Paris Is in Harlem

Perhaps it was because I was born in NYC, or simply because I admire great cinema, but I fell in love with PARIS IS IN HARLEM.

For a city that has forever suffered at the hands cliche-slingers, PARIS IS IN HARLEM goes a long way to correct the cinematic insults.

I loved how it flowed like water, I loved the echoes between the different characters and their stories and I especially loved the duet across the subway platform early on in the film. I must have replayed that scene 3 times. Brilliant.

Don't misunderstand -- this film is not some docudrama about the end of NYC's "No Dancing" law. This film is poetry, not history.

If you want a film that breathes with the genuine rhythms and concerns of NYC, you've found it.