‘Pretend It’s A City’: Martin Scorsese’s Fran Lebowitz Docu-Series Is An Uproariously Funny Delight [Review]

Also Read: Steve McQueen on How John Boyega's 'Star Wars' Experience Shaped His 'Small Axe' RoleBoyega, who broke out in the latest “Star Wars” trilogy, most recently starred in one of the five installments of Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” anthology, “Red, White and Blue.” He is currently at work on “They Cloned Tyrone” opposite Jamie Foxx.De Niro recently joined the cast of David O.

Ellise Shafer administratorAlberto Grimaldi, a film producer whose credits include the Spaghetti Western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and Martin Scorsese’s “Gangs of New York,” has died. He was 95.Grimaldi’s son, Maurizio Grimaldi, confirmed his death to Variety, adding that his father died of natural causes.Born in Naples, Italy on March 28, 1925, Grimaldi originally studied law before starting his own production company, Produzioni Europee Associati, or P.E.A., in 1961.

On Sunday, iconic filmmaker Spike Lee was honored by the New York Film Critics Circle with a special award for his short New York New York, which was filmed during the pandemic. After fellow filmmaker Martin Scorsese presented him with the award, Lee did not mince words during his acceptance speech which was pre-recorded on January 6, the day when Donald Trump supporters invaded the Capitol.

The New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC celebrated its 86th annual awards ceremony to celebrate this year’s winners and for the first time, it was virtual.

Apple TV+ has been attracting an impressive group of filmmakers to make projects with the streamer and handing them a ton of money, from Martin Scorsese to Steven Spielberg. So now that Sofia Coppola is making her first move into television with an adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel “The Custom of the Country,” a hefty payday follows.

Naman Ramachandran In today’s Global Bulletin, Sky reveals diversity goals; Stan pacts with Walter Presents for international drama; LevelK sells “Tove”; and Abacus boards Martin Scorsese-hosted doc “The Oratorio.”Comcast’s pay tv operator Sky has announced a goal for 20% of its U.K. and Ireland workforce to be from Black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds by 2025, and at least 5% of these to be Black.

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One of the first novel concepts introduced in Doug Liman’s tossed-off, super slight, and interminably paced “Locked Down” pandemic-set heist/relationship movie that tells you a little bit about the central couple’s status is the “confession avalanche.” The rather unpleasant Linda (Anne Hathaway) and disagreeable, perhaps vaguely mentally-unwell Paxton (Chiwetel Ejiofor) are weeks into the pandemic in London (circa April, at the height of people losing their minds), both are in the throes of

straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United and Manchester City both chased the signature of Martin Odegaard before the teenager eventually settled on a move to Real Madrid.The 16-year-old was one of the most sought-after players in 2015 when most clubs in Europe were chasing his signature.Several loan spells, including a breakthrough year with Real Sociedad last season, have now seen him integrated into the Real Madrid first team.Despite starring and registering seven goals and

Jamie Lang Germany’s ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE) has scored international distribution rights to “Inside Japan’s War,” a new four-part docu-series from Wildbear Entertainment.“Inside Japan’s War” combines archive material, first-person accounts, interviews with historical and cultural experts, modern graphics and contemporary images to lift the veil on why it was that Japan went to war in the first place.Having built one of the world’s largest empires, Japan’s political structure at the time stoked

Experts are hopeful that the coronavirus vaccine will help to curb the spread of COVID-19, which has killed more than 2 million people worldwide since its 2019 emergence in China.

One of the first novel concepts introduced in Doug Liman’s tossed-off, super slight, and interminably paced “Locked Down” pandemic-set heist/relationship movie that tells you a little bit about the central couple’s status is the “confession avalanche.” The rather unpleasant Linda (Anne Hathaway) and disagreeable, perhaps vaguely mentally-unwell Paxton (Chiwetel Ejiofor) are weeks into the pandemic in London (circa April, at the height of people losing their minds), both are in the throes of

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Spike Lee loves cinema and he loves making movies, but, perhaps more than either, he loves filmmakers who are willing to share that kind of love for the art and its craft.

Landmark Studio Group will put the entertainment industry’s most notable BIPOC artists in the spotlight with its new series Inside the Black Box, created and hosted by Emmy-winning actor Joe Morton and Tracey Moore.

“Search Party” started as the story of a search for a missing girl who never really wanted to be found. Everything that’s happened since that series premiere has been a repercussion of a decision to look for someone who no one seemed to care was missing.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticRecently, the comic essayist David Sedaris found himself in the midst of a short-lived cycle of criticism for a piece he delivered on CBS’s “Sunday Morning,” which was inelegantly premised on the idea that Sedaris wanted for himself the right to fire service industry employees at will. That this was plainly unworkable became the piece’s punchline, but the moment for this remained poorly chosen.

One of Fran Lebowitz's finest stories in Netflix's Pretend It's a City — like Cole Porter songs, Agatha Christie mysteries and Barry Bonds home runs, it's a long list — involves a breakfast she shared with jazz legends Charles Mingus and Duke Ellington.