Told through a series of black & white photographs taken by bartender Sheldon Nadelman, the film gives an intimate glimpse of the rough looking inhabitants of the equally rough Times Square pub, while it existed throughout the 70's and early 80's. It's not a particularly artistic approach to the subject matter but more of a fascinating archival glimpse at an era with the types of folks you'd find in Martin Scrosese's Taxi Driver. It's fast pace keeps up with Nadelman's observations as a bartender and probably would have been a lot slower and more somber had it been from the point of view of a customer, which I would have preferred, just so I could study the close-up portraits and street photography just a bit longer.
3½ bathroom blow-jobs out of 5
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