A powerhouse film that introduced unflinching realism to stunned audiences in 1980, RAGING BULL smashes onto Blu-ray in a special 30th Anniversary Edition from MGM Home Entertainment on January 11. With an Academy Award-Winning performance by Robert De Niro (The Godfather, Part II) and celebrated direction by Martin Scorsese, this critically-acclaimed film was described as an 'exceedingly violent as well as poetic' fight picture that maps 'the landscape of the soul' by The New York Times. The new Anniversary Edition Blu-ray boasts over 50 minutes of brand new features, including exclusive, new interviews with De Niro and Scorsese making it essential to every movie lover's collection.
AMC kicks off 2011 with an impressive lineup of film favorites as well as full coverage of The Sundance Film Festival and Awards season buzz. The following is a closer look at AMC's programming slate for January and February:
Joe's Pub Releases Schedule for December 23rd through January 1st including AMBER MARTIN: AMBER ALERT!, SCREAM ALONG WITH BILLY: A VERY NICO CHRISTMAS, JACKIE FIVE-0H!: A CELEBRATION OF JACKIE HOFFMAN'S FIRST 50TH BIRTHDAY, OUR LADY J: THE GOSPEL OF DOLLY, and SANDRA BERNHARD.
Joe's Pub Releases Schedule for December 23rd through January 1st including AMBER MARTIN: AMBER ALERT!, SCREAM ALONG WITH BILLY: A VERY NICO CHRISTMAS, JACKIE FIVE-0H!: A CELEBRATION OF JACKIE HOFFMAN'S FIRST 50TH BIRTHDAY, OUR LADY J: THE GOSPEL OF DOLLY, and SANDRA BERNHARD.
Joe's Pub Releases Schedule for December 23rd through January 1st including AMBER MARTIN: AMBER ALERT!, SCREAM ALONG WITH BILLY: A VERY NICO CHRISTMAS, JACKIE FIVE-0H!: A CELEBRATION OF JACKIE HOFFMAN'S FIRST 50TH BIRTHDAY, OUR LADY J: THE GOSPEL OF DOLLY, and SANDRA BERNHARD.
Joe's Pub Releases Schedule for December 23rd through January 1st including AMBER MARTIN: AMBER ALERT!, SCREAM ALONG WITH BILLY: A VERY NICO CHRISTMAS, JACKIE FIVE-0H!: A CELEBRATION OF JACKIE HOFFMAN'S FIRST 50TH BIRTHDAY, OUR LADY J: THE GOSPEL OF DOLLY, and SANDRA BERNHARD.
Joe's Pub Releases Schedule for December 23rd through January 1st including AMBER MARTIN: AMBER ALERT!, SCREAM ALONG WITH BILLY: A VERY NICO CHRISTMAS, JACKIE FIVE-0H!: A CELEBRATION OF JACKIE HOFFMAN'S FIRST 50TH BIRTHDAY, OUR LADY J: THE GOSPEL OF DOLLY, and SANDRA BERNHARD.
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) announces 2010 Next Wave Festival, featuring 16 music, dance, theater, and opera engagements from Sep 21-Dec 19. BAM 2010 Next Wave Festival is part of Diverse Voices at BAM sponsored by Time Warner Inc.
According to MTV Movie Blog, Al Pacino will join Robert DeNiro and Joe Pesci in 'The Irishman', an upcoming film about Frank Sheeran. The film, which revolves around Sheeran's murder of Jimmy Hoffa, is being adapted from Charles Brandt's 'I Heard You Paint Houses' by Steve Zailian. Martin Scorsese is set to direct the film. Production will begin next year.
The Museum of Modern Art and Cinecittà Luce, Rome, present the cinematic oeuvre of Bernardo Bertolucci, with all new prints, December 15, 2010, through January 12, 2011.
The Fred Ebb Foundation (Mitchell Bernard, Trustee) has announced that its 2010 donation to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS will total $1 million dollars, marking the largest single donation in BC/EFA history. The foundation, which is funded by royalties from the late award-winning lyricist Fred Ebb's vast catalogue of work, makes an annual donation to BC/EFA.
FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed 'Best of New York' by New York Magazine, and 'an invaluable New York institution' by The New York Post, will celebrate New Year's Eve with VINCE GIORDANO AND THE NIGHTHAWKS in the Feinstein's at Loews Regency Ballroom. Recently featured on the acclaimed HBO program 'Boardwalk Empire,' the Giordano will feature early jazz favorites from the 1920s and 30s. The evening includes a three-course dinner, dancing and open bar. The celebration takes place at the Loews Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue at 61st Street).
Joe's Pub Releases Schedule for December 23rd through January 1st including AMBER MARTIN: AMBER ALERT!, SCREAM ALONG WITH BILLY: A VERY NICO CHRISTMAS, JACKIE FIVE-0H!: A CELEBRATION OF JACKIE HOFFMAN'S FIRST 50TH BIRTHDAY, OUR LADY J: THE GOSPEL OF DOLLY, and SANDRA BERNHARD.
Beaches 2 will steal your hearts (and souls) with their holiday themed sketch comedy show! God help us, every one. Featuring musical guest, Reggie Watts! The comedy show, presented by Horse Trade Theater Group and Beaches 2, will play at Under St Marks Theater (94 St. Marks Place between 1st and A) Sunday, December 12th @ 7pm. Tickets ($5) are available at the door. They serve beer!
Hollywood icon Liza Minnelli - whose brilliant career has earned her an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy and four Tony Awards - will sit down with Turner Classic Movies (TCM) host Robert Osborne for PRIVATE SCREENINGS: LIZA MINNELLI, an in-depth interview special slated to premiere Saturday, Dec. 11, at 10 p.m. (ET/PT). Rather than focusing on Minnelli herself, this special will take the unique approach of centering on the lives and careers of Minnelli's legendary parents, Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli. In conjunction with the premiere, TCM will pack two nights (Dec. 11-12) with films starring Garland, directed by Vincente Minnelli and/or starring Liza Minnelli.
Today, New York City Opera General Manager and Artistic Director George Steel announced that in Spring 2012 City Opera will present the New York premiere of Prima Donna, an opera composed by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright.
