Answering an ad in the newspaper, a washed-up cellist from Tokyo thinks he's taking a job in a travel agency. But instead of taking care of 'departures,' he discovers to his chagrin the firm actually tends to 'the departed,' in other words, prepping corpses for burial. In "Departures," the Academy Award winner for best foreign language film whic...
Tribeca has only just begun but already there's a serious front runner for our favorite film in the festival, Hirokazu Kore-eda's Still Walking. Playing next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, this Japanese film is getting its New York premiere at Tribeca, as a part of their Spotlight series which features top-notch independent cinema. Still Walki...
Eric Bana loves his car. No really, he LOVES his car. The Australian actor has owned his Ford XB Falcon Coupe since he was a teenager, and even though he now headlines blockbuster films, he still loves to tune it up and race it. In his documentary, "Love the Beast," playing at the Tribeca Film Festival next Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturd...
The Tribeca Film Festival is an event of distinct chapters. There’s the hoopla of opening night, then the rare pleasure of the annual Drive-In on the banks of the Hudson (which this year lucked out with three consecutive evenings of gorgeous weather). The second week is populated by key industry panels, and the family-friendly Street Fair,...
From watching "Sex and the City" and "Gossip Girl," we all know that dating the very rich in this city is a minefield. Too bad Alexis Bledel's character Beth in the Tribeca Film Festival movie "The Good Guy" (playing Wednesday and Friday this week) hasn't gotten the memo yet. She's been seeing banker Tommy ("Friday Night Light's" Scott Porter) f...
