· Calling all film geeks: NY Times senior film critic A.O. Scott, Sundance muckracker Peter Biskind, Times Hollywood correspondent Sharon Waxman, and other industry movers and shakers participate in a discussion on the current state of independent cinema at NYU's Kimmel Center tonight. [Nation]
· Voyeurs take the stage: "Verbatim Verboten," in which actors perform illicitly recorded, embarrasing conversations between famous people (anyone from Rudy Giuliani to Britney Spears to Enron execs), makes its New York debut at Fez tonight. And yes, this is the same show that once enacted a crumbling-marriage breakup conversation between Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, much to the chagrin of the former's attorneys. [Fez]
· Evidently, that guy from Meet the Fockers, Hide and Seek, and that annoying American Express commerical—De Niro or something—used to make movies that weren't half bad. Who knew? If you don't believe us, check out his 80's epic, Raging Bull, which plays at the Clearview Ziegfeld tonight. [TONY]