Tag: tribeca film festival
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World Premiere of Gilda Radner Doc ‘Love, Gilda’ Opens 2018 Tribeca Film Festival
The world premiere of LOVE, GILDA, a documentary about Emmy and Grammy award-winning comedian Gilda Radner, will open the 17th edition of the Tribeca Film Festival Wednesday, April 18. Directed by Lisa D’Apolito, the film is an intimate portrait of the beloved Saturday Night Live cast member and told in her own words with readings…
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Tribeca Film Festival: ‘Dabka’ is True Story of Wannabe Journalist Interviewing Pirates in Somalia
One of my favorite films of this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, “Dabka” is a true story about how a wannabe journalist’s naivete and willingness to put his neck on the line paid off and made him a New York Times bestselling author.
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Tribeca Film Festival: A Rundown of 6 Documentary Shorts
The Tribeca Film Festival always provides a wealth of documentaries that highlight injustices around the world or give us insight into real people. Sometimes, a filmmaker makes a short in an effort to raise money for a full-length feature. Other times, the subject matter simply doesn’t merit a longer film but is still worth communicating.…
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Tribeca Film Festival: Matt LeBlanc, Show Creators Talk Season 5 of “Episodes”
Matt LeBlanc and show writers/creators Jeffrey Klarik and David Crane appeared at the Tribeca Film Festival for a Q&A following the screening of episodes 1 and 5 of season 5 of Showtime’s series, “Episodes.” Season 5 will be the show’s last, and the seven-episode season will air in August, 2017.
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Tribeca Film Festival: ‘I Am Evidence’ Addresses Tragedy of Untested Rape Kits
When Mariska Hargitay heard about the untested rape kit backlog across the majority of jurisdictions in the U.S., she wanted to do something to change it. She testified before a Senate committee and enlisted the help of filmmakers Geeta Gandbhir and Trish Adlesic to make the documentary, “I Am Evidence,” which was part of this…
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Tribeca Film Festival: Alessandro Nivola Wins Best Actor Award for ‘One Percent More Humid’
Liz W. Garcia’s feature, “One Percent More Humid,” won Alessandro Nivola a Best Actor Award at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, but the true stars of the film are young actresses Juno Temple and Julia Garner. Don’t get me wrong – I’m a huge fan of Nivola and have seen him on stage twice.
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Tribeca Film Festival: Triple-Award Winner ‘The Divine Order’ Celebrates Women’s Suffrage in Switzerland
Petra Volpe’s German-language film, “The Divine Order,” set in Switzerland won three awards at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. The jury awarded it the Nora Ephron Prize and Best Actress in an international film to Marie Leuenberger. The movie also won the Audience Award for best overall narrative film. It’s rare for a film to…
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Tribeca Film Festival: ‘Intent to Destroy’ Doc Sets Record Straight About Armenian Genocide
After seeing “The Promise” recently and attending a press conference with director Terry George and stars Christian Bale, Oscar Isaac, and Charlotte Le Bon (see my story on that narrative film), I wanted to be sure and see Joe Berlinger’s documentary “Intent to Destroy” at the Tribeca Film Festival. Also see Paula Schwartz’s coverage of…
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Tribeca Film Festival: A Rundown of 7 Narrative Shorts
I had a chance to watch seven of the narrative short films in the Tribeca Film Festival. Some of them include big stars and have excellent production values.
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Tribeca Film Festival Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Reservoir Dogs’
The Tribeca Film Festival celebrated the 25th anniversary of Quentin Tarantino’s “Reservoir Dogs” with a special screening at the Beacon Theater Friday evening. Following the screening the film’s stars reunited for an epic panel that featured Tarantino, Michael Madsen, Harvey Keitel, Steve Buscemi, Tim Roth, moderated by entertainment writer Lynn Hirschberg. Taking the stage for…
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Tribeca Fest Review: Tom Hanks, Emma Watson in ‘The Circle’
I wanted to like “The Circle.” After all, it stars Tom Hanks, Emma Watson of Harry Potter fame, and Patton Oswalt – actors I always enjoy. I was also interested in the subject matter – the mining of our personal information from our activities on the internet and on our phones.
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Tribeca Film Festival: ‘The Resilient Heart,’ ‘Warning: This Drug May Kill You’ Docs Focus on Health Crises
Two documentaries at the Tribeca Film Festival focus on current health crises, and in the process, they give opposite views of the medical profession. Both films, incidentally, were directed by women.