Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Cyber Cafe joins Kim's Video and Benny's Burritos in 1990s throwback for 'Caught Stealing'

Photos by Stacie Joy 

A late-1990s-looking Avenue A and Sixth Street will be the epicenter of filming this week for the Darren Aronofsky-helmed crime thriller "Caught Stealing." 

Filming is expected to continue here tomorrow through Friday. 

Yesterday saw the arrival of the Cyber Cafe signage on A to go next to Kim's Video (RIP 2004).
... and the prop folks added more details to the resurrected Benny's Burritos (RIP 2014) on the corner...
The crew also continues to work on the Nenos Pizza set on the Sixth Street side at A (Amor Y Amargo). It's not quite our Nino's from Avenue A and St. Mark's Place.
Also spotted on Sixth Street for the shoot... a REVS COST tag... (we already noted the Obey Giant wheat pastes on Sixth).
The film stars Austin Butler, Zoë Kravitz, Bad Bunny and, most recently, Action Bronson. 

The plot, based on Charlie Huston's novel, per IMDB: 
Burned-out ex-baseball player Hank Thompson (Butler) unexpectedly finds himself embroiled in a dangerous struggle for survival amidst the criminal underbelly of 1990s New York City, forced to navigate a treacherous underworld he never imagined.
Previously on EV Grieve: 


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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 1, 2024 at 9:18 AM

    Is that $.99 cent pizza place real or fake?

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    1. AnonymousOctober 1, 2024 at 11:59 AM

      Nobody wanted it at $1.50

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    2. XTCOctober 1, 2024 at 12:16 PM

      Real. As in real bad. Their pizza sucks.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 1, 2024 at 9:53 AM

    Speaking of film shoots, I only just now got around to watching White Collar which was filmed in the neighborhood around 2009. The show's depiction of Tompkins is kind of hilarious, but it was fund to see the old footage and even see trees that are no longer there.

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  3. Nick BodorOctober 1, 2024 at 2:06 PM

    alt.coffee forever! Should be our logo. Darren Aronofsy even did a movie release event there for "Pi" in 1998 (good film!)

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    1. Scuba DivaOctober 2, 2024 at 8:03 AM

      I miss them so much…including the bathtub full of dead computers!

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