Man on Wire

Native New Yorkers know to expect the unexpected, but who among them could’ve predicted that a man would stroll between the towers of the World Trade Center? French high-wire walker Philippe Petit did just that on August 7th, 1974. PetitÂ’s success may come as a foregone conclusion, but British filmmaker James MarshÂ’s pulse-pounding documentary still plays more like a thriller than a non-fiction entry–in fact, it puts most thrillers to shame. Marsh (Wisconsin Death Trip, The K Read more…