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Tribeca X was originally a one-day affair. When it launched in 2016 as part of New York City’s iconic Tribeca Festival, it was a single-day slate of programming for the creative advertising industry, capped by an awards show recognizing best-in-class, storytelling-driven marketing. Then, in 2024, it doubled in size, expanding to two days of live programming.

For 2025, it’s jumping into its biggest expansion yet. Its core event will still welcome attendees June 9-10 at Spring Studios in New York City, bringing together “top talent from Hollywood, advertising, and business for two days of high-impact conversations and networking at the intersection of creativity, commerce, and culture,” it says.

But on top of that core event, it now plans to offer year-round programming during activations at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Emmys, Art Basel Miami Beach, and more.

“Tribeca X is scaling to meet the moment. Our year-round expansion positions Tribeca...

Tribeca Festival Lisboa will take place this year from October 30 to November 1 in the Beato Innovation District of Lisbon.

The event will also expand to three days of programming, with projects including U.S. independent films, Portuguese films, series, podcasts, and what has been described as music showcases.

“Last year, the city of Lisbon welcomed Tribeca with open arms and we found a home away from home, a creative haven buzzing with inspiration and innovation. This year, we’re thrilled to return for the second annual Tribeca Festival Lisboa,” said Jane Rosenthal, co-founder and CEO of Tribeca Enterprises. “Tribeca believes that cities flourish when their artistic communities are supported, which is why this partnership means so much to us, and we’re honored to continue to share our global platform with the city’s incredible talent.”

The inaugural Tribeca Festival Lisboa opened with the Portuguese premiere of Sean Baker’s Anora.

Sept. 29, 2006 forever changed Dito Montiel and Robert Downey Jr.’s lives.

It was not only the day that Downey was officially cast as Tony Stark in Jon Favreau’s Iron Man, but it was also the theatrical release date of Montiel’s debut indie drama A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, starring Downey as a semi-autobiographical version of Montiel. The day cemented Downey’s return to industry prominence after a series of highly publicized personal struggles, and the random fall Friday had just as much meaning for Montiel after many of his own storybook ups and agonizing downs.

As a native of Queens in New York City, Montiel was something of a renaissance man before becoming a filmmaker. In the ’80s, he was a mainstay in NYC’s hardcore punk scene as the teenage frontman of Major Conflict. In 1989, his new band, Gutterboy, signed a then-record $1 million deal with Geffen Records.

On the eve of the EFM Screen has learned that US distributor Giant Pictures is launching an international sales division.

Giant Pictures general manager, Nick Savva, Tom Bairstow formerly of Sony Pictures Television Europe, and former Cinedigm president Bill Sondheim will lead the new venture and head to Berlin with an inaugural slate that includes Alex Braverman’s 2023 Venice and Telluride Andy Kaufman documentary Thank You Very Much.

The sales roster includes martial arts action title Absolute Dominion from Green Street Hooligans director Lexi Alexander, 2023 Lido selection and boxing drama The Featherweight from Robert Kolodny, and absurdist comedy and 2024 Fantastic...

Clive Davis once again filled the Beverly Hilton’s international ballroom to the brim with music industry insiders as he presented his pre-Grammy celebration and concert. As always, Saturday night’s show featured a unique mix at the microphone of legends (Joni Mitchell, Barry Manilow), rising stars (Shaboozey, Benson Boone and Teddy Swims) and rock royalty (members of Black Crowes, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Metallica).

But this year’s starry event had a new moniker on the program, billed as an “event” rather than a “gala,” due to the catastrophic Los Angeles blazes that ripped through the city last month. While the wildfires forced a pivot — the typically glamorous affair got scaled back a bit by nixing the red carpet and its crush of press and photographers — and introduced a focus on fundraising via MusiCares, music, as always, remained the start of the show. Saturday night delivered a parade...

To celebrate the Limited Edition 4K Uhd release of The Usual Suspects, we are giving away a 4K Uhd to a lucky winner!

The Usual Suspects won two Academy Awards and is still regarded as one of the greatest crime films ever made.

After a brutal massacre on a cargo ship off the coast of Los Angeles leaves 27 men dead, Special Agent Dave Kujan (Chazz Palminteri) interrogates one of the only two survivors, small-time con artist Verbal Kint (Kevin Spacey). During the interview, Kint tells Kujan of how he was recruited by the fearsome crime lord Keyser Söze to commit a series of daring heists with four other crooked misfits: Dean Keaton (Gabriel Byrne), Mike McManus (Stephen Baldwin), Fred Fenster (Benicio del Toro) and Todd Hockey (Kevin Pollak). But as Kint’s account of the events leading up to the massacre becomes more convoluted, Kujan becomes increasingly sceptical and determined...

