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TRIBECA: 'The King Of Comedy' Q&A Reveals That Sandra Bernhard & Jerry Lewis Still Irk Each Other
The website for the Tribeca Film Festival has finally put up video from the Q&A session that followed its closing-night presentation of The King of Comedy, but, alas, it's just an excerpt. I was hoping that the discussion — which included the film's director Martin Scorsese and its stars, Robert De Niro, venerable comedian and filmmaker [...]
'Lil Bub & Friendz' Is Cat's Meow At Tribeca Film Festival Awards
Unless you count the viral video cat named Lil Bub, the winners of the Tribeca Film Festival's annual awards ceremony are not a glitzy lot, despite the event's reputation as a celebrity-studded affair. Lil Bub & Friendz, Andy Capper and Juliette Eisner's documentary about the walleyed cat with the perpetually protruding tongue and other [...]
INTERVIEW: Zac Efron & Dennis Quaid Stick With Independent Film 'At Any Price'
The studios want him, but, these, days Zac Efron only has eyes for indie film. After making a splash at the New York Film Festival with The Paperboy last fall, Efron is back in the Big Apple, at the Tribeca Film Festival, with At Any Price. What's the deal? "Y'know, Dennis [Quaid] says that the only rule [...]
INTERVIEW: Ethan Hawke & Richard Linklater Discuss 'Before Midnight' At Tribeca Film Festival
"I've been acting since I was 13 years old, so I love playing around with different genres of movies...It keeps my profession fresh for me," Ethan Hawke told me on the red carpet at the Tribeca Film Festival. Hawke is here to make the rounds for Before Midnight, the third entry in writer/director Richard Linklater's popular indie [...]
TRIBECA: 'Before Midnight' ? Richard Linklater Hints That A Fourth Film Could Happen
'After Midnight,' anyone? The Richard Linklater-directed Before Midnight doesn't premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival until 6 pm. on Monday, but an hour before curtain time the filmmaker hinted that a fourth film in a sequence that began with Before Sunrise in 1995 and Before Sunset in 2004, was not out of the question. Linklater [...]
INTERVIEW: Sandra Bernhard Says 'It's Too Late' To Remake 'The King of Comedy'
A longstanding gig will keep Sandra Bernhard from attending the Tribeca Film Festival's closing-night screening of The King of Comedy on April 28, but it's not like she needs her memory jogged. The comedienne recalls that making Martin Scorsese's prescient and oh-so-dark 1982 comedy about a deluded stand-up comic (Robert De Niro) who kidnaps his favorite talk-show [...]
TRIBECA: Welcome To 'The Machine' ? Photos From Sci-Fi Thriller Depict Sexy Svedka-Style Cyborg
One of the more intriguing science-fiction films screening at the Tribeca Film Festival is The Machine. Directed by Caradog James, whose last film was the 2006 racism dramedy Little White Lies, The Machine is ostensibly about a scientist obsessed with building a cybernetic super soldier. That's a familiar storyline, but based on the clues found in the [...]
WATCH: Tribeca Film Festival 2013 rocks out with 'Mistaken for Strangers'
For the first time ever, the Tribeca Film Festival has selected a documentary as its opening night film. And what a unique documentary. Mistaken for Strangers chronicles the misadventures of Tom Berninger as he works as a roadie for his brother's band, The National. Lead singer Matt Berninger points out that Tom "was hoping he [...]
WATCH: Robert De Niro & Jane Rosenthal Get Down To Business For 2013 Tribeca Film Festival
This Wednesday kicks off the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, and I got the chance to sit down with festival co-founders Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal to talk shop. Now while all film festivals have plenty of business going on behind the scenes, Tribeca puts it front and center with events like its Future of Film [...]
Muppets And Puppets Descend On D.C. To Save PBS; Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave Lead British Independent Film Awards Noms: Biz Break
Also in Monday morning's round-up of news briefs, Michael Douglas' And So It Goes proves popular with buyers; Argo heads to Doha Tribeca Film Festival; and Cafe de Flore shines at the Specialty Box Office. Judi Dench, Vanessa Redgrave, Terrence Stamp Lead Noms at British Independent Film Awards Stamp, 74, and Redgrave, 75, are cited [...]
