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Uptown and downtown collide at this year's Tribeca fest

Thursday, 28 April 2016, 16:08 Last update: about 9 years ago

At the Tribeca Film Festival, worlds as far apart as Elvis and Nixon, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Justin Bieber, are colliding. Though films remain the center of...

In 'Green Room' a punk band faces the truly hardcore

Thursday, 28 April 2016, 16:07 Last update: about 9 years ago

"Play your early stuff," is the advice given to the punk band The Ain't Rights when their dirt-broke, gas-siphoning tour lands a last-minute gig at an Oregon backwoods roadhouse in Jeremy Saulnier's...

Jon Stewart-produced film gives close-up to Syrian refugees

Thursday, 21 April 2016, 15:45 Last update: about 9 years ago

Before the Syrian refugee crisis spilled across Europe, first-time feature filmmakers Ellen Martinez and Steph Ching were in Jordan's Zaatari Refugee Camp with their cameras. There at the camp...

Sean Parker plays coy as Screening Room VOD debate heats up

Wednesday, 20 April 2016, 15:43 Last update: about 9 years ago

The spotlight was on Sean Parker and the Screening Room at CinemaCon in Las Vegas this past week, but while the nation's theater owners and studio executives mulled the implications of the proposed...

'The Jungle Book' is a dazzling visual experience

Tuesday, 19 April 2016, 15:43 Last update: about 9 years ago

You can practically feel the beating heart of the jungle in Jon Favreau's stunning adaptation of "The Jungle Book," which is easily the most visually dazzling movie to hit theaters this year. Like...

It's worth stopping into 'Barbershop: The Next Cut'

Monday, 18 April 2016, 15:38 Last update: about 9 years ago

When you come back to a beloved place after many years, sometimes you find all the faces have changed and the vibe is completely different. Not so with Ice Cube's "Barbershop." Though the third...

Linklater's portrait of the artist as young frat boy

Friday, 15 April 2016, 12:49 Last update: about 9 years ago

"Everybody Wants Some!!" is Richard Linklater's self-described spiritual sequel to "Dazed and Confused," and, somewhat miraculously, the spirit has remained intact. It's been 23 years from one to...

Melissa McCarthy's 'The Boss' misses the mark

Thursday, 14 April 2016, 12:48 Last update: about 9 years ago

The search continues for a suitable showcase for the awesome talents of Melissa McCarthy outside of films directed by Paul Feig. The latest vehicle to give it a try, "The Boss," has a promising...

Innovative storytelling lifts 'Louder Than Bombs'

Wednesday, 13 April 2016, 12:47 Last update: about 9 years ago

Few actors, male or female, are better at portraying an innate sense of mystery than the great French actress Isabelle Huppert. Her face seems to hold dozens of expressions all at once. You get the...

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