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“He was the grandest of men,” says Tom Hanks. “A big-hearted, big tent, compassionate man,” recalls Meryl Streep. Hollywood reacted today with heartbreak and praise to news of Jonathan Demme’s death. “Rest In Peace, JD…”, tweeted Alec Baldwin, who made an early big-screen appearance in 1988 with Demme’s Married to the…

David Byrne’s boisterous segue from Imelda Marcos (Here Lies Love) to Saint Joan (Joan of Arc: Into the Fire) is the ultimate example of crab-walking from the ridiculous to the sublime. It’s also true that in Here Lies Love, his shape-shifting disco dance-a-thon about the imperious Philippine First Lady (co-authored…

Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired North American rights to Bill Ross and Turner Ross's Contemporary Color, the documentary featuring and produced by Talking Heads frontman David Byrne that bowed this spring at the Tribeca Film Festival. A 2017 theatrical release is planned. The pic follows the summer 2015 live…

Following the success of last year’s Tribeca Film Festival studio, Deadline has returned to the fest’s HQ at 50 Varick Street, hosted by The Lincoln Motor Company, for a series of video interviews and photo sessions with some of the most prolific voices in independent film. Photographer Mark Mann, who was behind the…

Combine rock 'n' roll and synchronized dance routines involving flags, rifles and sabers and you get Contemporary Color, a new documentary by Bill and Turner Ross. The feature captures an event organized by legendary Talking Heads musician David Byrne at Brooklyn's Barclays Center, which celebrates the art of Color…