Richard Pryor
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Tribeca Review: 'Richard Pryor: Omit The Logic' Obscures The Genius Of A Comedic Titan
It's an unenviable task, putting together a documentary about a stand-up comedian. The best ones transcend the form and become storytellers; in the case of "Richard Pryor: Omit The Logic," offering only brief snippets of Pryor's bits is like doing a Michael Jackson doc and only playing a few bars of...
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Tribeca Review: 'Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic' Never Gets a Grasp on Its Talented, Controversial Subject
When Marina Zenovich made her 2008 doc "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired," she had an angle on her subject that gave the film a sense of urgency even though it was centered around events that took place 30 years before. It wasn't a simple profile of Polanski, it was a look at his sexual abuse scan...
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The Playlist's 20 Most Anticipated Films Of The 2013 Tribeca Film Festival
Running from April 17-28, the 12th incarnation of the Tribeca Film Festival starts this week. It's a festival which has only grown in stature and confidence over the years; those awkward toddler years in which the line up was rather unwieldy and the standard a little haphazard are now just a distant...
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Bill Condon Out, Forest Whitaker Now Producing Forever-Developing Richard Pryor Biopic
The saga of the constantly-in-development Richard Pryor biopic could fill pages upon pages but we'll try and keep it brief. At one time called "Is It Something I Said?," Martin Scorsese was linked way back in the day while Pryor was still alive and over the years it continued to kick around with Edd...
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Weekend Reel Reads: Behind-the-Scenes Videos and Talking Heads
Also on this week's docket of film-related pieces from around the Internet: 'Birth of a Nation,' 'The Gatekeepers' and why slapstick as we know it is dead in 2013.
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Richard Pryor Retrospective At BAMcinématek, Brooklyn (10 Days, 20 Films, All in 35mm)
Hey New Yorkers! While you're waiting for that Marlon Wayans, Chris Rock-produced Richard Pryor biopic to become a reality, here's some Richard Pryor news that I think many of you will greatly appreciate and cheer.
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