Warriors (1979)

“Come out to play-aaay!” You know the taunt—and if you don’t, shame on you for never having seen Walter Hill’s seminal gang classic. Fine, so it looks a little like Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” video; a clash with the cops on a subway platform remains terrifying. Sept 26 at 3, 5, 7:30, 9:45pm

13 movies that capture the NYC subway as it was

Revisit the dingy days of graffiti, roving gangs and worse in BAM’s 'Retro Metro' series

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Everyone’s got their own hellish subway story (did we tell you the one about the onboard rat who cruised to the Bronx?). Still, by and large, we have it easy compared to the way it was: a commuting nightmare that’s vividly, if sometimes incidentally captured in the 13 features and three shorts playing in BAM’s upcoming “Retro Metro” series, beginning Sat 26 and running through Oct 4. Take a taste with these images. No Metrocard required.
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