Astute New Yorkers may have noticed a series of relics reappearing on city streets in recent weeks.

Public payphones have shown up in Brooklyn, at South Elliott Place and Lafayette Avenue, and along Metropolitan Avenue near Havemeyer Street. In Manhattan, they’re at Second Avenue and East Houston, and at Ryder's Alley and Fulton Street.

The payphones are part of a promotion for director Darren Aronofsky's new film “Caught Stealing.” The film, which is is set in 1990s New York City and features celebrities including Austin Butler, Zoë Kravitz and Bad Bunny, tells the story of an ex-baseball player who gets caught up in the world of organized crime. The phones dispense carefully curated local cultural recommendations to those who pick up the receiver and take a moment to listen.

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