The backstory of A Bronx Tale is a testament to the power of storytelling and is just as compelling and inspiring as the film itself. In 1990, Robert De Niro saw a Broadway show called A Bronx Tale, starring Chazz Palminteri. Chazz, who grew up in the Bronx, had written this stage play, inspired by his own childhood. Palminteri played 18 roles in this one-man show. De Niro must have seen something unique in this show because he offered a partnership to the struggling actor to work on a screenplay version of the play.

De Niro even decided to make this project his directing debut. The result is an unusual coming-of-age story with an Italian mob backdrop. Opposite to most mobster movies, this story is not centered around hitmen and gruesome deaths but around the question: How does your environment shape your worldview? The film premiered in 1993 and received praise from critics,...

Dianne Wiest’s best movie and TV show roles highlight the career of a celebrated and legendary actor who is not quite a household name. Wiest began as a theater actor in the 1970s before stepping into movies and television roles, quickly finding success and cementing herself as a true talent. Over the course of her career, Wiest has won two Oscars and two Emmy Awards and received myriad other nominations for her wide variety of performances on the big screen and the small screen.

Wiest has been known for playing soft-spoken and gentle characters, but she is also known as a comedic talent, holding her own on-screen with some of the funniest actors of all time, including Steve Martin and Robin Williams. She has worked with big-name directors like Tim Burton, Ron Howard, and Woody Allen, while also joining television shows that range from gritty dramas to hilarious sitcoms.

Make-up design doesn’t always mean prosthetics or extremes — that’s why the Emmy Awards smartly single out contemporary make-up design as its own category. But too often, those more immediately arresting designs are the ones that get all the attention. Not anymore. Join IndieWire in celebrating the make-up artists creating subtle, character-specific work for contemporary characters with our series, “Making Up Is Hard to Do.”

Look, sometimes subtlety is for the weak.

“What We Do in the Shadows” has always been the rare delight of a comedy set in a contemporary setting that still gets to play with a cornucopia of mixed-up period details and fantastic monsters. It is as big and broad as it can be, in part because the comedy lives in its contrast between ordinary Staten Islanders and the Vampire Residence that has so fascinated us, and also, apparently, the Maysles brothers.

For six seasons, the...

With future seasons of Sylvester Stallone's popular crime drama Tulsa King confirmed, a show in which he plays the head of a mafia family, we can't help but be reminded of one of the actor's earlier portrayals of a gangster. By 1991, Sylvester Stallone had already starred in five Rocky movies and three Rambo flicks, cementing himself as a bona fide action star who seemed most at home on screen when he was hitting something — or rather, someone. This is part of the reason why it was so shocking when his next project was as the lead role in Oscar, a comedy from one of the great filmmakers of the genre, director John Landis.

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Nine ball — one of the numerous variations of pool, the cue sport. The striking game (widely known for its hustling and gambling culture) started in the United States of America sometime in the 1920s and has been going strong ever since. Like any other competitive game, Hollywood has managed to grab hold and transform it into a storytelling vehicle for some big-screen productions.

This is no criticism, though, as there are some sorely underrated movies revolving around cue sports in general, such as 1980's The Baltimore Bullet (featuring the legendary James Coburn), 2002’s Poolhall Junkies (starring Chazz Palminteri), and The Rack Pack (a 2016 British TV film about snooker). Standing above all — in what seems to be a largely untapped subgenre — is a 1986 movie that not only subtly analyzes the...

In Better Call Saul, Kim Wexler and Jimmy McGill were constantly watching classic films. Their movie love was demonstrated by Blockbuster browsing, quoting lines from films, and references to characters in their favorite films. In addition to this, there are numerous references to cinema throughout the show. From television to films, the show does a masterful job of referencing iconic movies and television shows.

While some of the references in Better Call Saul are direct, others are more of an homage, paying tribute to some of the best pieces of cinema. The creators, Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould, never shied away from either baking in a favorite scene, shot, or line from other great works. Just like the main characters in Better Call Saul, Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould love cinema and did their best to demonstrate that throughout the show's run.

The Usual Suspects Is Referenced More Spiritually Than...

The Usual Suspects ending has gone down as one of the greatest twists in movie history and has added to the crime thriller's lasting legacy. The movie follows a group of criminals who work together on particular jobs, such as jewel heists and robberies, but their lives are put in grave danger when they're hired by the mysterious Keyser Sze. The job is a drugs raid on a docked ship, and Kobayashi, who is Sze's lawyer, blackmails the suspects into working the job based on all the times they've stolen from Sze.

The story is told from the perspective of Roger "Verbal" Kint (Kevin Spacey), one of the suspects and the only surviving member following the botched raid. He is being interrogated by U.S. Customs Agent Dave Kujan (Chazz Palminteri) in an office at a police station. The non-linear narrative of The Usual Suspects cuts between the intense interrogation...

