Despite debuting six films at the Tribeca Film Festival during its 10 years of existence, the fest is not Edward Burns' personal screening room. Newlyweds, though -- the sixth Burns film to premiere at Tribeca, and the closing night selection for the 2011 fest -- just might be his most Tribeca-y film yet, and not only because it features ample shout-outs to festival sponsors Heineken, Stoli and Cadillac.
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Before the star-studded North American premiere of A Good Old Fashioned Orgy at the Tribeca Film Festival on Friday night, director of programming David Kwok summed up the vibe in the theater thusly: "I can't think of a better way to celebrate the Royal Wedding." Considering the film features two orgies, discussions about "pegging" and multiple shots of co-star Tyler Labine's naked ass, he wasn't kidding.
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In announcing the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival award winners, co-founder Jane Rosenthal praised the community aspect of the New York-based fest. "We are truly honored that the community has supported the Festival all these years - the community of New York and the international film community." That international film community was front and center when Tribeca announced their jury award winners on Thursday night. Click through for the list.
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Why did the Tribeca Film Festival pair Alec Baldwin with director Doug Liman as part of their 10th anniversary Tribeca Talks Directors Series when the two had never worked together? "They share the fact that they're both New Yorkers," said festival co-founder Jane Rosenthal before the event. "They're both passionate, they're political, they're provocative, they're proactive -- they really take matters into their own hands. They're very professional. [...] They're great." Translation: Why not?
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From an event standpoint, anyway, the last major premiere of this year's Tribeca Film Festival did not disappoint on Monday night: Adrien Brody joined filmmaker Tony Kaye to present Detachment, their impressionistic portrait of a public school -- hell, a whole public -- withered by generational angst, low expectations, bureaucracy, ghosts, family turmoil, and the simmering psychosis of everyday New York life. It was good overall, but it was Kaye the folk singer -- duetting with Brody in their introduction -- who left the crowd wanting more.
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Ostensibly, the Tribeca Film Festival is about New Yorkers -- after all, it was started in the wreckage of 9/11 to bring a modicum of healing to lower Manhattan. With that in mind, what better place for a film like Roadie to premiere? If only because the film oozes with New York authenticity and attitude like a fresh out of the oven pizza slice.
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You can't make it up: The Weinstein Company just announced its acquisition of Tribeca premiere The Bully Project, director Lee Hirsch's buzzy documentary about the bullying epidemic afflicting kids, schools and families nationwide. The implication is that this will be TWC's designated Oscar doc for 2012, and by all indications thus far at the festival, it should be. But first: How awesome is it to read Harvey Weinstein inveighing against bullying?
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UK actors, comics and longtime pals Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan (pictured L-R) last week paid a visit to the Tribeca Film Festival, which hosted the American premiere of their new road movie The Trip. But that didn't mean they weren't game for a lightning round of summer-movie first impressions.
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If you're the type of person who thinks sports don't mean anything, direct your attention to Steve Bartman. On the morning of Oct. 14, 2003, Bartman was an anonymous 26-year-old Chicago Cubs fan; hours later, he would get blamed for costing his beloved team a chance to go to the World Series. Over the weekend at the Tribeca Film Festival, Oscar winner Alex Gibney debuted Catching Hell, his in-depth look at all things Bartman, save one thing: Steve Bartman.
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One of the hotter tickets of this year's Tribeca Film Festival got attendees into today's conversation between festival co-founder Robert De Niro and NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams. The latter acknowledged that he pitched the event to organizers as a unabashed De Niro fan, and the sprawling subject matter of the hour-long chat -- from the Oscar-winner's school plays to a hilarious anticlimax involving his middle name -- yielded more than a few revelations for Williams and the rest of us. Here a few of the highlights:
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In a few short months, moviegoers will get to see Chris Evans fight the evil Red Skull in the big-budget franchise starter Captain America: First Avenger. Before he bursts into the superhero stratosphere, however, Evans has to fight some equally imposing foes in Puncture, a film about drug addiction and health care group purchasing organizations that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival this week.
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The Tribeca Film Festival has always been an adventuresome place to visit on opening night. Few major festivals outside Cannes can claim to have hosted such a broad range of popcorn prospects (Speed Racer, Shrek Forever After), midsize local darlings (Whatever Works) and variety show curios (buy me a beer and I'll tell you about that year Jon Bon Jovi slow-jammed "Living on a Prayer"). But Wednesday, just in time to commence their 10th annual event, Team Tribeca nailed it.
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Just which Hollywood heavyweights have to decide what film will take home the prestigious Palme d'Or at the 64th Annual Festival de Cannes in May? Jude Law and Uma Thurman. The pair have been added to the jury at Cannes, along with actress-producer Martina Gusman, producer Nansun Shi, critic-writer Linn Ullmann, and directors Olivier Assayas, Johnnie To and Mahamat Saleh Haroun. Robert De Niro will act as jury president. [Deadline]
What a difference a year makes. After shutting out women filmmakers entirely in 2010, the recently announced Cannes Film Festival competition will welcome four female directors next month on the Croisette -- a new record for the 64-year-old event.
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Three years after he shot to fame by terrorizing Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in Twilight, Cam Gigandet finds himself once again in a vampire flick -- only this time the bloodsuckers are really nasty, and Gigandet is one of the good guys. As a young sheriff in the upcoming Priest, Gigandet plays foil to Paul Bettany's Jedi-like warrior, both searching for a missing girl in the vampire-infested wasteland. Gigandet met with Movieline to discuss Priest and more after he and his fellow filmmakers debuted first look 3-D footage from the film at WonderCon.
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