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Tribeca Film Festival preview 2013
6 April 2013 5:50 AM, PDT
The 12th annual Tribeca Film Festival is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, starring Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy and Suzanne Pleshette on April 18. Tim Burton's Beetlejuice, with the maniacal Michael Keaton, alongside co-stars Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Catherine O’Hara and Winona Ryder on April 19, joined by Andy Capper's and Juliette Eisner's high-spirited Lil Bub & Friendz on April 20, are this year's slate for the popular Tribeca Drive-In free screenings.
Here are some of our Early Bird (& Cat) highlights with screening dates and times for this year's crop of films.
Anne-Katrin Titze writes...
Lil Bub & Friendz
Directed by Andy Capper and Juliette Eisner
Us (65 minutes)
Andy Capper's and Juliette Eisner's high-spirited Lil Bub & Friendz captures the adventures of "a tiny complex creature," who found her way from "somewhere in space," to become one of the most beloved cats on the »
- Anne-Katrin Titze and Amber Wilkinson
Lil Bub & Friendz interview with Andy Capper and Juliette Eisner
6 April 2013 3:36 AM, PDT
In New York City, on a beautiful spring morning I met up with the directors Andy Capper and Juliette Eisner for a conversation on their film Lil Bub & Friendz, which will have its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. The high-spirited film captures the adventures of "a tiny complex creature", who found her way from "somewhere in space," to become one of the most beloved cats on the internet.
I asked how the cats featured in the movie were chosen and Andy Capper told me: "We wanted the big names. An A-list cast. [Could Capper be using an anagram here?] Like in Ocean's Eleven you have Brad Pitt, Al Pacino, George Clooney. We have Grumpy Cat, Nyan Cat, Keyboard Cat, Lil Bub - the main dudes. We wanted an all-star cast."
Anne-Katrin Titze: First question, of course, how is Bub?
Andy Capper: Good, I think. »
- Anne-Katrin Titze
Bigas Luna dies at 67
5 April 2013 4:00 PM, PDT
Jamon Jamon director Bigas Luna has died, aged 67.
The Spanish director died at home in Riera de Gaia in the north-east of the country today, after a long battle with cancer, Spanish state broadcaster Rtve reported.
Luna, whose directing career began in 1976 with Tattoo, launched the careers of celebrity couple Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem in his 1992 movie Jamon, Jamon, which won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival and Jury Award at San Sebastian Film Festival.
Known for his erotically charged films, his Iberian Trilogy, which began with Jamon Jamon, also included Golden Balls and The Tit And The Moon. His film Second Origin was in pre-production a the time of his death. »
- Amber Wilkinson
Roger Ebert dies
3 April 2013 4:00 PM, PDT
Just days after the announcement that his cancer had returned, the film critic and scriptwriter Roger Ebert has died. He was 70 years old.
Probably the world's most famous film critic, Ebert was best known for his work at the Chicago Sun Times and for his partnership with Gene Siskel, who died in 1999. He was also the author of several books, including a popular memoir, and he wrote a number of screenplays, winning acclaim for Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls, a product of his longstanding friendship with sexploitation guru Russ Meyer. Sharp and witty, Ebert was alo known for his compassion. He was always outspoken about politics and was an early supporter of Barack Obama, long before the latter's presidential campaign. The proud winner of a Pulitzer Prize, he alo has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
A few days ago, Ebert announced that the cancer that claimed. »
- Jennie Kermode
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