Known to many for his role as Horatio Caine on Cis: Miami from 2002 to 2012, David Caruso first gained notoriety in the police procedural drama NYPD Blue. The actor chose to depart from the latter of these products in 1994 to pursue a career in film. During the brief erotic thriller craze brought about by the success of Paul Verhoeven's Basic Instinct, Caruso took a role in Jade. A thriller, released in 1995 and directed by William Friedkin, also featured a stacked cast that included Linda Fiorentino, Chazz Palminteri, Michael Bien, and Richard Crenna.

To say Jade was not well received by critics and audiences would be an understatement. Jade bombed at the box office and was subject to scathing reviews from many critics. Like other erotic thrillers from the time period, such as Sliver, Body of Evidence, and Color of Night, the overall reception was mostly negative, despite these films all...

Robert De Niro is arguably one of the best actors of all time. He's been portraying various kinds of characters in various kinds of movies for five-plus decades now. Every new role feels like a fun new challenge for him, even if the movies he's in aren't always the best. Fans can always count on De Niro to deliver some element of authenticity to a role, doing it in a way that only Robert De Niro can do it. Of all his most famous roles, he has certainly developed a reputation for playing the gangster or the criminal. Whether working with great directors like Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola or starring in lesser-known titles such as Righteous Kill and Analyze This, De Niro always plays a great gangster.

Of all his most well-known films, the 90s had some of his best, including Goodfellas, Casino and Heat, to name a few.

The Tribeca Festival Lisboa has revealed the line-up for its inaugural edition, which takes place in Lisbon from October 17-19.

The Portuguese off-shoot of the New York-based Tribeca Festival has programmed a mix of US independent films, Portuguese features, series, podcasts and music showcases.

It also has live talks with talent including Robert De Niro, Whoopi Goldberg, Patty Jenkins, Griffin Dunne and Chazz Palminteri.

Tribeca Festival Lisboa will showcase eight US films, including festival prize winners such as Nicholas Colia’s Griffin in Summer, Sean Baker’s Anora, Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio’s In the Summers and Tracie Laymon’s Bob Trevino Likes It.

The Tribeca Festival is officially going international.

IndieWire can confirm that the inaugural Tribeca Festival Lisboa will take place from October 17 to 19 in Lisbon, Portugal. The Tribeca Festival Lisboa lineup has been unveiled, featuring the Portuguese premieres of “Anora,” “Ezra,” “Jazzy,” and “Group Therapy.”

Tribeca Festival Lisboa will showcase eight U.S. films, including top winners from Tribeca 2024 such as Nicholas Colia’s “Griffin in Summer,” Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or-winning feature “Anora,” Sundance breakout “In the Summers,” and the heart-wrenching SXSW drama “Bob Trevino Likes It.”

The international premiere of “A Bronx Tale, The Original One Man Show” followed by a talkback with writer, director, and star Chazz Palminteri will also take place.

A special screening of the highly-anticipated Portuguese series “Azul,” César Mourão’s feature narrative “Podia Ter Esperado Por Agosto,” the world premiere of “Unicorn,” and screenings of short films such as “Era Uma Vez No Apocalipse,...

Tribeca Enterprises has unveiled the lineup for the inaugural edition of Tribeca Festival Lisboa with the first European iteration of the NYC fest set to unspool in the Portuguese capital October 17-19 with a mix of U.S. indies, Portuguese films, series, podcasts and talks with international and local luminaries.

U.S. features hitting Lisbon include winners from the 2024 festival circuit Anora (Cannes), Griffin in Summer (Tribeca Festival), In the Summers (Sundance)and Bob Trevino Likes It (SXSW) as well as Portuguese rising talent with César Mourão’s feature narrative Podia Ter Esperado Por Agosto, anticipated series Azul, and short films O Afinador de Silêncios, Era Uma Vez No Apocalipse and Os Sonhos Continuam.

“Lisbon was recently recognized as the most innovative city in Europe, surpassing more than 250 cities — a milestone few thought possible,” said Mayor Carlos Moedas, thanking Tribeca co-founders Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal for acknowledging “the...

A Bronx Tale accurately portrays bar brawls, earning a 7 out of 10 score from a former Hells Angels member. Bar fights can break out if an establishment refuses to serve a club member due to the patches on their jacket. A Bronx Tale marks Robert De Niro's directorial debut and earned glowing reviews from critics, but it was a commercial disappointment.

A former Hells Angels gang member explains how A Bronx Tale accurately depicts bar brawls. Directed by and starring De Niro and released in 1993, A Bronx Tale chronicles how a young boy becomes torn between his hard-working father and the charismatic crime boss that runs their neighborhood. The film, which also stars Chazz Palminteri and Lillo Brancato, features some moments of intense violence, including a bar brawl involving a biker gang.

In a recent video for Insider, former Hells Angels chapter president Pat Matter breaks down A Bronx Tale's bar brawl,...

As it approaches its 10-year anniversary in September, The Green Room has added three new talent managers to its ranks — producer and manager Andrea Nittoli, former development executive and producer Janelle Polk and agent Ben Brucato.

