“The Relentless Patriot” is a documentary film about political activist and artist Scott LoBaido from New Dorp, Staten Island. The documentary is made by Christopher Martini. LoBaido has been a patriotic artist for years, and […]
A 1990 mob movie based on a true story — a film adaptation of Nicholas Pileggi’s 1985 nonfiction book Wiseguy. The movie was directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Pileggi and Scorsese, and produced by Irwin Winkler. Plot The movie follows […]
Written and directed by native Staten Islander James DeMonaco, “The First Purge” was actually the 4th of the trilogy of “The Purge” films — it was a prequel that was supposed to take place before […]
The movie of all movies filmed on Staten Island — Francis Ford Coppola’s epic Gangster movie, based on the Mario Puzo best-selling 1969 novel. Plot Set in 1945 in NYC, the Corleone family’s Don, Vito Corleone, […]
The most recent movie of movies filmed on Staten Island — a national hit comedy-drama that generated a lot of acclaim and did well at the box office. Directed by native NYer Judd Apatow, from […]
“There’s a game on Staten Island called ‘Bullshit’; I’m from Staten Island and I call Bullshit.” I’ve used this line a lot the last 15 or so years — especially in the last 8 years […]
A 1980 American psycho-slasher film directed by Staten Islander Armand Mastroianni, written by Scott Parker and starring Caitlin O’Heaney, Don Scardino, Elizabeth Kemp, Tom Rolfing, and Tom Hanks in his movie debut. Plot A young bride is murdered on […]
Amongst many famous movies filmed on Staten Island is “Easy Money”, a comedy that Rodney Dangerfield wrote and starred in — filmed in Staten Island in 1982 and released in 1983. It also starred Joe […]
An eccentric, enchanting film starring Tracy White as Superman, Jing Bao as Shanghai Hell Cat, Richard Dacio in a duel role as Angus the Mad Ape and the Mad Scientist, and director Chris Spollen as himself. […]
Pete Davidson and Joe Pesci are currently filming Davidson’s autobiographical comedy TV show “Bupkis” on Staten Island — most recently they were seen filming at Marina Cafe in Great Kills in October, 2022.
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