While shopping malls have been hit with hard times due to the ease of online shopping, back around the turn of the 21st century, they were desirable places to go and hang out — so bustling and packed ...

“Secret Mall Apartment” delivers on its title. In this straightforward documentary of a wild-eyed tale of transgression and transcendence, a group of art students burrow into the concrete bowels of ...

Your browser does not support the audio element. It should be viewed as a fundamental truth of modern life that one of the strongest shields against discovery of a ...

Secret Mall Apartment both is and isn't about a secret mall apartment. The film makes a charming collective of artists surreptitiously setting up a living space in a mall its hook (and what a helluva ...

"Secret Mall Apartment" (L-R) Colin Bliss and Greta Scheing in 2005 in their apartment in Providence Place Mall. (Michael Townsend) In 2003, eight young Rhode Island artists created a secret apartment ...

Big-box stores are beautiful once they have nothing to sell.

In a world full of documentaries that try too hard to create meaning, “Secret Mall Apartment” achieves something remarkable: It reveals the extraordinary within the ordinary without ever feeling ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The director of the upcoming Providence-focused documentary “Secret Mall Apartment” visited Rhode Island College (RIC) on Wednesday night for a behind-the-scenes Q&A and a ...

The film, which debuted at the 2024 South by Southwest Film Festival, follows eight Rhode Island artists who, in 2003, created a secret apartment in a hidden space within the Providence Place Mall and ...

Long considered hubs of American commerce and community, the country's shopping malls are undergoing a rapid decline, a new report detailing which cities have suffered the sharpest drops in traffic.