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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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NYFF: Jane Goodall’s Life With The Chimps Celebrated in ‘Jane’
Beloved chimp lady and peripatetic traveler Jane Goodall was on the West Coast last night for the Los Angeles premiere of National Geographic’s documentary “Jane” about her early years in the jungle study chimpanzees. Last week the renowned humanitarian, conservationist and founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, was in New York for the film’s New…
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NYFF: Greta Gerwig’s Directing Debut ‘Lady Bird’ Is Personal
Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut, “Lady Bird,” a mother-daughter dramedy starring Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf, had its New York premiere Sunday evening at the New York Film Festival. (The film’s world premiere was at the Telluride Film Festival.) Gerwig looked Grace Kelly elegant in a strapless Ralph Lauren gown. Joining her on the red carpet were…
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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.
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NYFF: Greta Gerwig On ‘Lady Bird’ and Stars Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf
Greta Gerwig is making her directing debut with “Lady Bird,” a sweetly funny coming-of-age film starring “Brooklyn” star Saoirse Ronan. She plays an angst-riddled 17 year-old in 2002 Sacramento, who dreams of escape to an East Coast college. Born Christine, this precocious and cynical teen insists on calling herself Lady Bird, to the annoyance of her mother…
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NYFF: Susan Lacy’s ‘Spielberg’ is Admiring Look at the Popular Director
The world premiere of Susan Lacy’s documentary “Spielberg,” about prolific and popular film director Steven Spielberg, was celebrated Thursday evening at the New York Film Festival. A compilation of clips from most of the director’s films — there are more than 60 — this admiring portrait is 2 hour and 27 minutes and is eye…
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Dustin Hoffman Will Be Honored at the Gotham Awards
Dustin Hoffman will receive the Actor Tribute this year at the Independent Film Project Gotham Awards. The two-time Academy Award and six-time Golden Globe winning actor stars in Noah Baumbach’s new film “The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)” which had its New York premiere last Sunday at the New York Film Festival. Hoffman co-stars with…
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4 TV Shows That Today’s Kids Will Be Nostalgic For in 20 Years
Which current TV shows will kids be nostalgic for? Here’s our list of four that we think today’s kids will be watching in 20 years.
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NYFF: Rebecca Miller On Her New Doc, ‘Arthur Miller: Writer’; also Her Acting Detour in ‘Meyerowitz Stories’
Rebecca Miller, the director of “The Private Lives of Pippa Lee” (2009), “Personal Velocity” (2002) and “The Ballad of Jack and Rose” (2005), has directed a wonderful documentary for HBO about her father simply called “Arthur Miller: Writer.” The film will premiere next week at the New York Festival. Do not miss it! The film’s…
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‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Season Nine: Larry David is Back
It’s been six years since we last saw Larry David on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” but now the curmudgeon is back. The “Seinfeld co-creator is reviving his hit show. Last week at the show’s premiere at the SVA Theater in Manhattan, I asked him how Larry David has changed since we last saw him. “TV…
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