Focus Features

Scott Macaulay looks at the backstory of the New York’s Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting and how Gotham transformed itself into a true movie town.

A slideshow Gotham nominees top NYC flicks.

Take a closer look at the New York borough that is home to Focus Features’ It’s Kind of a Funny Story, plus a buzzing film scene and a horde of unique movie venues.

To mark the forthcoming release of The American, which was partly shot in Rome, the latest series of Movie City articles focuses on the myriad movie moments to be had in the Italian capital.

A slideshow of historic Roman cinemas.

San Francisco, the home of both Hattie from Babies and Harvey Milk, is the latest stop on the Movie City tour.

As part of Movie City Cannes, Nick Dawson provides a little historical context for the world’s most famous and glitziest film festival.

Producer Noah Harlan, a longtime attendee of the Cannes Film Festival, presents an on-the-ground guide to the glitziest event on the film calendar.

The most glamorous of global film festival locations is the next destination for FilmInFocus' Movie City.

FilmInFocus makes Tokyo, the home of Mari from Babies and the setting for Lost in Translation, the latest in its Movie City series.

Cinematographer Sean Williams offers up his subjective perspective on going to the movies in Tokyo.

You can still find the places Tokyo has popped up in films—in Tokyo.

A longtime Tokyo resident guides us through the narrow streets of Tokyo to find hidden cinematic gems.

10 Tokyo films from US and European directors.

Los Angeles may be the entertainment capital of the world, but it’s also entertaining all by itself.

A slideshow of L.A. imagined by artists, writers, drunks and dolls.

FilmInFocus visits Portland, Oregon, the home of Milk director Gus Van Sant and Laika animation studios, where Coraline was made.

FilmInFocus checks into Park City to look at this Utah ski town and the Sundance Film Festival to which it plays host.