The Downtown Community Television Center’s new cinema in Lower Manhattan had its official groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday morning, at which New York City government officials Kate Levin, Scott Stringer, Margaret Chin, and Gale Brewer met with renowned documentarians Michael Moore (“Bowling for Columbine,” “Fahrenheit 9/11”), Matthew O’Neill and Morgan Spurlock (“Supersize Me”) to sing the praises of

Following a debacle of various other actors and one director who didn't want to be involved, Bradley Cooper also left the Natalie Portman-produced project "Jane Get Your Gun." For a while it seemed like no one wanted to make this movie. But now Ewan McGregor has parachuted in to save the day, taking Bradley Cooper’s proposed role of Natalie Portman’s criminal gang-leader husband. While McGregor seems far too nice

Lars Von Trier is quite good at getting himself noticed […]

The last Tribeca Film Festival finished on a high note as Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese screened “King of Comedy” marking the thirtieth anniversary of the film’s release. With its knife-sharp commentary on celebrity and the vagaries of fandom "King of Comedy" not only still holds up thirty years later but is just as relevant today as it was then. In “King” stage-door autograph hound and aspiring comedian

The twelfth edition of the almost-venerable Tribeca Film Festival wrapped up last week, and left the impression women filmmakers figured higher than ever. Is this the signal of a paradigm shift? And yet, contrary to what many believe women have stood peering into a viewfinder ever since silent-film era actress/director Mabel Normand yelled “Action” to Charlie Chaplin on the Keystone lot ("Silent film star deserved")

Most people believe Tribeca is all about the big pictures. However what makes it fun and different is what I believe are the backbone of most film festivals, as they are both the stepping stone for filmmakers and the quicker way to see more entertainment in a minimal amount of time; the short films. There were several this year that not only had more production and entertainment value then the features but

I tried really really hard to get through Steven Soderbergh's "state of cinema" address which he gave at the San Francisco Film Festival a couple of days ago. I figured, there's an American filmmaker who portrays himself an intellectual, and has made cerebral films in the past, and now he's giving an address about cinema and maybe it's going to grab me and elevate the senses. So I read on, and pretty soon ran

Her voice is hoarse and she exudes a dramatic and […]

During the 2013 edition of the Tribeca Film Festival which […]

Italian, sybarite, lover of beauty, jaded, intellectual, addicted to work, professional, charismatic. I picture myself shaking these words in a tumbler and throwing them onto the rug to see how they will land.

Asia Argento's influences, whether in music or in film, run the gamut, but only insofar as it is worthy of being called art. She's stuck to her guns, having appeared in films by Gus Van Sant, Sofia Coppola