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Eddie Vedder and his wife Jill share why they’ve become so heavily involved in the Epidermolysis Bullosa (Eb) community in an exclusive clip from Matter of Time, a new documentary about the Pearl Jam singer and his efforts to raise money and awareness for those suffering from the rare genetic disease.

In the clip, Jill Vedder reveals that she first learned about Eb when the child of one of their friends was diagnosed with the disease. “We were just like, ‘This is the most crazy, brutal, intense thing I’ve ever seen,...

Music documentaries figure prominently in the features line-up of 2025 Tribeca Festival in June, when audiences will get first looks at new films about Metallica, Billy Idol and Culture Club, and Depeche Mode.

Metallica Saved My Life and Billy Idol Should Be Dead – both directed by Jonas Åkerlund – receive their world premieres in New York, as do Fernando Frías’s Depeche Mode: M; Matt Finlin’s Matter Of Time featuring Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder; Alison Eastwood’s Culture Club; Amy Scott’s Counting Crows: Have You Seen Me Lately?; and Miley Cyrus’s visual album Something Beautiful.

Programme highlights expected...

Tribeca Festival has unveiled its 2025 lineup ahead of the annual event, taking place June 4-15, with Alex Ross Perry’s Videoheaven, Takashi Miike’s Shame, RZA’s One Spoon of Chocolate, Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani’s Reflection in a Dead Diamond, Kate Beecroft’s East of Wall, and more.

“At Tribeca, we believe that storytelling is a force — one that connects us, challenges us, and inspires us to reimagine what’s possible,” said Tribeca Festival Director and SVP of Programming Cara Cusumano. “This year’s film lineup is a testament to that power, bursting with creative risk, iconic artists, and new perspectives that spark vital conversations and drive culture forward. These films are a powerful reflection of the world we live in — and the world we want to shape.”

The final selections were chosen from a record-breaking number of submissions. This year’s program includes 118 feature films representing 95 world premieres,...

Exclusive: The major Fall film festivals – Venice, Toronto, and Telluride especially – may be fearing more by the day that the current combined WGA and SAG/AFTRA strikes are going to put a serious crimp in their plans for star-filled glorious fests that also can have an impact in launching awards season (just today MGM announced Zendaya’s Challengers withdrew as the Venice Opening Night film and its release moved to late April 2024 due to actors strike). With the clock ticking, and August just around the corner these fests have to start planning what life will look like without the buzzy boost of A-list stars and a feeling by distributors and studios that maybe they ought to second guess current (as yet mostly unnannounced) participation with their awards bait films which could be moving all over the release map. Following the shutdowns of the pandemic these festivals got their mojo back last year,...