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Tribeca Festival : ”Bridget Jones’s Diary” / Q&A with Director Sharon Maguire and Actress Renée Zellweger

At the start of the New Year, 32-year-old Bridget (Renée Zellweger) decides it’s time to take control of her life — and start keeping a diary. Now, the most provocative, erotic and hysterical book on her bedside table is the one she’s writing. With a taste for adventure, and an opinion on every subject –…

Tribeca Festival / Ephemera: Exclusive Video Interview with Filmmaker Shan Jiang

Exploring the complexities of identity, belonging and desire through a deeply personal lens is a stunning motivator in any field of art. Accordingly, the new romantic drama, Ephemera, ponders that journey by blending dance and film to craft an intimate character study. Throughout the film, the expressive physicality of dance serves as both a narrative…

Tribeca Festival : Ponderosa Video Review by Matthew Schuchman

Check out more of Our YouTube Channel  Matthew Schuchman : In the early 90s, while at the video store with his friends who wanted to rent Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead, Matthew asked the clerk if they had any copies of Naked Lunch available. A film buff from an early age, he would turn…

Tribeca Festival : Exclusive Interview with Producers/Directors Cynthia Lowen and Jon Cohrs

©Courtesy of Tribeca Festival  The charming “Kids Like Me”explores the life and aspirations of Oliver, a rambunctious and imaginative preteen growing up with disabilities, who’s an avowed murder-mystery aficionado about to craft the perfect mystery caper. A small body is thrown out the window of a two-story house, followed by shrieks of horror. Has there…

Tribeca Festival Review: ChikaBOOM! Is a Vibrant and Heartfelt Animated Adventure

©Courtesy of Tribeca Festival Short-form storytelling has long proven that it can be just as impactful as a feature film, especially when it combines compelling themes with imaginative filmmaking. ChikaBOOM! is a vibrant, visually inventive and emotionally resonant animated comedy that blends heart, humor and groundbreaking animation techniques into a whirlwind adventure. Beyond its dazzling…

Tribeca Festival : IX XI Review

©Courtesy of IX XI As the 25th anniversary of September draws near, filmmakers continue searching for new ways to explore one of the most documented events in modern history. In the new feature, IX XI, writer-director-producer Sean Wilsey delivers a powerful and deeply personal documentary that shifts the focus from historical analysis to human memory….

Tribeca Festival/ Summer War Review: Games on the Chilean Coast

©Courtesy of Tribeca Festival Chilean filmmaker Alicia Scherson has established herself as one of the leading voices in contemporary Latin American cinema through films such as “Play” (2005), “Turistas” (2009) and “Il Futuro” (2013), earning international recognition for her intimate, character-driven storytelling. She has also maintained a connection to the work of the acclaimed writer…

Tribeca Festival : Memorizu / Exclusive Interview with Director Miiku Sakanishi 

©Courtesy of Tribeca Festival  Memorizu : Yuta arrives at a remote rural town in the island of Kyushu to take care of his fastidious father-in-law Makoto, a photographer recovering from a leg fracture. While assisting at Makoto’s traditional photo studio, where portraits are carefully composed to endure, Yuta stays connected to his wife Yuki and…

Tribeca Festival Review: Deepfake is a Hilarious Satire About Reinvention in the Age of Social Media

©Courtesy of Tribeca Festival In an era where branding feels more important than fulfillment, Deepfake explores the complicated relationship between identity, validation and authenticity. The new comedy blends fashion, technology and social satire into a story that examines how easily self-improvement can become self-erasure. The film ponders when life is curated for public consumption, what…

Tribeca Festival/ Memorizu Review: A Quietly Beautiful Japanese Meditation on Memory

©Courtesy of Tribeca Festival Our everyday lives are made up of countless small moments that slowly gather over time. Most of them are forgotten because they seem ordinary and insignificant. Lacking the drama of major events, they fade almost as soon as they occur. In great films such as Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days” (2023) Jim…

Tribeca Festival/ Sad Girlz Review: Swimming Through Silence: A Striking Mexican Debut

© Still from the film by DoP: Rosa Hadit Hernández © Colectivo Colmena Sexual assault remains one of the most urgent and complex issues facing young people today. Despite increased awareness, it is still shrouded in silence, confusion, and contradiction. More troubling still, it often arises not from the outside, but within spaces meant to feel…