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De Niro, Apatow worlds collide at Tribeca
NEW YORK -- If a talk with Robert De Niro and Judd Apatow can be considered a meeting of drama and comedy, humor easily won out when the two took the stage at the Tribeca Film Festival. De Niro, a co-founder of Tribeca, and Apatow, the director of "The 4 from Mercedes Sun-Star Read more »
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COTD: Broadcast News Edition [Video]
Anniversaries of one sort or another are a constant thing, but giving another nod to something good never hurts: 2012 marks twenty-five years since the release of Broadcast News, James L. Brooks's deadly takedown of big television media. If you haven't s from Jalopnik Read more »
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TV: The Simpsons (Classic): “A Streetcar Named Marge”
With apologies to Leslie Knope, Maude, and other distinguished broads who stood up for their rights and refused to back down in the face of male oppression and shit, Lisa Simpson is television’s greatest and most enduring feminist in part because her mot from The A.V. Club Read more »
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People Like Us
The trailer for Alex Kurtzman's (DreamWorks, 6.29) suggests a James L. Brooks-like relationship drama about romance, values, happenstance. But what sticks is the sound of Elizabeth Banks' nasally voice in the intro. In the mid '40s Howard Hawks told the from Hollywood Elsewhere Read more »
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‘Broadcast News’ Predicted Journalism’s Collapse
I stumbled across James L. Brooks’ “Broadcast News” on TV the other night. I have always regarded it as his best movie, in which writing and casting so perfectly dovetail so as to provide a completely enjoyable experience. Mr. Brooks’ films are less conc from Big Hollywood Read more »
