MARSHALL MAGIC: A TRIBUTE

Julia Roberts. Twice… Goldie Hawn and now her daughter Kate Hudson. Michelle Pfeiffer, Julie Andrews, Joan Cusack and Anne Hathaway. From pretty women to brides on the run to princesses, Garry Marshall has inspired his legendary leading ladies to turn in some of Hollywood’s most memorable performances. Join Good Morning America’s Joel Siegel for a special conversation with this veteran producer, director and writer about his love of laughter and his approach to filmmaking that makes every movie he directs into a family affair. Joel Siegel

SCORSESE & MUSIC

From the 1978 concert film The Last Waltz to the towering score of Gangs of New York, music has always been a major part of Martin Scorsese’s films. Join Vanity Fair contributing editor Lisa Robinson for a one-on-one conversation with the legendary director about the influence of music in his movies.

MUSIC FIT FOR A KING

A conversation with Academy Award®-winning Lord of the Rings composer Howard Shore about setting Middle Earth to a sweeping score worthy of all its epic battles, touching moments and thrilling victories. Moderated by Film Score Monthly writer Doug Adams.

MAKING MONEY: PROFITS AND ETHICS IN DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING

One of the founding principles of documentary filmmaking is to not install relationships of subordination. If you start paying people in documentaries, they become your employees.

 

-Nicolas Philibert

 

Reality programming has turned huge profits for cable and network outlets — and, for its participants. How has this influenced the noble cousin of reality programs — the documentary? Who is to say whether the success of a documentary is due to the filmmaker or his subject? And when there is money to be made, who should profit?

Moderator: Caroline Kaplan (IFC)

Panelists: Peter Gilbert (All Deliberate Speed, Hoop Dreams), Mark Urman (Head of U.S. Distribution, ThinkFilm) Danny Anker (Hollywood & the Holocaust), Edet Belzberg (Children Underground) and Sean Welch (Spellbound.)

PLAYING POLITICS

Political consciousness in filmmaking is as old as the documentary form itself, and often over the years, hard-hitting documentaries have effected real political change. What makes filmmakers pick their politically-centered subjects, and what draws us to them? Join us for a conversation about the power of the political documentary.

Moderator: Bill Abrams, Executive in Charge, New York Times Television

Panelists: Michael McHugh (An Unreliable Witness), Liz Mermin (The Beauty Academy of Kabul), Jim de Séve (Tying the Knot) George Butler (Tour of Duty), Jehane Noujaim (Control Room)

SEX & CINEMA

I think, after all, an orgasm is better than a bomb.

 

-Bernardo Bertolucci

 

From Last Tango in Paris to The Sex Movie, directors, actors, studio executives and the MPAA discuss the evolution of taking it off on screen, how much is too much and a rating system that treats sex very seriously.

Moderator: Patricia Cohen, Ideas Editor, The New York Times

Panelists: John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch), Glenn Close (Fatal Attraction), Steven Shainberg (Secretary) and Kim Pierce (Boys Don’t Cry.)

Date: Saturday, May 8th
Time: 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Location: TPAC2

DIVERSIFYING AMERICAN CINEMA

From choosing films specific to their ethnic identity to making the decision to do just the opposite, film talents from diverse backgrounds discuss giving their communities a voice through their work.

Moderator: Eugene Hernandez (IndieWire)

Panelists: Wayne Wang, (Maid in Manhattan, The Joy Luck Club), Peter Kang (Vice President Production, Twentieth Century Fox), Chris Eyre (Edge of America, Smoke Signals), LisaGay Hamilton (Beah: A Black Woman Speaks, The Practice)

HOLLYWOOD & THE DOUBLE HELIX

From Brave New World to The Boys from Brazil, Jurassic Park to Gattaca the science of genetics has fascinated Hollywood. While the concepts behind these films might have once been considered “science fiction” the discovery of DNA has proven that much of science fiction is now science fact. Join us for a discussion with scientists, writers and actors and directors about what can happen when Hollywood mines the labs and science emerges from the realm of imagination.

Moderator: Ira Flatow (NPR Science Friday)

Panelists: Dr. James Watson (Noble Prize Winner, Co-Discoverer, DNA), Mick Jackson (Race for the Double Helix), Dr. Lynn Elkin (Professor of Biological Sciences, California State University at Hayward), Brenda Maddox, (Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA)

NY, NY: A MOVIEMAKER’S MUSE

Is it the irresistible draw of the city itself or the impressive pool of talent found within? Actors, directors, producers and writers talk about why they love making movies in New York.

