Movies News Desk - Page 57

Celebrate Mother's Day against the grain with a triple-feature of maternal-themed horror movies on the big screen at Museum of the Moving Image. On Sunday, May 10, as part of Horror Mother's Day, the Museum will show Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, starring Anthony Perkins as the ultimate momma's boy; Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby, with Mia Farrow as an Upper West Side mother-to-be caught up in a sinister cult; and David Cronenberg's The Brood (in a new 35mm print), a terrifying psychological thriller driven by a mother's rage.

This month to commemorate Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Memorial Day, over 600 public television stations throughout the country will begin broadcasting War for Guam, the latest production by Columbia University faculty member, award-winning filmmaker, writer, and scholar, Frances Negrón-Muntaner. 

Variety writes that Timothy Hutton has boarded James Franco's upcoming film THE LONG HOME, starring Josh Hutcherson and based on William Gay's novel.

The LA Turkish Film Festival has announced that WINTER SLEEP, the 2014 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or Awardee, will screen Tuesday, May 5th, 2015 at the Bing Theater of LACMA. The festival's opening film, presented in collaboration with Film Independent at LACMA, will feature a Q&A before the screening with director Nuri Bilge Ceylan, to be moderated by American film critic Elvis Mitchell.

Breaking Glass Pictures will be releasing their latest documentary Ron Jeremy: Life After the Buffet on DVD and VOD today, May 5, 2015.

Fans of the fabulous Bellas of Barden University won't be able to stop belting out their favorite songs when Pitch Perfect Sing-Along Aca-Awesome Edition comes to Blu-ray and DVD for the first time ever today, May 5, 2015, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

Breaking Glass Pictures will be releasing their latest documentary Ron Jeremy: Life After the Buffet on DVD and VOD (iTunes, Amazon Instant, Vudu, Google Play, Xbox, Vubiquity) today, May 5, 2015.

Hailed as “extraordinary” (David Denby, The New Yorker), “deeply moving” (Claudia Puig, USA Today) and “a triumph” (A.O. Scott, New York Times), director Ava DuVernay's powerful drama SELMA debuts on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand today, May 5, 2015

Celebrate 40 years of the classic story of one young woman's passion to achieve her dreams with MAHOGANY The Couture Edition arriving on DVD today, May 5, 2015 from Paramount Home Media Distribution.

Today, May 5, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) will release GoodFellas on 2-Disc Blu-ray featuring a new documentary with interviews from Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta and more

Devolver Digital Films and MidBoss are proud to announce the digital VOD release of the entertaining and informative feature documentary, Gaming In Color, which explores the queer side of gaming.

Michael Bay just unveiled a new photo of ARROW's Stephen Amell as 'Casey Jones' in the upcoming TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES sequel. Check it out below!

Josh Trank, who was attached to direct the second STAR WARS anthology film, has decided to part ways with the project, according to an announcement on the STAR WARS official website.

The Motion Picture Editors Guild (MPEG), Local 700 IATSE. will honor retired machinist, cinetechnician and union representative Joseph A. Aredas with its prestigious Fellowship and Service Award tonight, May 2, 2015 at a dinner at the Sheraton Universal Hotel.

For 45 years, Caroll Spinney has been beloved by generations of children as the man behind Sesame Street's Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch -- and at 80 years old, he has no intention of stopping. At Museum of the Moving Image's Spring Family Day, Spinney will make an appearance and pose for photos before a preview screening of the new documentary about his life and career I Am Big Bird: The Story of Caroll Spinney on Sunday, May 3, 2015. After the film, he and his wife Debi Spinney will participate in a Q&A moderated by Craig Shemin, President of the Jim Henson Legacy.

The Weinstein Company just released an intense, new clip featuring Jake Gyllenhaal in the new boxing drama SOUTHPAW. The film hits theaters on July 31st. Click below!

Odeon Event Cinema by arrangement with Apollo Digital and Fox Home Entertainment proudly present a special concert event tonight 1st May, where Oscar-nominated composer, and winner of four Grammy Awards, Antonio Sanchez, will lead a concert with music from the hugely successful and highly-acclaimed film BIRDMAN. Antonio Sanchez composed the score for the film and will be playing the music with his band Migration.

The Hollywood Reporter writes that Paul Giamatti and Toby Jones have signed on for the upcoming sci-fi thriller MORGAN, directed by Luke Scott.

Panorama Europe 2015, the seventh edition of this vital festival of new European cinema (formerly known as Disappearing Act), presented by Museum of the Moving Image and the European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC), returns to the Museum and the Bohemian National Hall with a slate of sixteen new features from May 29 through June 14.

School of Visual Arts (SVA) announces this year's 26th Dusty Film & Animation Festival awards presenters.