The good, the bad, and the inexplicable from ten days at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Nina Paley’s Sita Sings the Blues is a strange and beautiful little film, a potentially wispy slice of autobiography smartly elevated through irresistible, orgiastic style. The 82 minute feature cross cuts between the story of the director’s own divorce, and a loose retelling of the ancient Indian myth Ramayana; we’re led back and forth between [...]
Swedish vampire buzz magnet Let The Right One In took the top narrative prize at the Tribeca Film Festival last night. Shane Meadows’ Somers Town walked away with consolation acting prizes for its two young stars, and the extremely narratively confused My Marlon and Brando inexplicably won the Best New Narrative Filmmaker award. More [...]
April 29, 2008 – 12:01 am
The John Cusack “comedy” (generic term used loosely) gives anti-war filmmaking a bad name.
I saw six films at Tribeca this weekend, and five of them were completely blown off the map by Somers Town, Shane Meadows’ practically perfect follow-up to his 2007 triumph, This is England. England was one of my favorite films of last year, but its political/historical aims, admittedly, occasionally overwhelmed Meadows’ more subtle, character-based observations. [...]
April 28, 2008 – 10:53 am
Today in Film Theory From The Darndest Places: an internet boy millionaire and a FOX News gossip columnist call out Madonna’s documentary ethics.
Tribeca is upon us: Karina’s preview; and Midnight preview; andThe Wackness review; and Standard Operating Procedure review — follow our continued coverage here
Already anticipating the next fest: Cannes lineup announced; and yes, of course Che is part of it
Porn sales are down because flaccid penises are up (or in?)
Burger King and Iron Man, Robert Downey [...]
April 25, 2008 – 12:01 pm
I saw The Wackness (which has its New York premiere tomorrow at the Tribeca Film Festival) at a special screening held for the critics participating in the Moving Image Institute last week. Afterwards, Sony Classics president Michael Barker was asked about critical response to the film thus far. Barker disclaimed that “most major critics” hadn’t [...]
April 25, 2008 – 10:00 am
The night before Sony Pictures Classics planned to open Errol Morris’ Abu Ghraib doc Standard Operating Procedure in two theaters the Tribeca Film Festival hosted a screening of the film, followed by a conversation between Morris and Jarhead author Anthony Swofford.
Beat to the festival circuit by over a year by Rory Kennedy’s Ghosts of Abu [...]
Plus: new Cannes additions, and the NY state government plays their part in making sure Robert DeNiro will never again have to miss the Tribeca Film Festival’s opening press conference.
