompanied with a wide smile. Chinatown Fair, a legendary dark dump down on Manhattan’s Mott Street, is the subject of Kurt Vincent’s loving new documentary. I am not now nor have I have been too enamored of video games, but as a New Yorker I recognized the tragedy when this quarter-gobbling den of pixels temporarily shut down a while back. One of the final spots resistant to gentrification, Cf, as its patrons call it, was a magnet for teens from all walks of life, a space in which to waste time in an innocuous manner, interrupted only by harmless putdowns and high fives. Vincent...
The word “grimy” gets tossed around a lot at the beginning of The Lost Arcade, but its use is always accompanied with a wide smile. Chinatown Fair, a legendary dark dump down on Manhattan’s Mott Street, is the subject of Kurt Vincent’s loving new documentary. I am not now nor have I have been too enamored of video games, but as a New Yorker I recognized the tragedy when this quarter-gobbling den of pixels temporarily shut down a while back. One of the final spots resistant to gentrification, Cf, as its patrons call it, was a magnet for teens from all walks of life, a space in which to waste time in an innocuous manner, interrupted only by harmless putdowns and high fives. Vincent...
- 8/12/2016
- by Jordan Hoffman
- The Guardian - Film News
As more and more mediums evolve with ever expanding technology, the ease of access to such things as music, film, TV and literature have seemingly never been greater. At the touch of a button, anyone with a relatively good internet connection can view the latest and greatest movies, read thousands of books and listen to millions of songs from the comfort of their own home. However, few things have been affected more than video games.
Originally housed in neon-lit arcades that boomed with as many bleeps and bloops as they did human voices, they’ve not only evolved into a home entertainment outlet, but many people only have experience playing games on their smart phones. So what happened to those arcades?
That’s the broadest question asked in the new Kurt Vincent-directed documentary The Lost Arcade. More specifically, the film looks at the lifespan and ultimate impact of the New York City staple,...
Originally housed in neon-lit arcades that boomed with as many bleeps and bloops as they did human voices, they’ve not only evolved into a home entertainment outlet, but many people only have experience playing games on their smart phones. So what happened to those arcades?
That’s the broadest question asked in the new Kurt Vincent-directed documentary The Lost Arcade. More specifically, the film looks at the lifespan and ultimate impact of the New York City staple,...
- 8/12/2016
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
Every week, a bevy of new releases (independent or otherwise), open in theaters. That’s why we created the Weekly Film Guide, filled with basic plot, personnel and cinema information for all of this week’s fresh offerings.
For August, we’ve also put together a list for the entire month. We’ve included this week’s list below, complete with information on screening locations for films in limited release.
See More: Here Are All the Upcoming Movies in Theaters for August 2016
Here are the films opening theatrically in the U.S. the week of Friday, August 12. All synopses provided by distributor unless listed otherwise.
Wide
Anthropoid
Director: Sean Ellis
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Harry Lloyd, Jamie Dornan, Toby Jones
Synopsis: “Anthropoid” is based on the extraordinary true story of “Operation Anthropoid,” the code name for the Czechoslovakian operatives’ mission to assassinate SS officer Reinhard Heydrich. Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution,...
For August, we’ve also put together a list for the entire month. We’ve included this week’s list below, complete with information on screening locations for films in limited release.
See More: Here Are All the Upcoming Movies in Theaters for August 2016
Here are the films opening theatrically in the U.S. the week of Friday, August 12. All synopses provided by distributor unless listed otherwise.
Wide
Anthropoid
Director: Sean Ellis
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Harry Lloyd, Jamie Dornan, Toby Jones
Synopsis: “Anthropoid” is based on the extraordinary true story of “Operation Anthropoid,” the code name for the Czechoslovakian operatives’ mission to assassinate SS officer Reinhard Heydrich. Heydrich, the main architect behind the Final Solution,...
- 8/11/2016
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Every subculture now gets a documentary feature of its own, it seems. The Lost Arcade isn’t about video arcades generally, but about one specific arcade: Chinatown Fair in Manhattan. And it isn’t even really about Chinatown Fair so much as it’s about a particular community of people who used to frequent the place, almost all of whom were (and still are) primarily into fighting games: the Street Fighter series, the Marvel Vs. Capcom series, etc. What interests director Kurt Vincent and producer-writer Irene Chin is the way that Cf (as everyone calls it) gradually became a second home for a group of kids who felt like outcasts, in part because every other video arcade in Manhattan closed not long after the ’80s boom died out. At bottom, this is the story of freaks and geeks everywhere: a quest for the like-minded, rooted in obsessive engagement with a...
- 8/10/2016
- by Mike D'Angelo
- avclub.com
Gaming is (sometimes) about more than just pushing buttons and scoring points; gaming can build a community and sense of camaraderie — especially when all housed inside an arcade. This is the mission statement of first-time documentarian Kurt Vincent, whose documentary, The Lost Arcade, has been given a first trailer featuring the glowing, flashing lights of The Chinatown Fair and all its dedicated frequenters.
The Fair became a pillar of the local community, drawing in all types over the simple unifying idea of quarters, buttons, and joysticks, which stood for something more than just points and players: “I ran away from a foster home,” one man states, “in the daytime I’d go on the train and sweep [them], but at night [I’d go to] the arcade.”
Ahead of a release at Metrograph next month, see the trailer below:
An intimate story of a once-ubiquitous cultural phenomenon on the edge of extinction, especially in New York City,...
The Fair became a pillar of the local community, drawing in all types over the simple unifying idea of quarters, buttons, and joysticks, which stood for something more than just points and players: “I ran away from a foster home,” one man states, “in the daytime I’d go on the train and sweep [them], but at night [I’d go to] the arcade.”
Ahead of a release at Metrograph next month, see the trailer below:
An intimate story of a once-ubiquitous cultural phenomenon on the edge of extinction, especially in New York City,...
- 7/25/2016
- by Mike Mazzanti
- The Film Stage
Keep up with the wild and wooly world of indie film acquisitions with our weekly Rundown of everything that’s been picked up around the globe. Check out last week’s Rundown here.
– Oscilloscope Laboratories will open Rosemary Myers’ subversive debut feature, “Girl Asleep,” preceded by Amy Nicholson’s delightful, award-winning documentary short, “Pickle,” at Landmark NuArt in Los Angeles on September 23 and at Landmark Sunshine in New York on September 30, with a nationwide rollout to follow. Billed as “a vibrant portrayal of Australian adolescence” the film follows what happens when “Greta Driscoll’s bubble of obscure loserdom is burst [and] her parents throw her a surprise 15th birthday party and invite the whole school! Perfectly content being a wallflower, suddenly Greta’s flung far from her comfort zone into a distant, parallel place.”
– NYC-based film production and theatrical distribution company 26 Aries will release their first theatrical release, Kurt Vincent’s...
– Oscilloscope Laboratories will open Rosemary Myers’ subversive debut feature, “Girl Asleep,” preceded by Amy Nicholson’s delightful, award-winning documentary short, “Pickle,” at Landmark NuArt in Los Angeles on September 23 and at Landmark Sunshine in New York on September 30, with a nationwide rollout to follow. Billed as “a vibrant portrayal of Australian adolescence” the film follows what happens when “Greta Driscoll’s bubble of obscure loserdom is burst [and] her parents throw her a surprise 15th birthday party and invite the whole school! Perfectly content being a wallflower, suddenly Greta’s flung far from her comfort zone into a distant, parallel place.”
– NYC-based film production and theatrical distribution company 26 Aries will release their first theatrical release, Kurt Vincent’s...
- 7/15/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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