Friday, April 27-----Last evening, the audience at a packed screening theater at Pace University had a singular treat.....the world premiere screening of a documentary portrait of the most influential actor of the past century. BRANDO, directed by Leslie Greiff and Mimi Friedmann, is an exhaustive three-hour study of  Marlon Brando....the man, his talent and his demons. The film was produced by Turner Classic Movies, which will show the film in two parts next week, as part of its "star of ...

TRIBUTE TO MARLON BRANDOThe 57th edition of the Locarno International Film Festival will honour andcommemorate Marlon Brando on Saturday August 7. The film chosen toremind us of the tremendous actor who died recently is Queimada, made in1969 by Gillo Pontecorvo, who will be attending the festival in Locarno tocelebrate Brando’s extraordinary performance and to discuss their worktogether on a memorably turbulent production. Written by the director incollaboration with Franco Solinas and shot in...