Category: Featured
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Gilbert Gottfried at Friars Club for Screening of His Documentary ‘Gilbert’
Stand up comic Gilbert Gottfried, famous for telling tasteless and smutty jokes in a high-pitched, sandpaper voice, is the subject of director Neil Berkeley’s hilarious and moving documentary opening tonight at the IFC Center in the West Village. In the Milton Berle room at the Friars Club (where else?) on East 55th Street earlier in…
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‘Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me’ Doc Celebrates a One-of-a-Kind Talent
It’s about time someone made a documentary about Sammy Davis, Jr.’s consummate life. Directed by Samuel C. Pollard and written by Laurence Maslon, “Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me” is a well-rounded, fascinating portrait of a complex but astoundingly talented man who passed away at the young age of 64 in 1990.
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‘Heal’ Documentary Explores Mind / Body Medicine
Filmmaker Kelly Noonan Gores’ documentary called simply “Heal” is an exploration of mind/body medicine and the power of our bodies’ innate ability to heal themselves. She includes interviews with prominent alternative physicians and spiritual healers, as well as three people who have experienced difficult illnesses.
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Doc ‘Liyana’ is Talk of 2017 Citizen Jane Film Festival
During the 10th annual Citizen Jane Film Festival in Columbia, Missouri, which ended on Oct. 29, 2017, I asked a number of people to tell me their favorite of the films they’d seen. Nine times out of ten, the answer was “Liyana,” a documentary set in Swaziland, a small country in southern Africa. It was…
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Citizen Jane Film Festival: ‘The Light of the Moon’ is Realistic Portrayal of Rape Victim
“The Light of the Moon,” which won the Narrative Feature Audience Award at SXSW 2017, was a perfect film to be included in the Citizen Jane Film Festival in Columbia, Missouri this past weekend – a festival devoted to women filmmakers. Written and directed by Jessica M. Thompson, the film focuses on a woman who…
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10th Annual Citizen Jane Film Festival Closes with ‘In the Radiant City’
The 10th annual Citizen Jane Film Festival in Columbia, Missouri closed out on Oct. 29, 2017 with the feature drama “In the Radiant City.” Directed by Rachel Lambert, who co-wrote the script with Nathan Gregorski, the film stars Michael Abbott, Jr., Marin Ireland, Madisen Beaty, and Celia Weston.
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Citizen Jane Film Fest: 4 Films from the Bizarre to the Poignant
I saw eight feature-length films in this year’s Citizen Jane Film Festival, and I liked all but one of them. The work was consistently daring and/or innovative.
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10th Annual Citizen Jane Film Festival Opens with ‘Landline’
The Citizen Jane Film Festival in Columbia, Missouri, which celebrates women filmmakers, opened its tenth year on Oct. 27, 2017 with the feature comedy-drama “Landline.”
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Helen Mirren Will Be Honored at the 45th Chaplin Award Gala
The Film Society of Lincoln Center announced that Academy Award–winning actor Helen Mirren will be honored at the 45th Chaplin Award Gala on Monday, April 30, 2018. Helen Mirren is a beloved figure of stage, screen, and television and has had an illustrious career spanning more than fifty years. The annual event will be attended…
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NYFF: Kate Winslet Turns in Oscar-Worthy Performance in Woody Allen’s ‘Wonder Wheel’
Kate Winslet is in the Oscar race with her spectacular performance in Woody Allen’s “Wonder Wheel,” the closing night presentation of the New York Film Festival where it will have its world premiere. (There are no less than seven screenings and tickets are still available at some of them.) An Amazon Studio release, which doesn’t…
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Ever Wonder What’s In Those Emmy Award Swag Bags?
We hear tales of the kind of swag bestowed on Hollywood’s stars whenever they attend an awards show. Well, here’s the skinny on one of those Emmy Award swag bags, which was contained in Go Dash Dot’s Infinity Bags and taken home by the likes of Viola Davis, Elizabeth Moss, and Jessica Lange.
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Shout Factory Releases ‘Into the Night’ Blu-ray Collector’s Edition
Shout Factory! is releasing a classic 1980s movie that you’ve probably never seen – Into the Night, in an all new blu-ray collector’s edition.