Recently, IFC News was at the Walter Reade Theater for a New York Film Festival Press Conference for the Brian De Palma film Redacted, where the director was found defending his edit. At the end of the film disturbing images are shown in a montage sequence, photographs that Brian De Palma says "all exist on the internet." That may be so, but Magnolia Pictures owner Mark Cuban doesn't want them on the big screen. On......

It's that time of the year again: When Hollywood honors its moviemaking the way it knows (and not always in equitable ways, given that Alfred Hitchcock nor Robert Altman, to name a few, have never won Directing Oscars) and America gets to watch hours of pre-show hosted by idiots. Giving commentary for Gothamist this year, Karen Wilson, Margaret Harper, and Jen Chung. 7:06PM First thoughts: Gael Garcia Bernal is so cute. Ryan Seacrest is an......

MOVIE: In their ongoing series about The Next Generation of Film, the Film Society at Lincoln Center has been bringing award winning filmmakers to the Upper West Side to discuss the behind the scenes of their work. This newest installment features Ben Affleck, the Oscar winner who seems to be on the road back from being a celeb couple punch line with his work in the recent film, Hollywoodland. Affleck will be screening this movie......

In a savvy mixture of viral advertising and graffiti art, two different entertainment products have strikingly similar ads up around the city. Both of the campaigns for the HBO series Rome and the horror movie Turistas are playing on that tendency of New Yorkers with black markers to tag outdoor posters -- by doing the work for the would-be graffiti artists. What makes both of these posters seem clever is how nicely they fit in......

MUSIC: Tonight head down to the Pier 17 for another Seaport Music Festival show. Lineup: 7pm Mike Wexler, 7:45pm Juana Molina, 8:45pm White Magic Friday // 7pm // Pier 17 // Free COMEDY: We just happened to check out the UCB site and found out that God's Pottery is playing tonight! We saw these guys months ago and they made us laugh quite a bit. Go check them out! To give you an idea of......

To watch all the crap that comes out in the movie theaters is just plain crazy - especially during the summer movie season when it seems like every other movie is craptastic. But that's just what a few people have set their sights on with a website called The Movie Binge. The site has six people on its roster right now, including Gothamist's own Karen Wilson, with the possibly of some guest "bingers" as......

It's Oscar Night and Gothamist is here. Tonight, it'll be a joint effort, from our resident film guru Karen Wilson and our resident Oscar freak Jen Chung. We hope you weigh in with what you think! KW: I have my popcorn, my diet coke -- I am ready for the spectacle and the excess. JC: ALL RIGHT! I just took extra Vitamin C - I'm waiting for some food delivery. 6:36PM Isaac Mizrahi has NOT......

As Jon Stewart takes to the stage this Sunday at 8 pm to host the 78th Annual Academy Awards, the movie-lovin' Gothamist will be watching with eager anticipation from our couch. The spectacle, the glamour, the bad musical numbers and cheesy memorial montages -- we love it all. In fact, Gothamist (ie. Jen Chung and movie correspondent Karen Wilson) will be live blogging the ceremony but in the meantime, here's a few predictions for the......

We've been hearing amazing things about Oldboy since it won last year's Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix, for being innovative and daring with its storytelling (our own Karen Wilson says, "This is one of those movies like Memento or Irreversible that the cineastes in your world will be rabidly debating around the watercooler") but Gothamist has had to wait. Oldboy opens in theaters on March 25, but you don't have to wait until then:......

Tonight, as a part of their continuing series on film and media, the Reel Roundtable presents a screening of After Life (2000) directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda and then a symposium with film blogger, Greg Allen of greg.org. After Life is one of those genuinely lovely movies, where both your heart is warmed and your brain exercised from seeing it. Set in a purgatory-like place, the newly deceased are given the opportunity to choose one memory......

Gothamist has loved Wes Anderson and his films even since we saw Dignan's Five Year Plan in Bottle Rocket, so we're happy to announce that Touchstone Films has given us twenty-five tickets to a screening of Wes Anderson's new film, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, starring Bill Murray. And we're holding a contest to give them away!! Enter at Gothamist Contest: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Each of the tickets (which are......