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Bob Balaban

James Solomon, director of 'The Witness' is interviewed by actor Bob Balaban about the Kitty Genovese documentary.

The Kitty Genovese Story Was the Prototype for Fake News

By Ken Kurson
Executive director of the Hamptons International Film Festival Anne Chaisson with actor Mark Ruffalo and director Bennett Miller on the red carpet before a screening of Foxcatcher.

Hollywood Out East: Celebrity Spotting at the Hamptons International Film Festival

By Allen Salkin
Cindy Sherman. (Adriel Reboh/Patrick McMullan)

Guests of Cindy Sherman: The Azuero Earth Project Benefit at the Artist’s East Hampton Spread

By Jonah Wolf
Al Pachino

Footlights at Fifty: The Public Theater Celebrates a Half-Century With the Bard in Central Park

By Elise Knutsen

At Ziegfield Premiere of Julie & Julia, It’s a Big Celebrity Stew! Where Else Can You Find Both Rachel Ray and Rachel Roy?

By Sharon Barbour

We Get Plucky With Tim Robbins at Lucky Premiere

By Caroline Bankoff

At Big Benefit, Tina Brown Eschews ‘The Cave’

By David Foxley

Bridgehampton Bob Balaban Does Special Thing With Hoe

By Rebecca Dana

The Transom

By Observer Staff
French billionaire Francois Pinault. .(GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

A Patented Directorial Dexterity Shapes Altman’s New Whodunit

By Andrew Sarris
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