'Television Event': Film Review | DOC NYC 2020

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticAmong the shiny, bouncy, madly infectious musical numbers that are a big part of what make Ryan Murphy’s “The Prom” such an old-fashioned newfangled blast, one of the show-stopping highlights is “Love Thy Neighbor,” which Trent (Andrew Rannells), a struggling Broadway drama queen who has landed on the distant planet known as small-town Indiana, sings to a bunch of clean-cut and pious Middle American teenagers from James Madison High School.

“Eddie’s Boy,” by Thomas Perry (Mysterious Press)The hitman known as the butcher’s boy is back, forced out of retirement at age 61 to confront an implacable old enemy who wants him dead.Thomas Perry first introduced him 38 years ago in his Edgar Award-winning debut novel, “The Butcher’s Boy,” but until now, the character has reemerged only twice — in “Sleeping Dogs” in 1992 and “The Informant” in 2011.The new novel, “Eddie’s Boy,” finds him in England, posing as retired American businessman

On paper, the new Netflix film from Ryan Murphy should tick all the boxes for a musical theatre and film lover.

Matt Rife (Wild ‘N Out) and Clare Grant (Changeland) are set to star in psychological thriller The Private Eye, along with Eric Roberts (Runaway Train), Erik Griffin (Workaholics), Denzel Whitaker (Black Panther), Eugenia Kuzmina (The Gentlemen), Elijah Boothe (Luke Cage), Jihad Reeves (All American), King Chip (Shootouts), Lexy Panterra (Boo 2! A Madea Halloween) and newcomer Elliot. Jack Cook directed the pic from a screenplay he co-wrote with Hope Ayiyi, Santino Ramos, and Patrick Roe.

This year’s Brit List of best unproduced scripts is topped with twelve recommendations by Amy Guyler’s TV comedy-drama The Jude Problem from The Man In The High Castle producer Headline Pictures.

Ventana Sur, Latin America’s biggest movie market, will put through an out-of-the-box reset of market dynamics. Running Nov.

It’s an American Thanksgiving tradition that one dog will rule them all, with the U.S. holiday serving as the date of the annual National Dog Show.

an annual tradition to watch as the turkey-itis takes over and lands you in a couch coma, is still happening this year — but like most of 2020, it’s going to look a little different.The dog show, hosted by the Kennel Club of Philadelphia annually since 1933, will go on as planned, but all the good boys and girls will compete without spectators, vendors, sponsors or the press.The American Kennel Club (AKC)-sanctioned event will see purebred dogs, accompanied by their owners, vie for the coveted

Also Read: See Johnny Flynn as David Bowie in First Look at Unauthorized Biopic 'Stardust'For better and for worse, “Stardust” grapples with those issues as it follows a 24-year-old Bowie on a promotional tour through the United States in 1971, accompanied by a long-suffering Mercury Records publicist named Ron Oberman.Johnny Flynn plays Bowie, Marc Maron plays Oberman, and the point of director and cowriter Gabriel Range’s film is to trace the seeds of Bowie’s breakthrough character, Ziggy

The sixth time around the paddock is decidedly not the charm for the latest live-action feature incarnation of Black Beauty, based on the enduring Anna Sewell-penned equine adventure.

Viola Davis burns a hole in the screen projecting the indomitable pride and hard-won self-worth of the legendary early 20th century blues singer named in the title of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, one of 10 plays that comprise August Wilson's epic cycle depicting 100 years of African American experience. But it's Chadwick Boseman as a cocky trumpeter brutally demeaned by the white recording industry who delivers the most explosive thunder and searing pain.

They should have revived the American International or New World Pictures logo to distribute Chad Faust's Southern Gothic noir. The film would have fit in perfectly paired as a '70s-era double feature with the likes of Macon County Line and Jackson County Jail, best seen at a drive-in on a hot summer night.

Anchor Lester Holt, of "NBC Nightly News," appeared selective when it came to condemning "superspreader moments" as the nation hit the grim milestone of 250,000 coronavirus deaths.  When he closed Wednesday evening's broadcast, Holt offered a somber address to viewers regarding the American lives that were lost during the pandemic and questioned whether those who are following CDC guidelines and taking extra precautions to prevent the spread of the virus should be "mad" at those who aren't.  "As

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorThe Independent Film & Television Alliance, which produces the annual American Film Market, has elected eight new members to its board. The new directors include executives from such companies as Lionsgate, Myriad Pictures and XYZ Films.The latest additions to IFTA’s board are J.D.

@natebargatze, @ronnychieng, @SherylCrow, @jeanniegaffigan, @MickeyGuyton, @TiffanyHaddish, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, @BradPaisley, Ray Romano, Patti Scialfa, @iliza, @springsteen, Jon Stewart & special guests! pic.twitter.com/MNlba8eGeL— Bob Woodruff Foundation (@Stand4Heroes) November 10, 2020Hosted by Jon Stewart, the annual fundraiser is held in partnership with the Bob Woodruff Foundation.The Foundation’s website said the night will “highlight inspiring moments, memorable surprises, and