Next Stop, Greenwich Village

Slice-of-life piece about a young Jewish man, Larry Lapinsky(Lenny Baker), with designs on being an actor, struggling not only to make ends meet so he can carry out his profession and grow as an actor through a studio teacher, but also... Full review

I'm with the room, this film has been sadly overlooked as it was at the time of it's release (even Mazursky champion Pauline Kael was Luke warm) and deserves to be seen. I think this sort of autobiographical film had sort... Full review

This is a great small movie that has held up well over the years. It is full of warmth and charm. Lenny Baker gives a great performance!... Full review

The acting in this movie was fantastic. Lenny would have been one is of the best. God bless his soul.... Full review

This movie is set to 1953 in Greenwich Village, New York.It's a place that's ahead of it's time.There's more tolerance than elsewhere and the 50's doesn't seem like the 50's.Paul Mazursky's Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976) shows us the most interesting... Full review

I felt like this is what life must truly have been like in the Village in '53. Everything was in order. I was transported. Special kudos go out to Antonio Fargas, who plays a gay man in a tremendously ballsy portrayal... Full review

This is not a great film but it is sweet and has it's moments. It also has a cast of soon to be stars. While it was interesting to see Shelley Winters when she could still pull off dark hair, it... Full review

During June of 1954 in New York City, I graduated junior high school and, to celebrate the event, joined three of my classmates on a forbidden sojourn to the city's famous Greenwich Village. Exiting the subway station at Christopher street, we... Full review

I stumbled on this film on USA last night, about 15 minutes in. It was alternately comedic and touching, with Lenny Baker playing a 20-something (Larry Lapinsky) in Greenwich Village in the '50s. Shelley Winter played his mother, who had a... Full review

On the other hand, they were able to shoot on location in Greenwich Village's Sheridan Square, where Mazursky lived on-and-off for 10 years, but had to "regress" the streets somewhat to better reflect 1953. It's a time when 22-year-old Jewish boys from Brooklyn don't leave home to become actors and live in Greenwich Village except for Larry Lapinsky (memorably played by Lenny Baker , who died young in 1982). ... Full Review

The Abernethys, pictured, are engaged festgoers. Case in point: an e-mail Susan Abernethy sent after a screening of "Heiran." "Didn't you love the audience's reaction when the husband appeared on the bus?" she wrote. ... Full Article

I came across a photograph the other day of assorted members of the Beat Generation - Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and a few others - and it was like stepping into a time warp. ... Full Article