TCM x 92NY ‘Love NYC’: A Classic Film Festival Pop-Up Celebrates the City on the Big Screen

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Feb 3

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A love letter to New York on the big screen, as TCM and 92NY reunited filmmakers, stars, and cinephiles for a one-day celebration of the movies that made the city immortal.

Turner Classic Movies brought its cinephile roadshow back to Manhattan on Saturday, January 31, with Turner Classic Movies x 92NY Love NYC, a one-day celebration of the filmmakers, performances, and movies that helped turn New York City into cinema’s most enduring character.

The packed program unfolded as a love letter to the city across decades of filmmaking. The day began with Bradley Cooper in conversation with TCM’s Ben Mankiewicz, revisiting New York Stories and reflecting on the film’s lasting influence and its portrait of New York as a place where ambition, artistry, and obsession collide. Cooper spoke candidly about how the film reshaped his understanding of storytelling and the city’s role in shaping creative lives.

In the afternoon, Michael Douglas joined TCM host Alicia Malone for a look back at Wall Street, revisiting Gordon Gekko and the film’s sharply observed snapshot of 1980s Manhattan. Douglas discussed the cultural afterlife of the character, the film’s continued relevance, and the way New York’s financial district became inseparable from the movie’s legacy.

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The evening closed with a special Noir Alley presentation led by Eddie Muller alongside Rosie Perez, spotlighting Sweet Smell of Success. The classic noir’s razor-sharp dialogue and shadow-soaked vision of Manhattan felt especially at home on a big New York screen, drawing a direct line between postwar noir and the city’s mythic cinematic identity.

From thoughtful conversations to reverent big-screen presentations, TCM x 92NY Love NYC reaffirmed why New York remains one of cinema’s greatest muses—alive in memory, performance, and the communal experience of watching these films where they belong.