‘Billy Joel: And So It Goes’ Documentary to Debut on HBO in Summer
Billy Joel: And So It Goes, a documentary portrait of the life and music of Billy Joel, directed by Emmy winners Susan Lacy (HBO’s Jane Fonda in Five Acts and Spielberg) and Jessica Levin (HBO’s The Janes and Jane Fonda in Five Acts), will debut on HBO and will be available to stream on Max this summer.
The documentary is described as an expansive portrait of the life and music of Billy Joel, exploring the love, loss, and personal struggles that fuel his songwriting. With unprecedented access to never-before-seen performances, home movies, and personal photographs, along with extensive, in-depth one-on-one interviews, the documentary intimately explores the life and work of Joel, whose music has endured across generations.
Susan Lacy, director and producer, commented “For those who think they know Joel’s story, as well as those who are not as familiar, I believe this two-part film is both a revelation and a surprise. I was drawn to his story as someone who knew little at the outset, and was astounded at how autobiographical his songs are and how complex his story is. We are gratified that Bill trusted us with his story, which we have told as honestly as possible, diving into territory which has not been explored before.”
Documentary ‘Love, Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Chef Charlie Trotter’ Sets UK Digital Release Date
With never-before-seen archival footage, Love, Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Chef Charlie Trotter explores how the drive of the famed chef and restauranteur led to both triumph and tragedy. Told through intimate interviews with family, friends, and industry icons, including his first wife Lisa Ehrlich, the film reveals the man behind the legend.
Trotter was the subject of a number of lawsuits, and died at age 54 as a result of a stroke
Following the US release, the film, directed by Rebecca Halpern (Helter Skelter: An American Myth, Gangland), will be launching on digital in the UK from 14th April.
Before the Food Network and social media, Chef Charlie Trotter revolutionized global cuisine, redefining modern fine dining and inspiring chefs across the world—including the UK’s own Gordon Ramsay and Heston Blumenthal, who considered him both a friend and an inspiration. His pioneering approach to tasting menus, obsession with perfection, and dedication to innovation shaped the culinary landscape we know today.
Featured in the documentary are exclusive interviews with world-renowned chefs Wolfgang Puck, Grant Achatz, Emeril Lagasse, Norman Van Aken, and Carrie Nahabedian.
Watch the UK trailer for Love, Charlie: The Rise and Fall of Chef Charlie Trotter.
78th Locarno Film Festival Unveils Official Poster Created by German artist Wolfgang Tillmans
The poster for the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival, depicting a leopard on a tree branch amid an acid trance of yellow and purple abstraction, was exclusively created by Turner Prize-winning German artist Wolfgang Tillmans for the Festival.
Tillmans produced the poster for the Locarno Film Festival using his experimental Xerox technique, which lends the image a blurry texture and allows the artist to approach composition through the lens of early digital abstraction. Combined with its psychedelic color palette, the poster is both a throwback to ’80s and ‘90s iterations of the Locarno poster, which were often impressionistic and themselves bordering on abstraction, as well as a bold reimagining of the visual landscape in which the cinema world’s most famous leopard finds itself.
Wolfgang Tillmans commented, “At first the brief seemed oddly specific: ‘Locarno poster must feature a leopard and the color yellow’. At the end of a long night session at my studio this January I felt happy that I answered the brief with an even more specific cocktail of three ingredients: On the glass window of my old color laser photocopier I brought together a photograph of a leopard lying on a tree, which I had taken in Kenya seven years ago, with two fake leopard fur mittens, which I had sewn myself as a sixteen years old teenager. The old school copier scans in four passes for the four colors CMYK and I moved the photo and the fluffy mittens in such a way that the scanning process revealed a good share of yellow in the resulting print, whilst other colors flashed up around the edges.”
Sci-fi Horror Film ‘Wellwood’ Starring Keisha Castle-Hughes Sets April 1 Digital Release Date | Trailer
Academy Award nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes (Whale Rider, Game of Thrones), Lance E. Nichols (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Into the Badlands), Camille Balsamo-Gillis (Harbinger Down, NCIS), and Reid Collums (I’m A Virgo) star in the sci-fi horror film Wellwood
Directed by Eliza Hooper, Wellwood will be released On Digital and On Demand on April 1.
The synopsis reads, “When Laura Harper (Camille Balsamo-Gillis) is diagnosed with a terminal illness, her husband Nick (Reid Collums) becomes desperate to save her. His search leads to the discovery of an extraterrestrial entity that he believes holds the key to her cure. However, their actions soon attract the attention of local law enforcement, including the sharp-eyed Deputy Gracie Marsh (Keisha Castle-Hughes) and the town’s steadfast leader, Sheriff Bradley (Lance E. Nichols). As the couple’s choices unravel, they find themselves entangled in a web of consequences beyond their control.“
Watch the trailer for Wellwood.
Watch 4 New Clips from ‘A Working’ Man Starring Jason Statham.
Ahead of the release in theaters this Friday, March 28, 2025, here are 4 new clips for the action thriller film A Working Man starring Jason Statham.
Also starring in the movie directed by David Ayer are Noemi Gonzalez, Arianna Rivas, Emmett J. Scanlan, and Eve Mauro.
Jason Statham stars as Levon Cade, a man who has left behind a decorated military career in the black ops to live a simple life working construction. But when his boss’s daughter, who is like family to him, is taken by human traffickers, his search to bring her home uncovers a world of corruption far greater than he ever could have imagined.
A Working Man | Construction Site Battle
A Working Man | Rematch with Dutch
A Working Man | A Promise
Free for All: The Public Library Documentary Premieres on PBS | Trailer
Directed by Dawn Logsdon and Lucie Faulknor, the documentary Free for All: The Public Library”premieres April 29th on PBS’ Independent Lens
A beloved American institution, the public library’s founding principle is simple: build a place where anyone can enter, free of charge, and encounter a universe of ideas. “Free For All: The Public Library,” premiering on Independent Lens on April 29, 2025, chronicles the fascinating evolution of the American public library’s trajectory, from the original “Free Library Movement” that began in the late 19th century to the present, when many libraries find themselves caught in the crosshairs of the culture wars and struggling to survive amid budget cuts and closures.
Watch the official trailer for Free for All: The Public Library.