Sissy Spacek is one of those art-film actresses whose name alone can draw a crowd, and Saturday night at the Director's Guild of America theater in midtown proved to be no exception, with the premiere of Perry Moore and Hunter Hill's first feature, "Lake City." In the film, Spacek plays an older mother whose kids are gone, leaving...
As an Irish film, "Eden" carries with it some baggage. Yes, a few of the characters are alcoholics. Yes, the film is a family melodrama, set in a place where everyone knows everyone else.But "Eden," which had its international premiere at Tribeca, is more than just another little Irish film. It tells a story that is universal, but sets it in a t...
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...
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.
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“Lebanon,” screening October 1-2 at the New York Film Festival. For more information click here.
Why is it, that the best war movies of recent years have come from filmmakers working in Europe and the Middle East? Just as Hollywood remains fixated on casting big movie stars and filming sweeping battle scenes, Europe’s given u...
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,...
“Trash Humpers,” screening Oct. 1 at the New York Film Festival
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Harmony Korine, the director who’s forged a serious love-hate relationship with New York critics, is back in action at this year’s New York Film Festival with a new work titled “Trash Humpers.” Set to premiere ...
"Antichrist," screening Oct. 2-3 at the New York Film Festival. For more information click here.
Leave it to Lars Von Trier to stir up some controversy. At this year’s New York Film Festival, the controversial director has delivered his bleakest vision yet: A morbid and hopeless affair named “Antichrist,” in which two charact...