Nittoli previously was a partner at The 5 Management company, owner of Unlimited Talent Management, and worked with Brave Artists Management. She also served as a producer for David Rodriguez’s film Once Upon a Time in Queens, starring Paul Sorvino and Chazz Palminteri.

Polk moves to The Green Room after nearly two decades in the entertainment industry, including a nearly decade-long stint at Warner Bros. An artist herself, The Green Room notes “Janelle has a keen eye for talent, and her extensive relationships across the industry and strategic insights will be invaluable as she transitions into talent management.”

Prior to joining the Green Room as a talent manager, Brucato spent the better part of...

A Bronx Tale, a forgotten gem, is a must-watch with a 97% Rotten Tomatoes score and 30th anniversary celebration in 2023. The film stands out with a unique emotional narrative and quotable lines, blending drama and comedy in a refreshing way. Backed by a strong creative partnership between De Niro and Palminteri, the movie offers a masterful storytelling experience.

When discussing the greatest gangster films of all time, the usual suspects tend to make the list: The Godfather Part I and II, Goodfellas, The Departed, The Untouchables. But there's one gangster movie that often goes overlooked: A Bronx Tale. It's the forgotten masterpiece of the gangster genre, an underrated mob movie that deserves to be ranked among the best.

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Don't believe us? A Bronx Tale holds...

Exclusive: Vincent Pastore, who recurred as Donnie “Glasses” Sisto in Season 2 of Gravesend, has been promoted to series regular for the upcoming third season. Additionally, Vincent Curatola and Talia Shire have joined the cast as series regulars for Season 3.

Set in 1986, Gravesend follows Benny, a soldier in the Colezzo crime family who is torn between the good that his devout Catholic parents taught him and the life his Mafioso cousin Charlie (Chris Tardio) showed him. Benny chooses to follow in Charlie’s footsteps and in turn, denounces his father.

In Season 2, viewers learned who was behind the hit against Benny Zerletta (series creator William DeMeo) in the church. Also, in a twist, Benny headed to Miami.

Pastore portrays Donnie Sisto, the Consigliere, who works directly under the boss Cesar Tremaldo (Chazz Palminteri), boss of the Colezzo Family.

Curatola plays Larry Sisto, the brother of Donnie (Consigliere), who is a Captain,...

After years of being Martin Scorsese's closest on-screen collaborator, Robert De Niro decided to make a Martin Scorsese film of his own. Frequently lauded as the greatest actor of his generation, De Niro defined an era of filmmaking with his uncanny ability to immerse himself in roles and portray the underbelly of humanity with his performances in Taxi Driver and Raging Bull. The actor's 1993 directorial debut, A Bronx Tale, apes the formal and thematic traits of Scorsese's celebrated gangster films, notably Mean Streets and Goodfellas. While it's difficult not to draw parallels between the two, De Niro's film was no pure imitation, but rather, an autobiographical source, as the film was based on the childhood experiences of De Niro's co-star Chazz Palminteri. Between its actor-director, De Niro, and his co-star, Palminteri, A Bronx Tale tells a familiar crime saga filled with personal expression and touching nostalgia.

Apple TV+ released a new trailer for its drama “Fancy Dance” starring Lily Gladstone and Isabel Deroy-Olson.

The film follows Jax (Gladstone), who has cared for her niece Rokie (Deroy-Olson) since her sister’s disappearance by scraping by on the Seneca-Cayuga reservation in Oklahoma. Every spare minute goes into finding her missing sister while also helping Roki prepare for an upcoming powwow. When she risks losing custody of Roki, the two hit the road and scour backcountry to track down Roki’s mother in time for the powwow.

“Fancy Dance,” a Confluential Films and Significant Productions/Aum Group production, is produced by Deidre Backs, Erica Tremblay, Heather Rae, Nina Yang Bongiovi and Tommy Oliver. Bird Runningwater, Lily Gladstone, Forest Whitaker and Charlotte Koh serve as executive producers.

Watch the trailer below.

DeNiro Con Unveils Lineup for Event During Tribeca Festival

DeNiro Con, celebrating 80 years of the actor who co-founded the Tribeca festival,...

Robert De Niro’s film legacy is being toasted for his 80th birthday in 2024.

During the annual Tribeca Festival, which will take place June 5 through 16, will be an inaugural De Niro Con celebration of the Oscar winner’s filmography. Auteurs Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, and David O. Russell will revisit their collaborations with De Niro for panel discussions post-screenings, while De Niro’s former co-stars Christopher Walken, Billy Crystal, and more are set to add to the celebrations.

The three-day tribute will take place at Spring Studios from June 14 through 16. De Niro Con is powered by Webex Events, allowing fans to download an exclusive app to make the most of their Con experience.

Programming includes a screening series with 13 classic De Niro films, including the 50th anniversary of “Mean Streets,” live conversations with long-time collaborators, career-spanning exhibit “De Niro Is an Icon: An Exhibit & Immersive Film” with more than 300 curated...