Ben Affleck Eyes Next Directing/Acting Gig; R.I.P. Cinematographer Harris Savides: Biz Break
Also in Thursday afternoon's round-up of news briefs: Val Kilmer will receive kudos from the Dallas Film Society; Jodie Foster takes on Money for her next directorial project. Also, Tribeca Film Festival names a new Deputy Executive Director; Tom Hanks is taking on Broadway. And, the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) launches a major new initiative; [...]
Leonardo DiCaprio's Great Gatsby Pic Delayed; Tribeca Film Festival Unveils 2013 Details: Biz Break
Also in Tuesday afternoon's round-up of news briefs, a new actor joins the next Hunger Games. A surreal comedy by electronic musician Quentin Dupieux is headed to screens. Reese Witherspoon boards a new romantic comedy. And a man is arrested in Ohio for bringing in weapons into a screening of TDKR. Tribeca 2013 Unveils Festival [...]
Batman Villain Named 'Bane' to Hurt Romney: Rush Limbaugh; Hugh Hefner Biopic In the Works: Biz Break
Also in Wednesday morning's round-up of news briefs, Kino Lorber Films picks up a Tribeca Film Festival doc that spotlights the culture wars in the Texas school system. Juliette Lewis is in talks to star opposite Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts in an upcoming pic, while Diane Kruger is set for a role of a [...]
Tribeca Film Festival Leadership Change; Broadway Musicals Headed to the Big Screen: Biz Break
Also in Thursday afternoon's round-up of news briefs, Strand Releasing and Cinema Guild pick up films for U.S. release. Ashely Judd and Robert Forster take on roles in an upcoming action-thriller and Universal sets a release for The Man with the Iron Fists. Nancy Schafer Departs Tribeca Film Festival Schafer has served in various posts [...]
Lindsay Lohan Blames Exhaustion for Collapse, Disney Pays Big Bucks for a Pitch: Biz Break
Also in Monday afternoon's round up of news, AFI appoints a new head of communications, Susan Sarandon will receive honors at the upcoming Karlovy Vary Film Festival. Tribeca Film eyes Glee star's feature film for U.S. release and Ed Helms readies for two film roles ahead of The Office. AFI Names Jennifer Hoelzer as Its [...]
Meryl Streep Lauds Viola Davis, Lone Ranger's Manifest Budgetry: Biz Break
Rounding out Wednesday morning's mostly film news briefs, Tribeca Film takes rights to one of its winners, Focus Forward heads to LA Film Festival with prizes ready to hand out, Amazon teams with MGM titles and CBGB movie picks up another actor to play a singer Tribeca Film Nabs War Witch U.S. rights to Kim [...]
Common Eyes Truffault Re-make, Universal Eyes Same Time, Next Year Re-make: Biz Break
Also in Tuesday afternoon's round up of news briefs, Magnolia Pictures and Strand Releasing each pick up a 2012 Tribeca Film Festival title, while Monique Gabriela Curnen and Kathy Baker join an indie thriller. Marina Abramovic nabs a French festival prize, Mark Cuban gives his two cents at a producers conference over the weekend and [...]
Tribeca's New Festival, Hot Docs Winners, Madonna Remembers Adam Yauch: Biz Break
Up in Canada, documentary festival Hot Docs gave out its prizes over the weekend, while Stateside, the Tribeca Film Festival unveiled plans for a new event in Italy. Madonna remembers Beasties' Adam Yauch and Morgan Spurlock launches a new production company. Check out more in Monday's Biz Break. Bloody Disgusting & The Collective Launch Finishing [...]
Universal Shares 100 Factoids For its 100th Anniversary
It's not every day that a studio turns 100. As such, Universal is making the most of its centennial with a host of events including the recent Tribeca Film Festival shout out to the the company courtesy of Robert DeNiro and Judd Apatow. But today, April 30, is the big day itself, and to kick [...]
Avengers Amasses Overseas Cha-Ching In Initial Rollout
Marvel and Disney's The Avengers is set to close out the 11th Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday night, but the blockbuster has already started cashing in abroad, where it's an early hit with audiences. The superhero blockbuster featuring Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson opened in 10 markets this week, earning a total of $17.1 [...]