Tribeca Documentaries Examine Reagan Legacy, Evolution Wars
April, 22, 2012 8:13 am | Comments On #Antonino D'Ambrosio, film festivals, independent film, indies, Let Fury Have the Hour, Movies, Scott Thurman, The Revisionaries, tom morello, tribeca film festivalIt's a general rule of film festivals, and one that has long applied to Tribeca: If you want to increase your chances of seeing good movies, go to the documentaries.
Last year, the Tribeca Film Festival presented a pair of docs that are now making waves in theaters, "Bully" (which TFF showed under the title "The Bully Project") and "Jiro Dreams of Sushi." Among the notable entries in this year's crop are "Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Story," "Searching for Sugar Man," "Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story" and "Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey."
Also read: Tribeca Doc 'Evocateur' Profiles Seminal Ranter Morton Downey Jr.
A jury that includes...
Read MoreWomen Grab the Spotlight at Tribeca
April, 20, 2012 11:39 pm | Comments On #Abbie Cornish, Cheerful Weather for the Wedding, Elizabeth McGovern, film festivals, Maritza Santiago Hernandez, Michelle Williams, Movies, sarah polley, Take This Waltz, The Girl, tribeca film festivalThe second full day of screenings at the Tribeca Film Festival covered a typically wide gamut, from the launch of the Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival with the basketball-themed documentary "Benji" to the debut of the no-doubt classy "Eddie – The Sleepwalking Cannibal" to an open-air "Tribeca Drive-In" screening of the '80s classic "The Goonies."
Buyers, meanwhile, talked appreciatively about a handful of films, including documentaries about Morton Downey Jr. and an aspiring Filipino rock star who became the new lead singer of Journey after posting a video on YouTube.
But Friday at Tribeca was also...
Tribeca Drama 'First Winter' Draws Fire for Killing Deer
April, 19, 2012 11:06 pm | Comments On #Benjamin Dickinson, film festivals, First Winter, Movies, tribeca film festivalAs the Tribeca Film Festival moved into its first full day of screenings on Thursday, it didn't take long for one of the festival's most buzzed-about films to also become one of its most controversial.
"First Winter," an apocalyptic drama from first-time director Benjamin Dickinson, had its world premiere on Thursday night at the AMC Loews Village 7, where it was received enthusiastically by a friendly crowd.
But the premiere came as news broke that the filmmakers behind one of the festival's most eagerly awaited films had illegally killed two deer while making the movie.
They did so while shooting the scene that drew the biggest audience reaction at the...
Read MoreRobert De Niro Working on Script for 'Midnight Run' Sequel
April, 19, 2012 2:18 pm | Comments On #Deal Central, judd apatow, Midnight Run, Movies, people, robert de niro, sequelRobert De Niro is working on a sequel to the 1988 hit comedy “Midnight Run,” the actor revealed at a panel Thursday at the Tribeca Film Festival to honor Universal Studios 100th anniversary.
The follow-up would see him helping out the son of the embezzling accountant played by Charles Grodin in the first film. The script is still in development, De Niro said.
Though the thought of returning to “Midnight Run” after more than two decades might seem like sacrilege to fans of the first film, there’s plenty of other reasons for the Criterion Collection set to be feeling antsy.
De...
Read MoreTribeca 2012: Stars, Power Players Hit the Red Carpet (Slideshow)
April, 19, 2012 1:28 pm | Comments On #Emily Blunt, Five Year Engagement, jane rosenthal, Movies, robert de niro, tribeca film festivalStars, producers and industry players came out in New York City for the Tribeca Film Festival's kickoff events, including a screening of "The Five Year Engagement" and, of course, the premiere parties.
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Tribeca Opening Night: Raunchy Judd Apatow Cleans Up With 'Five-Year Engagement'
April, 19, 2012 7:50 am | Comments On #Emily Blunt, Five-Year Engagement, Jason Segel, judd apatow, Movies, robert de niro, The Five-Year Engagment, TribecaRaunch king Judd Apatow has gone respectable.