Tribeca has set the lineup of screenings and conversations for De Niro Con, an exhaustive celebration of the actor unspooling over the last few days of the festival he co-founded.

It includes appearances from Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Christopher Walken, Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg, John Turturro, David O. Russell, Nas, Nicholas Pileggi, Kathrine Narducci, Chazz Palminteri and Ahmed Ahmed. Some were already set as part of the upcoming 2024 edition of the Tribeca Festival in June.

Immersive short film De Niro, New York will debut along with the premiere of A Bronx Tale: The Original One Man Show with an introduction by Palminteri, and Mean Streets on its 50th anniversary.

Events include a screening of Jackie Brown followed by a conversation with director Tarantino and De Niro; Analyze This, with stars Billy Crystal and De Niro, moderated by Whoopi Goldberg; Silver Linings Playbook with director David O. Russell; New York, New...

You talkin’ about him? A multi-day festival celebrating Robert De Niro’s 80 years on earth will hit New York this spring. The event, fittingly dubbed De Niro Con, will take place at New York City’s Spring Studios from June 14 – 16 and will feature screenings of 13 De Niro flicks, interviews with his many collaborators, an exhibit of items from his archives, the premiere of a short film, De Niro, New York, and other events. The celebration will wrap this year’s annual Tribeca Film Festival, which De Niro co-founded in 2002.

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Tribeca has revealed the lineup for its “De Niro Con” three-day celebration of festival co-founder Robert De Niro.

“De Niro Con,” set to take place from June 14-16 during the 2024 Tribeca Festival, will feature screenings of 13 of De Niro’s films, often accompanied by conversations with his collaborators; an exhibit including never-before-seen items from De Niro’s personal archive and film-inspired activations and fan experiences.

Films screened include the world premiere of A Bronx Tale: The Original One Man Show, introduced Chazz Palminteri; Jackie Brown, followed by a conversation with director Quentin Tarantino and De Niro; Analyze This, followed by a conversation with De Niro and Billy Crystal, moderated by Whoopi Goldberg; Silver Linings Playbook followed by a conversation with director David O. Russell; New York, New York, introduced by Kathrine Narducci; The Good Shepherd, introduced by John Turturro; Goodfellas followed by a conversation with screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi, moderated by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon; The Deer Hunter,...

Exclusive: Celebrating his 50th year as an indie filmmaker and distributor, Jeff Lipsky is prepping the release of his eighth feature as director. Goldilocks and the Two Bears is due to open domestically via Glass Half Full Media in July for a limited theatrical run, followed by a general release in late summer/early fall. Check out an exclusive clip above.

Goldilocks introduces a trio of new actors: Claire Milligan, Serra Naiman and Bryan Mittelstadt. It’s directed and written by Lipsky, produced by longtime collaborator Nick Athas and shot by Zak Ray with production sound mixed by Caleb Mose (O.J.: Made in America).

Filmed entirely in Las Vegas, the movie centers on a man and a woman – travelers who’ve all but given up on futures that might have been glorious. When a stranger enters their midst, a woman on the run from her own demons, the...

Mac Sinise, the son of Forrest Gump actor Gary Sinise, has died at 33.

A tribute revealed that McCanna Anthony “Mac” Sinise was diagnosed with “a very rare” form of cancer called Chordoma.

Mac was diagnosed in 2018 and passed away earlier this winter.

His diagnosis came just two months after Moira Sinise (Gary’s wife) was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer.

Moira went through chemotherapy and radiation and has been in remission and cancer-free since then.

Mac had surgery to remove a tumor a month after his diagnosis, but after further treatment, the cancer returned and spread.

Gary Sinise shares an Instagram note on the passing of Mac Sinise

“A message from Gary,” reads the caption of an Instagram post honoring Mac.

The post includes a link and a nice picture of Mac that reads, “In Honor & Memory of McCanna Anthony ‘Mac’ Sinise 1990-2024.”

The link provides additional details of the battle that Mac fought.

Norby Walters, the onetime music agent who ran the annual “Night of 100 Stars” Oscar party for years and hosted an iconic low-stakes poker party for actors, died December 12. He was 91. His son, Walters Media Group founder and former Bold Films CEO Gary Michael Walters, confirmed the news but did not provide details.

Born Norbert Meyer, in 1952 Walters started booking jazz luminaries such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Getz into his father’s bar.

Walters and his brother, Walter took over a place from their father and dubbed it Norby & Walter’s Bel Air, but its sign had no ampersand — which led to the name Walters would use during his career. He later took over a failing nightclub located next to the world-famous Copacabana, dubbed it Norby Walters’s Supper Club, and attracted a who’s who of boldfaced New York City names.

“What was I going to do?...

Norby Walters, a music agent who worked with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Marvin Gaye, Kool & the Gang and Public Enemy before gaining renown in Hollywood for his annual “Night of 100 Stars” Oscar party and weekly poker game, has died. He was 91.

