Amos Vogel is the founder of the New York Film Festival and New York's experimental cinema club "Cinema 16" where films by John Cassavetes, Bruce Connor, Stan Brakhage, Kenneth Anger and Roman Polanski were shown in New York for the first time. His classic book, "Film as a Subversive Art" is filled

Experimental, New york underground, Pioneering, Rebel, Urban

To be a drag queen in the 90's is a career, but in the 60's it was a desperate calling, pursued only by those willing to risk a pariah existence. With her humor and vulnerability, Candy could be described as the Marilyn Monroe of drag queens (anyone who has had the chance to see Candy in Warhol's 'W

Glam, New york underground, Pop art

Barbara Rubin, the great doyenne of the new york underground film scene of the 60s, friend of Andy Warhol and the Velvet Undergroud, co-conspirator and friend of Jonas Mekas was famous for her involvement in the Velvet Underground "up-tight" performance at the New York Psychoanalytic Society. Her cl

Erotic, New york underground, Pioneering, Playful, Witty