movies set in New York

Caught Stealing With a Hand in Pi: Darren Aronofsky’s Expertise in 1998

August 30, 2025 · Pop Culture

As Xan Brooks of The Guardian pointed out in an interview with Darren Aronofsky, his latest film, Caught Stealing, “could almost be his parallel-universe first movie, given that it’s set in…

Home Alone 2: New York’s Nothing But Fun on Borrowed Dough… Until It Runs Out

December 19, 2022 · Pop Culture

Among the many “reassessments” of Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, complete with its implausible representation of realistic geographic proximity, one that hasn’t really been called out…