Almost sixty years after her mother – actress Jayne Mansfield’s tragic death, Emmy and Golden Globe winning actress and filmmaker Mariska Hargitay makes her feature film directorial debut with the HBO Original documentary My Mom Jayne.
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Mariska Hargitay Directs HBO Documentary ‘My Mom Jayne’
My Mom Jayne by Mariska Hargitay (Jean Nelson | 12/Alamy Stock Photo/Courtesy of HBO)
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28th Brooklyn Film Festival Titled ‘Pause’ to Run May 30-June 8
Brooklyn Film Festival (credit Lou Aguilar / Flickr) Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF) announced its 28th edition titled Pause taking place from May 30-June 8, in-person at Windmill Studios in Greenpoint. Additional screenings will be held on June 2 through June 5 at the Wythe Hotel Cinema in Williamsburg. BFF will also run online via the festival’s website from May 31-June 8 (24/7).
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Daniel Battsek Named President of Film at Lincoln Center
Daniel Battsek (courtesy FLC) Daniel Battsek has been appointed President of Film at Lincoln Center (FLC), the NYC organization dedicated to the art of cinema and home to the New York Film Festival. He assumes his new role starting May 1, 2025.
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Snapshot – ‘Borrowed Time: Lennon’s Last Decade’, ‘A Wu-Tang Experience’, ‘Finding Groovopolis’ Documentary Films Set Release Dates
Borrowed Time: Lennon’s Last Decade (Kaleidoscope Entertainment) ‘Borrowed Time: Lennon’s Last Decade’ Documentary Explores Final Decades of John Lennon’s Life
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Tom Cruise ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ to Premiere at Cannes Film Festival
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures) Tom Cruise will celebrate the world premiere of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning at the 78th Cannes Film Festival.
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‘The Last Rodeo’ Starring Neal McDonough Headlines 55th USA Film Festival in Dallas Lineup
The Last Rodeo by Jon Avnet (Angel Studios) The USA Film Festival in Dallas, Texas celebrates its 55th edition from April 23-27, 2025, with a star-studded lineup of films and events.
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Werner Herzog to Receive Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at Venice International Film Festival
Werner Herzog (courtesy of Lena Herzog) Director Werner Herzog (Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, Nosferatu the Vampyre) will be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia taking place August 27 – September 6, 2025.
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Robert De Niro to Receive Honorary Palme d’or for Lifetime Achievement at Cannes Film Festival
Robert De Niro at the Killers of the Flower Moon premiere at the 76th Festival de Cannes. Picture (Paul Smith / Featureflash | dp) Actor, director and producer Robert De Niro will receive an honorary Palme d’or for lifetime achievement at the opening ceremony of the 78th Cannes Film Festival.
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World Premiere of ‘Billy Joel: And So It Goes’ to Open 2025 Tribeca Festival
Billy Joel “Billy Joel: So It Goes” (Art Maillett | Sony Music Archives | Courtesy HBO) The world premiere of the HBO documentary Billy Joel: And So It Goes, will open the 2025 Tribeca Festival, taking place June 4-15 in New York City.
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‘Lavender Men’ Trailer – Lincoln’s Queer History is Fantasized in Lovell Holder’s Film Adaptation of Acclaimed Play
Gillian Williams as “The First Lady,” Ted Rooney as “The President,” and Alex Esola as “Elmer” in Lavender Men directed by Lovell Holder (Courtesy of Matt Plaxco | Pride Flix) Lavender Men, directed by Lovell Holder, is the kind of film that makes you question everything you thought you knew about Abraham Lincoln. Adapted from the critically acclaimed play developed by Roger Q. Mason and Lovell Holder, it explores an elaborate fantasia about the 16th President’s gay love affair.
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Ryan White’s ‘Come See Me in the Good Light’ Wins Best Film at 49th Cleveland International Film Festival
Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley in Come See Me in the Good Light by Ryan White. (photo by Brandon Somerhalder) Come See Me in the Good Light, directed by Ryan White has won the Audience Choice Award for Best Film at the 49th Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF49). The Sundance Award-winning documentary captures poet Andrea Gibson as they navigate a terminal cancer diagnosis with their wife, fellow poet Megan Falley, by their side.
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Brittany Shyne’s ‘ Seeds’ Wins Grand Jury Award at 2025 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
Willie Head Jr. in Seeds by Brittany Shyne | photo by Brittany Shyne. Seeds, Brittany Shyne’s documentary portrait of Centennial farmers in the geographical south has won the Full Frame Grand Jury Award at the 2025 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. Using lyrical black-and-white imagery, the film examines the decline of generational Black farmers and the significance of owning land.