His newest movie, the likable but overstuffed "The Five-Year Engagement," opened the 11th annual Tribeca Film Festival in Manhattan last night.
Apatow (“Funny People”) is a producer on the romantic comedy, which at its bawdiest features nothing more shocking than star Jason Segel’s naked backside and a twosome amorously smearing each other with potato salad.
The film, which opens nationally April 27, stars Segel and Emily Blunt. They play an engaged couple that keeps encountering obstacles that push back their wedding plans.
He...
Read MoreEconomic Downturn Won't Take Center Stage at Tribeca, Programmers Say
April, 18, 2012 9:54 am | Comments On #economic downturn, Movies, TribecaThe economy may still be sputtering, but don't expect the recession to take center stage at the Tribeca Film Festival.
There will be no searing indictments of the banking and trading industry unspooling just blocks away from Wall Street this year. But that doesn't mean that stories of financial hardship will be wholly absent, the festival's programming team said at a kick-off breakfast Wednesday at the 92YTribeca.
The 12-day festival of films and shorts opens Wednesday night with "The Five-Year Engagement."
"The economy is there, but it's really in the fabric of these films," Genna Terranova, Tribeca's director of programming, said.
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Read MoreTribeca Film Festival: Who Needs an Identity When the Films Are Good?
April, 17, 2012 7:09 pm | Comments On #Abbie Cornish, Cheerful Weather for the Wedding, Chris Colfer, film festivals, First Winter, James Franco, Movies, Struck by Lightning, The Avengers, The Five-Year Engagement, The Girl, tribeca film festival, YossiThe lineup ranges from the blockbusterific spectacle of "The Avengers" to something called "The Fourth Dimension," three short films that include what is reportedly a strange performance by Val Kilmer as a motivational speaker named, um, "Val Kilmer."
Indeed, the Tribeca Film Festival, which opens on Wednesday night for a 12-day run in lower Manhattan, is a festival without a cohesive personality.
And that's just fine with Tribeca.
"You know what makes a festival good?" asked Geoffrey Gilmore, the chief creative officer of Tribeca Enterprises. "Showing good films."
Also read:...
Read MoreDakota Fanning, Michael Moore, Shailene Woodley Named to Tribeca Juries
April, 16, 2012 9:59 am | Comments On #Brett Ratner, Dakota Fanning, film festivals, Gabourey Sidibe, Hugh Dancy, Irwin Winkler, Michael Moore, Movies, olivia wilde, Patricia Clarkson, Shailene Woodley, Susan Sarandon, tribeca film festival, Whoopi GoldbergPatricia Clarkson, Dakota Fanning, Michael Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Olivia Wilde, Hugh Dancy, Brett Ratner, Susan Sarandon, Shailene Woodley, Gabourey Sidibe and Irwin Winkler are among the more than 50 jurors who will serve at this year's Tribeca Film Festival.
The typically far-reaching panels range from actors and filmmakers to critics, restaurateurs and creative executives, from the thoroughly indie ("Frozen River" writer-director Courtney Hunt) to the brazenly mainstream ("Rush Hour" director Ratner), and from a Metropolitan Museum of Art trustee to Justin Bieber's manager.
TFF organizers announced the makeup of the six competition...
Justin Bieber, 'Game of Thrones' Coming to Tribeca Film Festival
April, 04, 2012 11:14 am | Comments On #Disruptive Innovation Awards, Ed Burns, film festivals, Game of Thrones, Justin Bieber, Movies, tribeca film festivalJustin Bieber will win an award and "Game of Thrones" will have its multi-platform rollout dissected at the 11th Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, TFF organizers announced this week.
The announcements of Tribeca's Disruptive Innovation Awards and its Interactive Day programming take the film festival into a variety of non-film areas, celebrating and showcasing books, social media, music, television, news and online humor.
The Tribeca Film Institute's annual Interactive Day will take place on Monday, April 23. Designed as a day to explore what TFF calls "the digital media ecosystem," it will feature a keynote address from Baratunde Thurston,...
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