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Exclusive: Monument Releasing and Visit Films have teamed with The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York to produce a 4K restoration of Todd Solondz’s 2004 feature Palindromes.

The 4K restoration has been organized to celebrate the film’s 20th anniversary. The restored version — produced in conjunction with MoMA — will be released digitally on the 20th of May 2025.

The film will also be available for theatrical bookings before the digital release date via Monument Releasing in North America. Visit Films will represent Palindromes for international sales. Radiance will handle the UK release, Filmin will release digitally in Spain, and Nonstop Entertainment will distribute the film in Scandinavia.

Palindromes stars Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight), Matthew Faber (Welcome to the Dollhouse), Valerie Shusterov, Hannah Freiman (Frontrunners), Emani Sledge, and Bill Buell (Welcome to the Dollhouse).

Solondz’s fifth feature, the film follows thirteen-year-old Aviva Victor who longs for a...

Ten years ago, actor Sean Hayes and playwright David Adjmi were working together to develop a play based on the life of Oscar Levant, the actor, pianist and notorious wit of Hollywood’s Golden Age. Now Hayes is preparing to bring Good Night, Oscar to Broadway next spring. The play is written by Doug Wright.

Exactly how, why and when Hayes and Adjmi split up their partnership on the project is being disputed by both sides in an unusually public way. Adjmi wrote a long Facebook post detailing his perspective earlier this week, as publicity for Good Night, Oscar is just beginning to emerge. Theater twitter took note, as did The New York Times.

In response, Hayes, Wright and their producer Beth Williams have released their own extensive statement, obtained by Deadline. The two accounts of exactly how Levant came into Hayes’ life are notably different.

Adjmi, perhaps best known as the author of 3C,...

Red Bull Theater's Obie Award-Winning Revelation Readings series provides a unique opportunity to hear new and rarely-produced classic plays performed by many of the finest actors in New York. Tonight, see Joanna Baillie's De Monfort, directed by Sari Ketter, featuring Bill Buell, Caitlin O'Connell, Raphael Nash Thompson, Christopher Innvar in the title role, Daniel K. Isaac, Tom Nelis, Joe Penczak, Jacob Perkins, Christina Rouner, Robert Sella, Susanna Stahlmann, and more.

Roundabout Theatre Company Todd Haimes, Artistic Director will soon featureTony Award Winner Rosemary Harris as 'Eleanor Swan' in the New York premiere of Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink, directed by Carey Perloff. The cast will include Firdous Bamji 'Nikrad Das', Bill Buell 'Englishman', Nick Choksi'Dilip', Romola Garai 'Flora Crewe', Neal Huff 'Eldon Pike', Caroline Lagerfelt'Englishwoman', Omar Maskati 'Nazrul',Tim McGeever 'Resident', Brenda Meaney'Nell', Philip Mills 'Eric', Ajay Naidu'Coomaraswami' Bhavesh Patel 'Anish Das', Lee Aaron Rosen 'David Durance' and Rajeev Varma 'RajahPolitician'.The production will begin performances on September 4 and open Tuesday, September 30, 2014 at the Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold amp Miriam Steinberg Centre for Theatre 111 West 46th Street. The company just met the press and you can check out photos from inside the event below...

This evening's performance of Classic Stage Company's production of Bertolt Brecht's A Man's A Man has been cancelled due to an injury last night to cast member Bill Buell Jeraiah Jip. Buell sustained a fractured ankle while off-stage early in the first act due to a mechanical malfunction involving a ballast weight for a garage door which is part of the show's set design. As there is no understudy for the role, the remainder of last evening's performance had to be cancelled as well as tonight's performance while a replacement actor is found. Csc hopes to resume performances tomorrow.

Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Greg Reiner, has announced complete casting today for its upcoming new production of Bertolt Brecht's A Man's A Man, which begins performances Friday, January 10 at Csc 136 East 13thStreet. A Man's A Man will be directed by Brian Kulick and features a new score and new songs by Tony Award-winning composer Duncan Sheik. This production continues Csc's exploration of the works of Bertolt Brecht, which began in 2011 with the sold-out production of Galileoand was followed by last season's The Caucasian Chalk Circle on which Kulick and Sheik also collaborated. Joining previously announcedJustin Vivian Bond Widow Begbick are Jason Babinsky Polly Baker, Bill Buell Jeraiah Jip, Gibson Frazier Galy Gay, Martin Moran Uriah Shelley, Steven Skybell Jesse Mahoney, Stephen Spinella Bloody Five, Ching Valdes-Aran Mr. Wang and Allan K. Washington Ensemble. The official opening night is Thursday,...

Michelle Laumb of Oregon has won the DVD for The Vicious Kind. The film is a movie about relationships and pain. The Vicious Kind has been reviewed here (A Vicious Kind Review).

Thanks for the many entrants who sent submissions and stay tuned for another contest shortly. Details for The Vicious Kind are also available below.

The synopsis for The Vicious Kind here:

"Sleep-deprived and petulant by nature, Caleb Sinclaire reluctantly picks up his brother Peter at college and brings him and his new girlfriend Emma home for Thanksgiving. Having recently broken up with his girlfriend, Caleb warns Peter that Emma will end up hurting him, but he can't stop himself from being drawn to her. As Caleb's obsession with Emma grows, he must decide whether to act on his feelings or protect his brother’s first love" (IMDb).

Release Date: December 19th.

Director/writer: Lee Toland Krieger.

Cast: Adam Scott,...

The Vicious Kind was released December 11th of last year and the film has gone on to win several awards. Right now there is an extra copy of this film here, which is going out to viewers who enter below. The Vicious Kind has won Best Feature at the New Orleans Film Festival and Best Actor for Adam Scott at the Strasbourg International Film Festival. The DVD has special features like the director's commentary, behind the scenes footage, deleted and extended scenes, so enter to win your copy below (only available to Canadian and Us citizens).

The synopsis for The Vicious Kind here:

"Sleep-deprived and petulant by nature, Caleb Sinclaire reluctantly picks up his brother Peter at college and brings him and his new girlfriend Emma home for Thanksgiving. Having recently broken up with his girlfriend, Caleb warns Peter that Emma will end up hurting him, but he can't stop...

Here is the trailer and two posters for upcoming drama film The Good Heart, which stars Brian Cox (Adaptation., Troy, Zodiac, The Escapist) and Paul Dano (There Will Be Blood, Little Miss Sunshine).

Brian Cox stars as Jacques, the curmudgeonly owner of a gritty New York dive bar that serves as home to a motley assortment of professional drinkers. Jacques is determinedly drinking and smoking himself to death when he meets Lucas (Paul Dano), a homeless young man who has already given up on life. In the hopes of keeping his legacy alive, Jacques deems Lucas is a fitting heir and takes him under his wing, schooling him in the male—centric laws of his alcoholic clubhouse: no new customers, no fraternizing with customers and, absolutely no women. Lucas is a quick study, but their friendship is put to the test when the distraught and beautiful April (Isild Le Besco...