World premiering his documentary on Mexico's most revered athlete at the Tribeca Film Festival, Mexican actor/director Diego Luna summed up boxing's appeal perfectly: "Boxing is I think the first sport ever. From the beginning there were two guys fighting, and one guy watching." By way of explaining Mexico's unparalleled...

The ASCAP music lounge may be the best place to be at the TFF. These intimate concerts are for filmmakers and badge holders only - a place to relax and escape the madness of the festival. Now movies are fun and premieres are great but this was honestly the most...

The premiere for writer/director/actor Ed Burns latest, Purple Violets, was a friendly affair Monday night, as the majority of the media scrum was in Queens for the premiere of Spider-Man 3. Burns, along with Debra Messing, Donal Logue, and...

The biggest laughs at the premiere of Numb came not from the movie, the story of a Hollywood writer played by Matthew Perry struggling with depersonalization disorder, but from the Q&A of the film's actors following the screening.

"Are Men Funny? No one has a panel on that!" says Susie Essman of Curb Your Enthusiasm as she kicks off the panel, Look Who's Laughing.

A recent Vanity Fair article claimed that women are less funny than men. But these five leading ladies insist they are...

A slightly dazed Benson Lee made no attempt to hide his exhaustion as he introduced Planet B-Boy. "We're having the after-party right now," he said, rubbing his eyes, "so sorry, I'm kind of out of it." After three years spent following the frenetic world of b-boying (or break-dancing), it's...

"Forest is like a reincarnation of Gandhi," Sarah Michelle Gellar crowed to a TV camera of her costar Forest Whitaker at the premiere of The Air I Breathe Sunday night, "And Kevin would sit outside my trailer playing guitar." That would be Kevin Bacon, another costar along with Andy Garcia...

Modern movie theaters are sometimes seen as today's cathedrals -- our living generations' place for our frequently chosen sort of spirutal reflection. But the special advantage of screening a film in an actual cathedral, Tribeca Film Festival's executive producer...

James Franco could be forgiven his exhaustion as he gamely chatted with reporters before the premiere of Good Time Max in Tribeca Sunday night. Just back from a weeklong press junket for Spider-Man 3, which had him in a different country every day, he was also gearing up for tonight's...

Would you watch a televised execution? 21% of Americans say they wouldn't just watch one, they'd pay to watch one. That's one of the real life poll numbers quoted in Oscar-winning documentarian Bill Guttentag's narrative debut, Live!, which he wrote and directed. The mockumentary trails a ballsy, ratings-obsessed television...

Two premieres on the same day at the same theater, what's a guy to do? With 159 features showing at the Tribeca Film Festival, it was bound to happen to someone. Actor Bill Pullman faced that wardrobe dilemma Saturday afternoon when You Kill Me premiered just hours after Nobel Son...

"I had to create a safe place for these actors to do what they do," the film's director softly said into the microphone during the Q&A following the premiere of The Education of Charlie Banks in Chelsea Friday night. The breathy male voice, almost a loud whisper, touched on future...

Suburban Girl leading man Alec Baldwin may have been nowhere near the film's premiere Friday night, but in spirit he was everywhere.

Before the film, the working press had to contend with a publicist speeding Sarah Michelle Gellar down the red carpet. As the film's star paused by reporters...

This year's Tribeca Film Festival welcomes many famous faces who are moving behind the camera. Yesterday evening, five incredible actors gathered to talk about their...

Confession: I've walked down a red carpet, I've covered premiers from the red carpet but nothing prepares you for Bono. Yesterday evening I dashed out of the Huff Post office, with Tribeca maps, guides, press screening lists, pre-screening lists, publicity contacts, media kits, calendars and passes in hand.

Two...

The most surprising thing to come out of Thursday's slate of films at the Tribeca Film Festival may have been the realization that Adam Carolla can pull off being the leading man in a romantic comedy. Carolla, previously known for encouraging women in tank tops to jump on trampolines for...

"Leo! Leo LEEOOOO!!!!!" So went the cries when Leonardo DiCaprio hit the red carpet at The Gardener of Eden premiere, and he's not even in it. DiCaprio produced the film, which is directed by his friend Kevin Connolly (Eric from HBO's "Entourage") and stars his friend Lukas Haas (perhaps best...

"Is me feeling female the same as J.Lo feeling black? I don't know." So said Alexis Arquette as she pondered her gender during the press conference for Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother in Chelsea Thursday afternoon. The movie premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival Monday night.

"Are you ready for...