A Screening and Conversation with the Cast and Creative Team from the HBO Max Series  Love Life to Take Place on October 24th   Tribeca Enterprises today announced the latest event to its Tribeca Fall Preview series, a screening and conversation with the mega-talented team from the Max Original romantic comedy anthology series Love Life. The event will take place on October 24th at 7:00 pm at the DGA Theater located at 110 West 57th Street. This is the second event a...

by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent For many in America, the 2008 election seems like a lifetime ago, maybe even a different country ago. Since the 2016 election seems to have left an indelible mark on politicians and their constituency alike, perhaps a glance in the rear-view mirror of US politics is in order. Former President Barack Obama (b. 1961) turns 60 on Aug. 4, and HBO’s three-part documentary, OBAMA: IN PURSUIT OF A MORE PERFECT UNION, will debut Aug. 3, fro...

Game of Thrones content leak: India’s Prime Focus issues statement I have received the following communication today, 16 August 2017, in Mumbai, by email STATEMENT FROM PRIME FOCUS TECHNOLOGIES Mumbai, India (August 15, 2017) - On August 4, 2017, a link to view Episode 4 of Season 7 of Game of Thrones, bearing a Star India (TV network operators, distribution partners of HBO in India) watermark, appeared online, three days before its airdate, as an outcome of an illegal breach of oblig...

“Film is the most regulated medium in India”—Uday Singh, MD, Motion Picture Distributors’ Association Copyright, intellectual property and piracy issues were discussed at the one-day conference on Copyright and the Creative Economy, organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), in association with Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP). Interactive sessions were held at the Sofitel Hotel, Mumbai, on 21st July, wherein th...

  Siraj Syed covers CommunicAsia 2017, Singapore: Post event reportage, 01: Accedo and Les Mills Video Service, Created by Accedo, Gives Les Mills Group Fitness Instructors Instant Access to Exercise Programmes Accedo (http://www.accedo.tv), the video experience pioneer, announced at CommunicAsia 2017, Singapore, that it has partnered with Les Mills International to create an exercise, music and education video service,...

  Daily Film Forum Exclusive:: From theater to film, and the new upcoming horror / thriller “The Samaritans” join us for A moment with rising star Annelise Nielsen     DFF: Your new project, The Samaritans - what’s it about, and tell us about your character in it and how you want to bring it to life? AN: The Samaritans is about a group of four ambitious entrepreneurs who have been developing hot new apps ...

  by Quendrith Johnson, Los Angeles Correspondent   Last week, New York's Barclay Center was the scene of 7,000 eager "Game of Thrones" viewers, many dressed up as lookalike characters from HBO's hit fantasy series which debuts its Season Four opener on April 6. Last year, GOT was the most illegally downloaded show, according to BitTorrent, with 5.9 million pirated copies, a higher number than its TV audience. So what is going on? The bigger issue here is tha...

Watching Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington is safer than covering combat, but the HBO documentary by author, journalist and filmmaker Sebastian Junger (The Perfect Storm) is not danger-free. It contains images of maimed bodies that may haunt you on a dark night.  But it also reminds you why you must miss the empathic British war photographer/filmmaker terribly. On April 20, 2011, scant  weeks after his and Junger’s chronicle of Am...

Time hasn't done its proper work. America's first female comedian has been plum forgotten. But now the story of Jackie "Moms" Mabley is being rescued from the ash heap of history, and last century's vangard entertainer may yet claim her rightful place in this century. Leading the rescue squad is Whoopi Goldberg, with her debut documentary Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley.  "She was the first to do what she did and she's gotten no recognition for it at...

By Maria Esteves – November 11, 2013 WHOOPI GOLDBERG PRESENTS MOMS MABLEY is a fascinating documentary that depicts the life of legendary icon Jackie "Moms" Mabley (Loretta Mary Aiken, 1894-1975), the first African-American female comedian in entertainment referred to as "the funniest woman in the world." Winner of the Emmy, Golden Globe, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards, Whoopi Goldberg directorial debut includes historical archival footage of Mabley’s performance...

By Liza Foreman   Julia Roberts and Academy Award nominee Mark Ruffalo will star in the HBO Films drama "The Normal Heart" directed by Emmy winner Ryan Murphy (“Eat Pray Love,” “Glee”), it was announced on Friday by Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming.  Slated to begin production in New York City later this year for 2014 debut on HBO, the film is written by Larry Kramer, adapting his groundbreaking Tony Award-winning play o...

Sunscreen Film Festival Video Podcast 1.  Discussions about the film and TV business.  This episode features interviews with special guests Superhero and Artiseroi from the Emmy Nominated HBO Documentary "Superheroes". watch here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57jj6DJiMBU&feature=share&list=UU0tP1gHLS9-e55BKY2RRatQ Discussion includes the Superheroes Documentary, Spider-man movie, Batman, Godzilla and more nerd dialogue than you can imagine! ...

Halfway through the first scene (he writes long scenes) of Sorkin's NEWSROOM I thought, "This show could change the world." I am a Sorkin fan, and an idealist, but that's besides the point. In the same way that THE WEST WING made Americans feel apart of what was happening in Washington, NEWSROOM does too. It takes place in a newsroom in Washington, and not only that but it's set during the real events of the day beginning on April 20, 2010. I feel like this kind of pseudo-inside look...

By Maria Esteves – October 14, 2011 The 49th New York Film Festival 2011 (NYFF 2011) presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center press screening of VITO, directed by Jeffrey Schwarz was held at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater on Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 1:00 pm. A live press conference immediately followed with director Schwarz, editor Philip Harrison, Phyllis Antonellis (Vito's cousin), and Charles Russo (Vito's brother) moderated by NYFF program director Richard Pena. ...

By Maria Esteves – October 14, 2011 The 49th New York Film Festival 2011 (NYFF 2011) presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center press screening of VITO, directed by Jeffrey Schwarz was held at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater on Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 1:00 pm. A live press conference immediately followed with director Schwarz, editor Philip Harrison, Phyllis Antonellis (Vito's cousin), and Charles Russo (Vito's brother) moderated by NYFF program director Richard Pena. ...

By Maria Esteves – September 29, 2011 The 12th New York International Latino Film Festival 2011 (NYILFF11) HBO Filmmaker VIP Reception was held at Nuela Restaurant, New York, Wednesday, August 17, 8:00 PM. International filmmakers, producers, and industry executives attended the private networking reception. Nuela’s impeccable service, exquisite South American h’orderves, and deserts with an open bar in a hospitable and inviting ambiance was extraordinary. NYILFF 2011 HBO VIP Re...

The world's film commissioners have descended on Hollywood this week, promoting their  locations around the world especially within the United States, Canada, and England to shoot your next feature.  If you have the money, there are tax rebates available to entice filmmakers to work beyond Hollywood.  If one looks to Variety's production charts, it is obvious, that until California also has incentives and rebates to offer,along with the great sunshine, talent is being lured away to other loca...

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