Walters died Dec. 10 of natural causes at an assisted living facility in Burbank, his son, producer Gary Michael Walters (Whiplash), told The Hollywood Reporter.

Walters hosted his first Oscar night gala in 1990 and the last in 2017, most often inside the Beverly Hilton’s Crystal Ballroom. Among those who attended were Shirley Jones, Robert Forster, Charles Bronson, Patricia Neal, Richard Dreyfuss, Eva Marie Saint, Martin Landau, Louis Gossett Jr., J.K. Simmons, Cliff Robertson, Red Buttons, Jon Voight and Allison Janney.

Walters for years also presided over a weekly poker game at his West Hollywood high-rise condo. The low-stakes $2 game was, his son said, “designed to be a place where actors could kibbutz,...

Crime and mafia movies have had a major cultural appeal due to their exploration of dangerous and exciting aspects of life that appeal to audiences. Actors like Al Pacino and Robert De Niro have made a name for themselves in the gangster genre, with De Niro having the highest quantity of acclaimed starring roles. Other actors like Michael Madsen, Frank Vincent, Edward G. Robinson, Chazz Palminteri, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Humphrey Bogart, and James Cagney have also made significant contributions to the gangster genre with their memorable performances.

Crime and mafia movies defined the film industry for decades, with certain actors making their careers out of playing villainous gangster characters. With organized crime and the Mafia so prevalent in American news in the 20th century, it's no wonder the genre garnered a mass cultural appeal. Exploring criminals and the darker aspects of life allows audiences to escape into something dangerous and exciting,...

It’s just another day in the life of Jessica Chastain. The above photo suggests that the Oscar-winning actress is calm, cool and collected, safe in the eye of the storm that is the Toronto International Film Festival. A shot painstakingly orchestrated by a veteran photographer, the photo looks effortless and Chastain flawless, bringing Old Hollywood glamour to clamoring Canadian streets.

“I love photographing a woman with great fashion,” said George Pimentel, celebrity photographer. “There’s nothing wrong with photographing men, but a woman who has a great outfit is special. Jessica Chastain came out of her car and I let security know I wanted the streets to be cleared. I wanted her in the middle of the street with Toronto in the back.”

In reality, this is just another day in the life of the Pimentel. This year’s TIFF marks the Toronto native’s 30th year in the industry,...

Theater Camp is a quirky comedy film directed by Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman, they also worked on a screenplay with Noah Galvin and Ben Platt. The comedy film is set in a theater camp in upstate New York, and it follows the quirky teachers and the budding as the threat of financial ruin looms over the camp because its indomitable founder Joan falls into a coma and her clueless brother is now in charge. Theater Camp also stars Molly Gordon, Ben Platt, Jimmy Tatro, and Ayo Edebiri. So, if you loved Theater Camp here are some similar movies you should watch next.

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Synopsis: It’s the last day of Camp Firewood’s season, but there’s still time for the big talent show, a little romance… and for everyone to be wiped out by the piece of NASA...

Robert De Niro’s 80th birthday bash was a star-studded affair.

The actor celebrated the milestone birthday on Thursday, with him marking the occasion with a special dinner at Locanda Verde in the Tribeca neighbourhood in New York City.

De Niro’s girlfriend Tiffany Chen was pictured with the star, while Paul McCartney and his wife Nancy Shevell were also snapped arriving.

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Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell arrive at Robert De Niro’s 80th birthday party at Locande Verde in New York City. — Splash News

Film director Francis Ford Coppola was among guests, along with Former Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo, Chazz Palminteri, George Lucas, Christopher Walken and Al Sharpton.

The guests didn’t end there, with David Blaine, Bette Midler, Jane Krakowski, Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese also attending, according to People.

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For decades, Disney CEO Bob Iger has been a revered media titan, beloved by both employees and Wall Street — a rare feat and tricky balancing act.

That’s what made it so surprising to the creative community when the usually friendly and disciplined Iger, fresh off his private jet at Sun Valley, chose a setting known as “summer camp for billionaires” to castigate writers and actors for their “very disturbing” strike and economic expectations that are “just not realistic,” adding that Hollywood has been “a great business for all of these people.” SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher joined voices across entertainment in calling Iger’s comments “tone deaf” and, well, rich for someone who reportedly makes more than 500 times the median salary of Disney employees.

Why the sudden about-face by Mr.

Samuel L. Jackson told The Times last year that he deserved to win the Oscar for best supporting actor over Martin Landau (“Ed Wood”) at the 1995 Academy Awards. In a new interview with Vulture, the actor said he was robbed of a second chance to win an Oscar just a couple years later with Joel Schumacher’s 1996 legal drama “A Time to Kill,” co-starring Matthew McConaughey and Sandra Bullock. The John Grisham adaptation starred Jackson as a man on trial in Mississippi for killing the two men who raped his daughter.

