'Pitch Perfect 2' Berlin Premiere

Rebel Wilson and Elizabeth Banks attend a photocall for 'Pitch Perfect 2' at Hotel Ritz Carlton on April 29, 2015 in Berlin, Germany.

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San Francisco Film Fest Highlights, From Alex Gibney's Selfie to Korean BBQ with Guy Maddin

The Opening Night of the San Francisco International Film Festival featured a highly-anticipated film by Oscar-winner Alex Gibney, "Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine," about the famed founder of Apple, with obvious appeal to the local crowd. Executive Director of the San Francisco Film Society Noah Cowan, introducing the first festival produced under his leadership — he joined the organization just before last year's event — seemed especially ebullient as he introduced the evening at the historic and still-dazzling 1922-vintage Castro Theatre. In a world of seemingly endless film festivals, both local and international, Cowan emphasized what sets San Francisco apart and...

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Watch: See What You Missed At Tribeca with Clips From All of Indiewire's Apple Talks

For this year's Tribeca Film Festival, Indiewire teamed up with the Apple Store in Soho, Manhattan for a series of Tribeca Talks. The one-hour discussions featured in-depth conversations with leading directors, writers, actors and producers who took part in the event. Participants this year included Arnold Schwarzenegger ("Maggie"), Olivia Wilde ("Meadowland"), Ethan Hawke ("Good Kill"), Taylor Schilling ("The Overnight") and Paz de la Huerta ("Bare"). Check out the list below for links to clips from the entire series. You can also watch all of the panels on iTunes, or listen to them in podcast form. For any other Tribeca Film Festival...

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Michel Hazanavicius on Why the Negative Reviews for 'The Search' Affected Him

READ MORE: Academy Award-Winner Michel Hazanavicius's 5 Tips for Filmmakers Academy Award-winning French director Michel Hazanavicius was chosen by the COLCOA French Film Festival in Los Angeles for its Focus on a Filmmaker program this year. Besides revisiting the film that launch his international career, "OSS 117: Cairo Nest of Spies," the festival hosted the L.A. premiere of the filmmaker's latest work "The Search," which premiered in competition at last year's Cannes Film Festival. Based on Fred Zinnemann's classic film of the same name, Hazanavicius's update is set during he second Chechen war of 1999 and stars Berenice Bejo and Annette Bening....

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'The Flash' Season 1, Episode 22: 'Rogue Air'

Scenes from 'The Flash' Season 1, Episode 22, 'Rogue Air.'

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How This Tribeca-Winning Director Made a Period Film That Feels Strikingly Modern

READ MORE: Watch: New Trailer and Clip Arrive When 'Men Go To Battle' For the Civil War FilmThe problem with most period pieces is that they're distancing. Even the finest, most humanizing historical films have an anthropological quality, as if the people onscreen were torn from a history book rather than a captured slice of life. This problem is typically inherent to the fabric of the period piece genre. That's not the case with Zachary Treitz's "Men Go to Battle." Treitz, who was awarded Best New Narrative Director at the Tribeca Film Festival this year, has created a period piece that feels contemporary. "Men Go to Battle," set in 1861, is a portrait of...

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Riviera Maya Film Fest Dares to Bring Edgy Fare to Cinema-Starved Mexican Audiences

What I love about the Riviera Maya Film Festival is its indifference to playing it safe. Like spring break for cinephiles, this exotic festival tucked along the Yucatan Peninsula in Quintana Roo brought a challenging loot of films to Mexico, where the public may never see them again. That's because exhibitors in the region are more invested in keeping theaters running by screening fast-food movies for audiences. But under artistic director Paula Chaurand and her hard-working team, Riviera Maya offers more daring international fare, such as Asia Argento's opening night film "Misunderstood," a troubling family drama with less-than-sympathetic characters (many of them female)...

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