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MOVIES: Lucky Seven for the Tribeca Film Festival

New York has never lacked for movies. From picture palacesto hole-in-the-wall art houses, there’s a place to see almost any kind ofmovie. But, until the Tribeca Film Festival started seven years ago, therewasn’t a big, fancy grab-bag festival to be found in the city. So, the city’smovie fans trudged to Cannes, Sundance and To...

MOVIES: Shane Meadows on "Somers Town"

In "This Is England," which graced many top-ten lists last year, Shane Meadows told his own life story of growing up in a working class neighborhood in the north of England, where skinhead culture appealed to wayward youth looking for a community.In "Somers Town," Meadows takes on a contemporary story, set in the forgotten ne...

MOVIES: Baby Mama, no NYC drama

Imagine for a moment that it was your job to choose which film would open the 7th annual Tribeca Film Festival. What would you choose: A gritty, edgy drama that personified urban living in the Greatest City In The World? Or perhaps a brilliant foreign film, filled with complicated characters and nuance, but one that deftly reaches the very core ...

MOVIES: Pirates vs Sharks

The Tribeca Talks Industry panel titled “Click to View: The Future of New Media” grappled with the competing interests of all those who plug into the internet—users, artists, old school media companies and the new media folks. When it comes to internet-related media, the biggest issue for industry types is piracy. And the corr...

MOVIES: Bart Got Room @ Tribeca

I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of the whole “prom-disaster” teen movie genre. Unfortunately, it’s the premise of Bart Got a Room, which is otherwise a quite interesting film, which had its world premiere at Tribeca. As far as I’m concerned, the whole prom element is simply boring and over-done. Howe...

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL: Tender-hearted farewells in 'Departures'

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL: Tender-hearted farewells in 'Departures'
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 FILM FESTIVAL: A Marketplace For Ideas, As Well As Films

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL: A Marketplace For Ideas, As Well As Films
There are fewer films at fewer venues at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, and for some journalists, that has been the real story: The year of the slimmed-down party. What’s caught my attention, however, has not been the tempo of this year’s screenings but the timely tone of its many panels and presentations. Tribeca organize...

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL: The Best of the Fest

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL: The Best of the Fest
With fewer venues and titles, this was a more reserved year for the Tribeca Film Festival, but even with a smaller catalogue, the quality was as high as ever. From intimate issue-oriented documentaries to brave relationship dramas – to one quirky tale of famous go-kart racers – there are a good number of films from this year’s ...

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL: Family bonding with Kore-eda's Still Walking

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL: Family bonding with Kore-eda's Still Walking
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...

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL: Eric Bana revs his engine

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL: Eric Bana revs his engine
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...