Report From Tribeca
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Gilda Radner Documentary ‘Love, Gilda’ to Open Tribeca Film Festival
17th edition of festival opens April 18
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‘Abundant Acreage Available’ Review: Amy Ryan Owns This Quiet Family Drama
Writer-director Angus MacLachlan sketches small-town lives with sensitivity, but it’s Ryan who makes his understated and enigmatic drama worth seeing
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‘The Trip to Spain’ Review: Steve Coogan, Rob Bryden Impersonate Michael Caine Mainly on the Plain
Tribeca: How much you’ll want to take this third jaunt directly corresponds with your amusement with these actors’ constant digressions (and Michael Caine voices)
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‘Manifesto’ Review: Cate Blanchett Is Every Woman in Trippy Art Piece
Tribeca: The actress serves up 13 wild characters delivering a variety of manifestos in a film too smart and sassy to be self-indulgent
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‘Chuck’ Review: Liev Schreiber Transforms Himself into the Boxer Who Would Inspire ‘Rocky’
Bittersweet saga of also-ran boxer Chuck Wepner, like its subject, goes the distance without quite becoming a champion
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‘Keep the Change,’ ‘Bobbi Jene’ Win Top Awards at Tribeca Film Festival
Acting awards go to Alessandro Nivola for “One Percent More Humid” and Nadia Alexander for “Blame”
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‘The Circle’ Review: Tom Hanks Runs Social Media Cult in Implausible Thriller
Tribeca: Hanks and Emma Watson are stuck in a Dave Eggers adaptation striving for relevance but never finding realism
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Tribeca: Kobe Bryant on His New Career as Storyteller, Moviemaker
The animated short “Dear Basketball,” athlete tells TheWrap, is the beginning of a post-NBA career in the entertainment business
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‘The Lovers’ Review: Debra Winger and Tracy Letts Rekindle Their Marital Spark
Tribeca: In Azazel Jacobs’ expertly crafted sex farce, a husband and wife sneak behind their respective lovers’ backs after they re-fall for each other
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Hillary Clinton Drops in on Tribeca Panel for Kathryn Bigelow’s VR Poaching Short
“The Protectors” follows park rangers who are fighting what Clinton calls “some of the most ruthless killers on the planet”
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‘Aardvark’ Review: Zachary Quinto Is Seeing Things in Uneven Mental-Illness Drama
Tribeca: A trio of fine performances — from Quinto, Jon Hamm and Jenny Slate — only elevate first-timer Brian Shoaf’s screenplay so far
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‘Flower’ Review: Zoey Deutch Stars in a Toxic ‘Juno’ Knock-Off
Tribeca: Director Max Winkler strives for edge in this supposedly outrageous teen comedy, but it’s merely hateful and offensive
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Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand, Kobe Bryant to Join Tribeca Film Festival Talks
Programs will also include a live performance by Common and celebrity interviewers Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson and Dustin Hoffman
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‘King Cobra’ Review: James Franco Dives Deep Into Gay Porn and Murder
Director Justin Kelly’s true-crime tale doesn’t let the explicit gay sex get in the way of dark humor and fascinating characters
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‘Mr. Church’ Tribeca Review: Eddie Murphy Fixes White People’s Lives in Retrograde Drama
Director Bruce Beresford is back in “Driving Miss Daisy” mode with another film about a black man defined solely by his service to white employers
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