
Formuchofthelasthalfcentury,Cyprus-borntheateroperatorNickNicolaouhaslivedandbreathedtheworldofNewYorkCitycinema.StartingwiththeTimesSquare’adultfilmhousesofthe1970’sandmovingthroughdecadesofforcedchangeatthehandsofcityregulation,chaintakeovers,andvastculturalshifts,Nicolaounowexistsasoneofthelasttrulyindependenttheaterownersleftstanding,asheworkstokeephislow-costtheatersaliveinanindustryaimingtopushthemout.<br/> ReturningtothecityforhisfirstNewYork-setdocumentaryinnearlyadecade,AbelFerraratracesboththestoryofNicolaou’slifeandthechangingcitythatitreflects,fromthecleansingofTimesSquaretothefightforsurvivaloftheouterboroughs’fewremainingneighborhoodtheaters.Theresultisacharminglyoff-the-cuffodysseythroughthehistoryoffilmexhibition,NewYork,andthelong-standingintersectionofthetwo

