Frank J. Avella’s
Film Column

Oscar Predictions
King vs. King

2010 is a very strange Oscar year. As has been noted, ad nauseum via blogs, The Social Network won all of the important pre-Guild Oscar pre-cursers yet seemed to have hit a brick wall ...(more)

Jake Gyllenhaal
Love & Other Drugs
Press Day
Waldorf Astoria
November 6, 2010

Walking into the room to meet Jake Gyllenhaal this writer slipped and fell and was completely and utterly embarrassed, not knowing how he would react to this faux pas...(more)

Anne Hathaway
Love & Other Drugs
Press Roundtables
Waldorf Astoria
November 6, 2010

Anne Hathaway is becoming bolder when it comes to her choices – on and off-screen. This is the case with her movie roles, co-stars, nude scenes and more...(more)

Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
PBS’s “Great Performances”
Private Screening
NYIT Auditorium
November 1, 2010

Sondheim! The Birthday Concert was screened at the NYIT Auditorium for an audience of press and performers...(more)

The Social Network Press Conference
With Justin Timberlake, Jesse Eisenberg and Arron Sorkin
New York Film Festival
September 24, 2010

The new film Social Network is sharp, topical and on-the-mark...(more)

84th New York Film Festival
September 24 - October 10, 2010
Lincoln Center

Since 1963, The New York Film Festival has continued to bring new and important cinematic works by filmmakers from around the world. The Festival includes Main Slate selections along with special events, panel discussions, the experimental film showcase Views from the Avant-Garde, and much more.

H. B. Forman Talks to
Katie Holmes

Katie Holmes enters a hotel ballroom dressed in collegiate white shirt, wine-colored trousers and heels and a funky-chic necklace, her famous brunette mane curled and loose against her porcelain skin...(more)