“In ‘A Time to Kill,’ when I kill those guys, I kill them because my daughter needs to know that those guys are not on the planet anymore and they will never hurt her again — that I will do anything to protect her,” Jackson said. “That’s how I played that character throughout. And there were specific things we shot,...

Family reunions are on the horizon for the De Niro family.

The Hollywood icon, 79, attended “A Bronx Tale” screening at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on Saturday, where he exclusively told People that his six oldest children — including Drena, 51, and Raphael, 46, from his first marriage, and Julian, Aaron, 27, Elliot, 24, and Helen, 11, from subsequent relationships — haven’t yet had the chance to meet his 2-month-old daughter, Gia Virginia, whom he shares with girlfriend Tiffany Chen, but assured that they will soon.

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“Not yet, but they will,” stated the Hollywood titan.

Chazz Palminteri and Katharine Narducci, both co-stars of De Niro in “A Bronx Tale,” couldn’t help but gush about witnessing De Niro’s remarkable transition into fatherhood with his seven children.

“Oh, I saw the baby. Beautiful baby,...

With 1993’s A Bronx Tale celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, two things are for sure. One, not every beloved movie does well at the box office. Two, if she doesn’t lean over and lift the car lock, dump her. But Robert De Niro has more to say on the former, as A Bronx Tale almost cost him his future as a director.

Speaking at the Tribeca Festival – which Robert De Niro co-founded as the Tribeca Film Festival as a way to bring prosperity back to New York after 9/11 – the actor/director recalled A Bronx Tale peaking at #7 and only grossing around $17 million at the box office. “How could you not be disappointed? You do all this work for it. At the same time, I was lucky to be able to make the movie I made.” He added, “I never got asked to do movies after that,” although, more accurately,...

Los Angeles, June 18 (Ians) Hollywood star Robert De Niro, who has become a father again at 79, is hoping to bring his entire family together soon.

While attending “A Bronx Tale” screening at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, the “About My Father” actor has said that his six oldest children haven’t yet met his 2-month-old daughter Gia Virginia, with girlfriend Tiffany Chen, reports ‘People’ magazine.

Asked if his kids — which include Drena, 51, and son Raphael, 46, with first wife, Diahnne Abbott, twin sons Julian and Aaron, 27, with model and actress Toukie Smith and son Elliot, 24, and daughter Helen, 11, with Grace Hightower — have met the newest addition, De Niro said: “Not yet, but they will.”

He also said that his Father’s Day is fully booked, explaining that he is “just gonna spend it with the kids and all that”.

De Niro’s “A Bronx Tale” costars Chazz Palminteri...

A Bronx Tale, Robert De Niro’s 1993 directorial debut, starred as the Tribeca Festival’s closing gala with the famed actor acknowledging that he never got asked to direct again following the film’s inauspicious box office debut.

“I was lucky to be able to make the movie. I made it the way I wanted to make it. I didn’t compromise at all. And I took longer to do [it] than was scheduled. And I had a lot of pressure…So I never got asked to do movies after that. That’s okay,” he said, sitting down with Chazz Palminteri in an interview with New Yorker editor David Remnick after a screening of the newly remastered film.

Remick reminded him he’d also directed The Good Shepherd. “I did The Good Shepherd. But that was another uphill battle,” De Niro said.

A Bronx Tale...

Robert De Niro worked the crowd at the Beacon Theater during the Tribeca Festival closing gala on Saturday evening, which served as a 30th anniversary celebration of his directorial debut, “A Bronx Tale.”

When asked about the film’s mild box office — earning about $17 million on a $21 million production budget — the director said, “How could you not be disappointed? You do all this work for it. At the same time, I was lucky to be able to make the movie I made.”

De Niro also admitted that “I never got asked to do movies after that,” and it was an effort to get his next directorial effort, 2006’s “The Good Shepherd,” made.

“That was another uphill battle,” he said.

Following a screening of the film, De Niro, who also starred in and produced the film, discussed the project with writer and co-star Chazz Palminteri in a conversation moderated by The New Yorker’s David Remnick.

The 2023 Tribeca Festival has officially unveiled its star-studded jury.

This year’s festival takes place June 7-18 and includes a range of feature narrative, documentary, and animated films. The jury for films in competition consists of Oscar winner Brendan Fraser, Academy Award nominee Stephanie Hsu, Zoey Deutch, Noah Centineo, Dianna Agron, Zazie Beetz, Chloë Grace Moretz, Katie Siegel, Nina Dobrev, Piper Perabo, Andrew Ahn, Mark Duplass, Stephen Kay, and Clea DuVall, plus Chance the Rapper and Jeremy O. Harris.

The jury will select storytellers and artists from 15 different competition categories, as well as present the Nora Ephron Award.