Moderator: Phillip Lopate, author

Panelists: Gary Winick (13 Going on 30, Tadpole), Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (American Splendor), Christine Vachon (Partner, Killer Films), Ted Hope (Partner, This is That) Ed Burns (Looking for Kitty, Sidewalks of New York.)

FOUND IN TRANSLATION: HOW WOMEN MAKE MOVIES

Subtle. Intimate. Gritty. Character driven. When we see these traits expressed on film, we might not always make the connection, but watch the credits and you’ll see that, often, it was a woman at the helm. Join us for a discussion about movies, culture and the influence of women on film.

Moderator: Kurt Anderson (Studio 360)

Panelists: Ellen Kuras (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Personal Velocity), Mira Nair (Vanity Fair, Hysterical Blindness), Patty Jenkins (Monster, Velocity Rules), Joan Allen (Yes, The Contender) Kyra Sedgwick (Cavedweller, Personal Velocity).

STAGE TO SCREEN BEAUTY

What makes a play inherently theatrical? Or a film intrinsically cinematic? Join Richard Eyre, Jeffrey Hatcher, Billy Crudup, Claire Danes and Ben Chaplin as they chart their collaborative journey – turning the play Compleat Female Stage Beauty into a truly theatrical film experience.

CABLE & CREATIVITY

Beyond big budget blockbusters and high concept comedies lies the unconventional and serious drama. Too risqué for network television and perhaps even for theatrical release, these films and programs have sought another vehicle for distribution—cable television. From Angels in America to The L Word, how cable television has stepped up as the alternative outlet for risk-taking entertainment.

Moderator: Alessandra Stanley (Chief Television Critic, The New York Times)

Panelists: Robert Greenblatt (President, Entertainment, Showtime Networks), Edie Falco, (The Sopranos), Chris Moore (Project Greenlight), Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City), Tom Fontana (Strip Search, Oz), Tim Daly (The Outside, Edge of America.)

WE HATE YOU (BUT PLEASE SEND US MORE AUSTIN POWERS)

Who is responsible for America’s image abroad? Hollywood, the State Department and the business of branding “America.”

Moderator: Jacki Lyden (Co-host & Senior Correspondent, All Things Considered)

Panelists: Keith Reinhard (Chairman, DDB Worldwide), Philip Strub (Special Assistant Audiovisual to the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense) Kevin Misher (The Interpreter, The Scorpion King.) Neil MacFarquhar (The New York Times), Mariam Shahin (freelance writer/producer), Jay Snyder (Commissioner, US Advisory Committee on Public Diplomacy) Jehane Noujaim, (Control Room.)

Date: Tuesday, May 4th
Time: 8:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Location: Tribeca Performing Arts Center, TPAC2, 199 Chambers Street

TRIBECA TALKS: NORMAN LEAR

Join New Yorker writer Ken Auletta for a one-on-one conversation about entertainment, media and politics with one of the industry’s most legendary players.

JESUS AS CELEBRITY

He boosts ratings, brings throngs to movie theaters and makes front-page news. How did Jesus become the most bankable star in Hollywood 2000 years after his death?

Moderator: Peter Jennings (The Search for Jesus, Peter Jennings Reporting, Anchor/ Senior Editor, ABC World News Tonight)

Panelists: Richard Fox (Jesus in America), Norman Jewison (Jesus Christ, Superstar), Barbara De Fina (The Last Temptation of Christ) Marv Meyer (Department of Religious Studies. Chapman University)

Moderator: Ian Mohr (The Hollywood Reporter)

Panelists: Jonathan Bock (President Grace Hill Media), Lynda Obst (How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Sleepless in Seattle), Bingham Ray, Antonio Sosa (Director, Special Markets, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment)

POLITICS AS ENTERTAINMENT

What happens when our political views are based more on late-night TV comedians and political cartoons than on op-ed pieces, political speeches and the evening news?

Modertor: Andy Borowitz (The New Yorker)

Panelists: Barry Levinson (Wag the Dog), Robert Siegel (The Onion), Mike Murphy (Producer, The Dennis Miller Show), Lizz Winstead (Air America Radio), Matt Davies (Pulitzer Prize Winning Political Cartoonist)