Monday, May 14-----The deadline is only two weeks away (May 31) for student entries for the HBO Films/Film Society of Lincoln Center nationwide competition to create the film trailer that will precede film screenings at the Film Society's annual New York Film Festival (September 28 - October 14, 2007) and other programs during the year. The winner will receive a check for $5,000 and a trip to New York for the trailer’s premiere, as well as a line credit at the end of the trailer, which wil...

Saturday, January 27----Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx (RAY) joined Queen Latifah at the Eccles Theater world premiere of LIFE SUPPORT last night. The Festival Closing Night Film showcases a powerful performance by The Queen, who plays a recovered drug addict who takes her fight against AIDS and drug addiction onto the streets of New York. The film, which was co-produced by Foxx, Queen Latifah and HBO Films is the directorial debut of writer/producer Nelson George (EVERYDAY PEOPLE), who based the fil...

Stephen Frears Friday, September 29---One of the more popular recent additions to the venerable New York Film Festival, which opens its 44th edition this evening, has been the Directors Dialogues series, sponsored again this year by HBO Films. Cinephiles have the rare opportunity to hear from some of the most celebrated directors on the planet in the intimate atmosphere of the Kaplan Penthouse, atop the Lincoln Center arts complex. This year, three directors, with films premiering at the Festi...