Remembering Ed Koch: New York Mayor, Surprise Film Critic
As the former mayor of New York City, Ed Koch, who died today at the age of 88, was a prominent pop culture figure in his own right. He appeared in several movies and TV shows; “Sex and the City,” “The Muppets Take Manhattan,” “The First Wives Club” and “The Hebrew Hammer” are just a few of the productions in which he appeared as himself.
But Koch was also a true movie lover. After his mayoral tenure, he became a bona fide critic, reviewing films for a New York area newspaper. And in 2009 he started an online video series called “The Mayor at the Movies.”
Koch screened films with regular…
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