“We are thrilled to announce the jury for the 2023 Tribeca Festival,” Nancy Lefkowitz, Tribeca Festival’s executive vice president of artist relations and special events, said. “The diversity of perspectives and experiences across all verticals are representative of the myriad voices reflected in this year’s program.”

All award winners will be...

Robert De Niro is going from Cannes to Tribeca, as the world-renowned actor prepares to kick off the 22nd edition of the film festival he co-founded in 2001 with Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff. It runs from June 7 to 18 across New York City.

De Niro recently appeared at Cannes Film Festival for the world premiere of Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” in which he stars opposite Leonardo DiCaprio. The Oscar-winning actor said there were conversations about premiering the Western crime epic at Tribeca, but that idea never materialized.

“We did talk about it a little bit, but it was always Cannes,” De Niro told Variety. “There was talk about whether it should go in competition or out of competition. And we decided out of competition. It made more sense.”

De Niro also addressed whether he would be interested in starring in Scorsese’s next film after the director...

With Cannes done and dusted and the heavy-hitting autumn quartet of Venice, Telluride, TIFF, and NYFF still a few months off, what’s a film festival fan to do during the dog days of summer? With New York City’s own Tribeca Festival now firmly ensconced in the summer months after moving off its traditional spring dates in 2021, movie lovers both in the city and beyond can enjoy the annual event’s prodigious programming, thanks to a combination of in-person and virtual programming.

The 2023 edition will kick off June 7 with the North American premiere of “Kiss the Future,” a documentary following the story of a community of underground musicians and creatives throughout the nearly four-year-long siege of Sarajevo, as well as the 1997 U2 concert celebrating the liberation of the Bosnian capital.

A special 30th-anniversary screening of “A Bronx Tale” will close the fest on June 17. After the movie, the film...

Tribeca will release a newly restored edition of “A Bronx Tale,” the directorial debut of Robert De Niro. It will include exclusive interviews with De Niro, who starred in the film as well as directed it, and writer and star Chazz Palminteri, reflecting on how the movie has become a classic with audiences. They also recall the original production process, how the screenplay was adapted and the authenticity of the film’s characters .

“A Bronx Tale (30th Anniversary Edition)” will be available on 4K Uhd Blu-Ray and video on demand platforms starting Sept. 12, 2023. For the first time, the film will be released in newly restored Ultra High Definition Dolby Vision and Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Surround sound.

The film will be available on VOD on Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play, Vudu, Microsoft Store/Xbox, Redbox On Demand, Kaleidescape and cable and satellite platforms including Comcast and DirecTV in the U.

There are plenty of poignant, powerful movies like Menace II Society that share its authentic look at troubled youths, urban bloodshed, and what leads young people into a life of crime. Set in the Watts and Crenshaw neighborhoods of Los Angeles, Menace II Society revolves around Caine Lawson, played by Tyrin Turner, a young drug dealer whose criminal activity gets him kicked out of his grandparents’ house and chased by the cops. Menace II Society marked the feature-length directorial debut of the Hughes brothers, who were known at the time for helming music videos and quickly became renowned for their viscerally violent crime films.

Released in 1993, Menace II Society was a box office success and widely praised by critics, scoring 84% on Rotten Tomatoes. It received acclaim for its gritty style, its realistic depiction of inner-city violence, and the breathtaking performances by Turner and his co-star Jada Pinkett Smith. Menace II...

The 2023 Tribeca Festival has revealed its opening and closing night and centerpiece selections, as well as more gala events.

The festival will kick off on Wednesday, June 7, with the North American premiere of the documentary Kiss the Future, which follows underground musicians and creatives through the siege of Sarajevo and the 1997 U2 concert celebrating the liberation of the Bosnian capital. The movie is produced by Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Sarah Anthony.

“We are grateful to the people of Sarajevo and to U2 for giving us the opportunity to help tell this special story,” Damon said in a statement. “Though this event happened almost 30 years ago, we feel it has strong relevance to today’s world, serving as a powerful reminder that human creativity can provide a powerful antidote to even the most horrific of situations.”

In a separate statement after the selection was announced, U2’s Bono said, “We...

The Tribeca Festival has its opening-night, closing-night and centerpiece films.

Organizers said today that the documentary Kiss the Future will kick off the event on June 7 and a 30th anniversary screening of fest co-founder Robert De Niro’s A Bronx Tale will bookend it on June 17. This year’s Centerpiece Gala on June 10 will feature Disney-Pixar’s Elemental, which is set to close the Cannes Film Festival next month.

Kiss the Future, which premiered at Berlin in February, follows the story of a community of underground musicians and creatives throughout the nearly four-year siege of Sarajevo and the 1997 U2 concert celebrating the liberation of the Bosnian capital. The docu is produced by Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Sarah Anthony and features U2’s Bono, The Edge, and Adam Clayton.

The Peter Sohn-directed Elemental is set in Element City, where Fire, Water, Land and Air residents live together. It follows Ember (Leah Lewis), a tough,...