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Tribeca Festival Review: There’s No Need to Answer “The Black Phone”

When director Scott Derrickson and co-writer C. Robert Cargill unleashed Sinister onto the world in 2012, they were shot into a new legendary status in the horror community. While the two teamed up for more releases from other horror films to the first Doctor Strange movie, they find themselves back in that Sinister aura for…

Tribeca Festival Review – ‘The Forgiven’ is Typical Social Commentary from John Michael McDonagh

There’s often a tremendous gap between the rich and the poor, and the lack of acknowledgment of that disparity can serve to foster resentment. Many people who have plenty tend to treat those who have little as beneath them, as if hiring them is a gift rather than a contract and they should be expected…

Tribeca Festival : Review / An Aspiring Filmmaker’s Self-Discovery While Latvia Struggles for Independence in Poignant and Terrific Tribeca Festival Winner

In the opening scene of ”January”, the final scene of Ingmar Bergman’s “Through a Glass Darkly” is shown on a small screen. In the Swedish auteur’s 1961 Oscar winning film a searching son asks his restrained father about love. The father firmly answers that love has many forms – it can be noble, foul, awkward…

Tribeca Festival : Review / Jennifer Lopez’s Netflix Film, “Halftime” is Overt Service to Her Fans

Latina superstar Jennifer Lopez celebrated her 50th birthday in the debut screening of “Halftime” — the documentary which served as The Tribeca Festival’s opening night event. The film tracks her rise from generating Oscar buzz for the film “Hustlers” to her sizzling performance during the Super Bowl’s halftime show. After more than 20 years in the entertainment…

Tribeca Festival : Review / We Might As Well Be Dead, A Dark Tale Mimicking Society’s Blatant Chauvinism

We Might As Well Be Dead is the epitome of fear as a self-reproducing system that dominates the political discourse. This is the feature debut directed by Russian-German Natalia Sinelnikova, that was presented at the 72nd Berlin Film Festival and at the 21st Tribeca Film Festival. Forty year old Anna Wilczynska (Ioana Iacob) lives with…

Tribeca Festival / Review – B.J. Novak Makes His Superbly Entertaining Directorial Debut with ‘Vengeance’

There’s a basic human instinct to seek revenge when someone is wronged. What constitutes being wronged is up for debate and will be interpreted differently by each person, but the natural response to any sort of offense will likely be first defined by a desire to get even and then a more rational evaluation of…

Tribeca Festival : Exclusive Interview with Director Sarah Elizabeth Mintz On the Cautionary Tale of Adolescent Acceptance in Good Girl Jane

Searching to find a place where they feel accepted for who they truly are is a powerful rite of passage for many teenagers as they struggle to navigate high school. That’s certainly the case for the titular protagonist of the new coming-of age drama, Good Girl Jane, as she seeks acceptance among her family and…

Tribeca Festival : Review / The Wild One, A Magnificent Documentary Where Life And Craft Resound Social Justice Consciousness

Narrated by Willem Dafoe, The Wild One is an introspective documentary that reconstructs the personal and professional life of Jack Garfein: Holocaust survivor, Actors Studio co-founder, controversial stage and screen director. Award-nominated director and producer Tessa Louise-Salomé skilfully plays with old footage. She creates chimerical effects through black and white moving pictures that come from…

Tribeca Festival Announces 2022 Jury Awards

The 2022 Jury Award winners of the 21st Annual Tribeca Festival, presented by OKX have been announced! Many notable films that have won Tribeca Festival Jury Awards have gone on to win the Academy Awards including: Jesus Camp, Taxi to the Dark Side and of course The Queen of Basketball which won an Oscar just…

Tribeca Festival : Exclusive Interview with Directors Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine on “Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song”

Synopsis : Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song is a definitive exploration of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, Hallelujah. This feature-length documentary weaves together three creative strands: The songwriter and his times. The song’s dramatic journey from record label reject to chart-topping hit. And moving testimonies…