Tribeca Film Festival 2017 Archives

Zosia Mamet Carries The Relationship Dramedy ‘The Boy Downstairs’ [Review]

May 3, 2017 3:45 pm

TRIBECA: A traditional romcom from the outside that takes some emotionally honest turns for the better, Tribeca dramedy, “The Boy Downstairs” sports a trivial veneer that eventually reveal poignant insides from...

Tribeca Best Documentary Winner ‘Bobbi Jene’ Is A Joy To Watch [Review]

Ally Johnson

May 1, 2017 7:00 pm

News, Reviews

In director Elvira Lind’s absorbing documentary about American dancer Bobbi Jene Smith, the narrative triumph within is the subject's own personal journey to independence. While artistry and those who create li...

An Idyllic Look At Artistic Life In ‘Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait’ [Tribeca Review]

Joe Blessing

May 1, 2017 6:35 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Julian Schnabel has always worked on a grand scale, from the massive paintings he first made his name with, to his visceral depictions of entire lives as a film director, even extending to the creation of his o...

Tribeca Shorts: ‘Tokyo Project’ With Elisabeth Moss, ‘For Flint,’ & ‘Approaching A Breakthrough’ [Review]

Gary Garrison and Ally Johnson

April 30, 2017 4:54 pm

News, Reviews

"For Flint" For the general American public, the Flint, Michigan water crisis is over. The problem was identified, the public was outraged, the media coverage faded. But for those residents of Flint — a former...

‘Get Me Roger Stone’: The Malevolent ‘Forrest Gump’ Of Conservative Politics [Tribeca Review]

Charles Bramesco

April 30, 2017 12:24 pm

News, Reviews

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In her writing about the Nazis, Hannah Arendt famously introduced the phrase “the banality of evil” into the public lexicon. Republican political strategist Roger Stone is as evil as they come, but there is not...

Quentin Tarantino & ‘Reservoir Dogs’ At Tribeca: 8 Things We Learned

Rodrigo Perez

April 29, 2017 1:14 pm

Features, Festivals, News

The 25th anniversary screening of Quentin Tarantino’s debut film “Reservoir Dogs” at Tribeca Film Festival last night went off like a rock concert, with Tarantino greeted by the raucous crowd like a bonafide ro...

‘Nobody’s Watching’ Deserves Its Best Acting Award At Tribeca [Review]

Bradley Warren

April 29, 2017 11:00 am

News, Reviews

The Tribeca Film Festival’s selection of “Nobody’s Watching” for its International Dramatic Competition is certainly a canny move, as the film couldn’t find a better home than this New York fest. Despite its tr...

‘For Ahkeem’: One Sobering Story Of Hardship Reflects Many [Tribeca Review]

Ally Johnson

April 28, 2017 5:15 pm

Festivals, Reviews

A coming of age documentary told against the fiery backdrop of teenager Mike Brown's tragic death and the Ferguson, Missouri riots and protests that followed in 2014, the documentary “For Ahkeem” is a sobering ...

‘Gilbert’ Gottfried Doc Does Justice To A Comedy Legend [Tribeca Review]

Andrew Crump

April 28, 2017 4:30 pm

Festivals, Reviews

Gilbert Gottfried might not be a human being. He might actually be a cat in a human being costume. About forty minutes into “Gilbert,” Neil Berkeley’s incongruously warm and fuzzy doc about the comic legend’s l...

‘LA 92’ Is A Harrowing, Incendiary Epic Of The 1992 Los Angeles Riots [Tribeca Review]

Chris Barsanti

April 28, 2017 2:40 pm

Festivals, Reviews

As heartrending as it is heart-racing, “LA 92” will make an uneasy fit when it gets broadcast on National Geographic alongside episodes of “Monster Fish” and “Locked Up Abroad.” Receiving its world premiere at ...

Tom Hanks and Emma Watson Can’t Save ‘The Circle’ [Tribeca Review]

Kimber Myers

April 28, 2017 8:40 am

Festivals, Reviews

Based on Dave Eggers’ novel about the eponymous tech company, “The Circle” feels more like a designer’s mock-up than a fully formed product. Beautifully shot by Matthew Libatique with cool injections of The Cir...

Amy Ryan Amplifies The Quiet ‘Abundant Acreage Available’ [Tribeca Review]

Rodrigo Perez

April 27, 2017 4:15 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Small town life is poignantly examined in the modest Tribeca drama “Abundant Acreage Available.” A humanist narrative about family, faith, and grief, ‘Acreage’ is an intimate film with few outsized dramatic mom...

Christopher Abbott Steals The Show In The Intense Thriller ‘Sweet Virginia’ [Tribeca Review]

Ally Johnson

April 27, 2017 1:30 pm

News, Reviews

Christopher Abbott continues to glower his way through roles, all furrowed brow and electric intensity, but there are no complaints here. It’s his onscreen magnetism that makes much of “Sweet Virginia” work, a ...

Anger Is Still An Energy In John Lydon Doc ‘The Public Image is Rotten’ [Tribeca Review]

Chris Barsanti

April 27, 2017 11:40 am

News

Blisteringly caustic as ever, John Lydon nevertheless reveals himself as an occasionally sentimental sort in Tabbert Fiiller’s fitfully revelatory and charming documentary, “The Public Image Is Rotten,” screeni...

Tribeca Exclusive: Clip & Poster For The ‘Safe’-Like Documentary ‘The Sensitives’

theplaylist

April 26, 2017 3:50 pm

News

The Tribeca Film Festival is still in full swing (it's long!), and one film that’s worth keeping an eye on is the documentary “The Sensitives,” which screens tonight. Directed by cinematographer-turned-helmer D...

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