Hawke is unrecognizable as the 5-foot balding Broadway genius in Richard Linklater's new film. "It was demolishing to my vanity," he says from Berlin.

Berlin: At the press conference, several journalists already praised Linklater's movie about the great American lyricist as a "masterpiece."

Hawke stars as the late Broadway icon, the lyricist behind such favorites as "My Funny Valentine," "The Lady Is a Tramp," and more.

Blue Moon, Ethan Hawke's latest collaboration with Richard Linklater, was met with cheers at its Berlin Film Festival world premiere.

Ethan Hawke and Margaret Qualley star in Richard Linklater's new film "Blue Moon," about American lyricist Lorenz Hart.

Blue Moon, though, is very much a minor effort in the Linklater canon. Premiering in competition at the Berlin Film Festival, the Texan auteur’s new film – his 22nd, and the first of two due for release in this year alone – boasts a fine,