We’re giving love to New York City, baby: the Big Apple, the Greatest City on Earth, the Concrete Jungle Where Dreams Are Made (Oh), and the inspiration for some of the best movies ever made – period. Godfather? Check. Goodfellas? Check. Do the Right Thing? Check. You get the picture.
It’s little wonder that the five boroughs have played background – and often lead – in so many movies. New York is a place overflowing with stories, no matter where you swipe your Metro card. It is, at the southern end of Manhattan, the center of the financial world, where greed has made for great cinema; a short subway ride from that, you’re in the center of global fashion, where the Miranda Priestlys of the world wield their power for high drama and big laughs; zip further north still and you hit the Great White Way, where so many dreams have played out on our screens, from All About Eve to Birdman.