‘The Wasp’ Review: A Taut Drama Of Revenge And Childhood Scars – Tribeca Festival

The internet is abuzz this week about the fifth episode of the “Star Wars”/Lucasfilm series, “The Acolyte,” from writer/director Leslye Headland. And for good reason, but we’ll get to that in a second.

An “urgent review” must be carried out by council education chiefs to ensure that everything is being done to prevent bullying in Dumfries and Galloway schools.

EXCLUSIVE: Edward Norton has signed on to narrate Fasting And The Longevity Revolution, a health and wellness documentary directed by Barry Alexander Brown, best known as a longtime editor on projects directed by Spike Lee. 

Brian Dowling and his husband Arthur Gourounlian are over the moon with the arrival of their second child, a baby girl.The 46 year old presenter and his partner Arthur, 44, had previously shared the exciting news that they were expanding their family. Once again, Brian's generous younger sister Aoife, 35, offered the gift of surrogacy to the couple, having also carried their one year old daughter Blake. Sharing news of their new arrival on Tuesday, 25 June, Brain took to Instagram and exclaimed: "Please be upstanding for the arrival of our BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, Blu Amar Rose Dowling Gourounlian." He continued: "@effidy_dowling_, you are a SUPERSTAR and we are, as always, FOREVER GRATEFUL.

Two hours and 30 minutes, with one intermission. At PAC NYC, 251 Fulton Street. Through July 28.The hottest show in town is… “Cats”?Nobody’s said that about Andrew Lloyd Webber’s singing-dancing feline musical since around 1984.

Lexi Carson The cast and creatives behind “The Sopranos” reunited at Tribeca Festival Thursday night in celebration of the series’ 25th anniversary. They gathered for the premiere of Alex Gibney’s HBO documentary, “Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos,” which played to a packed audience at the Beacon Theatre on the Upper West Side of Manhattan Thursday night. The two-hour-and-40-minute documentary begins with “The Sopranos” opening credit sequence driving into New Jersey.

In men’s tennis, as in other sports, there is constant debate over which player qualifies as the Greatest of All Time. Djokovic with his unprecedented 24 Grand Slam wins? Nadal with his astonishing 14 French Open victories? Federer, the first man to win 20 Grand Slams? Or perhaps a player from an earlier era – Rod Laver – who swept all four Grand Slam titles in a calendar year, not once but twice?

Robert Iler, aka Tony Soprano’s son A.J., said it best tonight at Tribeca’s 25th anniversary of The Sopranos get-together: “Now my friends are going to shitty high school reunions and I’m going to cool stuff like this.”

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer “In the next 45 minutes, we’re about to hear Gus speak more than he has in the last 40 years,” Vito Schnabel, the art world scion who is increasingly turning his head toward Hollywood, told a crowd at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival last week. He was there to moderate a conversation with American heavyweight filmmaker Gus Van Sant, who just directed Schnabel (and a pack of actors barreling toward Emmy nominations) in “Feud: Capote vs. The Swans.” That history, of a glittery New York whose underbelly was found in the bedrooms and hallways of the ruling class, took a back seat to Van Sant’s impactful career.

There must be something in the air lately because I have been seeing and reviewing a number of really good and intriguing documentaries on iconic showbiz figures. At Cannes I saw new docus on Faye Dunaway (Faye), Elizabeth Taylor (Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes) and others on Michel LeGrand and Jacques Demy. Currently on Max you can see a wonderful docu on the great Albert Brooks directed by his longtime friend Rob Reiner, Albert Brooks: Defending My Life.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic For his new “Honeymind” album, singer and actor Ben Platt brought in an especially honeyed voice as a counterpart on one song, Brandy Clark. He had written “Treehouse” in a writing session with Clark well before the album was being put together, and then he and producer Dave Cobb had the eureka (or as Platt puts it, “duh”) moment of realizing just how much more haunting it might sound as a duet with the co-writer, whose chops obviously don’t begin and end with songwriting prowess.

Katcy Stephan Get ready to ride the lightning, because Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Metallicaare coming to “Fortnite” as Season 4 “Festival” icons. Two special events on June 22 and 23 (presented during six showtimes), titled “Metallica: Fuel. Fire.

Blake Lively and Jude Law were among the many celebs who made up the star-studded crowd at Chanel’s 17th Annual Tribeca Festival Artists Dinner!

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Reminiscent of the outsized Chinese box office success once enjoyed by a certain genre of Hollywood movie – think “Expendables 3,” Pacific Rim” and “Transformers: Age of Extinction” – some Japanese anime films are now earning more in China than they are in their native Japan. Last year, “Suzume” (pictured above) earned $117 million in China, coming in ahead of the film’s $104 million total in Japan.

Neil Berkley’s Group Therapy is a poignant, hilarious, and moving exploration of the intersections between comedy, grief, and mental illness. Starring a stellar cast of comedians, including Neil Patrick Harris, Gary Gulman, Nicole Byer, Mike Birbiglia, London Hughes, Tig Notaro, and Atsuko Okatsuka, the film delves into the ways these performers use humor as a coping mechanism and a form of catharsis.

For fans of adventurous cinema in the last decade, a pairing between actors Christopher Abbott and Mackenzie Davis arrives like the answer to an unspoken prayer. Both performers have dependably elevated small indies and big tentpoles alike with invigorating performances that turn heads no matter the size of the role.

It would seem that were one to gaze into the future of sci-fi filmmaking, society will never see an end to the concept of UFOs as a plot device, with “They’re Here” the latest, but far from greatest, contender for the spot of genre-defining piece presumably meant to spark a conversation about whether or not we remain alone in the vastness of space. While this particular outing may indeed be rich in onscreen conversation regarding the possibility of interstellar visitors between whoever might be occupying the film at any given moment, it’s far from eye-opening and, it would seem, purposely aimless.

annual Tribeca Festival, which opened Wednesday night and runs through June 16, will look a little different this year.For the first time, Tribeca will give awards to short films generated by artificial intelligence. It’s one of the entertainment industry’s first public embraces of the new technology, which many actors and writers fear will render them obsolete.

The Flaming Lips have announced new tour dates for 2025, which will see them play their album ‘Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots’ in full. Find ticket details below.The album marked the 10th studio release from the American rock band, and followed on the heels of 1999’s ‘The Soft Bulletin’.

Jack Dunn Tribeca Festival 2024 has revealed the participants for this year’s Tribeca Festival Creators Market, which features a curated selection of creatives pitching feature, episodic, audio and immersive projects to a group of industry leaders. Companies in attendance for the pitch market include Sony Pictures Classics, NEON, Cinetic Media, Paramount+, MAX, IFC Films and the Sundance Institute.