Written & Directed by Nicholas McCarthy
Produced by Ross Dinerstein
Released by IFC Films
USA. 90 min. Rated R.
With Caity Lotz, Casper Van Dien, Agnes Bruckner & Haley Hudson
Okay, let’s get the plot out of the way. After her mother passes away, Annie (Caity Lotz) returns to the family home where she was raised, and where her sister, […]
Directed by Daryl Wein
Produced by Michael London, Jocelyn Hayes Simpson & Janice Williams
Written by Zoe Lister-Jones & Wein
Released by Fox Searchlight Pictures
USA. 87 min. Rated R
With Greta Gerwig, Joel Kinnaman, Zoe Lister-Jones, Hamish Linklater, Bill Pullman, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Jay Pharoah & Debra Winger
Almost 30 years old, New Yorker Lola (Greta Gerwig) is happy. She’s almost […]
Written & Directed by Kenji Fukasaku, based on the novel by Koushun Takami
Produced by Fukasaku, Kenta Fukasaku, Kimio Kataoka, Chie Kobayashi, Toshio Nabeshima & Masumi Okada
Released by Anchor Bay
Japan. 114 min. Not rated
With Takeshi Kitano, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Chiaki Kuriyama, Taro Yamamoto & Sosuke Takaoka
Finally on the big screen, Kenji Fukasaku’s Battle Royale (2000) […]
Written & Directed by Panos Cosmatos
Produced by Oliver Linsley
Released by Magnet Releasing
USA. 113 min. Rated R
With Michael Rogers & Eva Allan
I saw Beyond the Black Rainbow weeks ago, and decided perhaps against my better judgment not to take notes as I watched the film. I attended it with a friend who saw Panos Cosmatos’ debut […]
Written & Directed by Bobcat Goldthwait
Produced by Sean McKittrick and Jeff Culotta
Released by Magnet Releasing
USA. 98 min. Rated R.
With Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr, Mackenzie Brooke Smith, Melissa Page Hamilton, Rich McDonald, Aris Alvarado, Maddie Hasson & Larry Miller
You might recall Bobcat Goldthwait from the 1980s and ’90s as that guy who would always let […]
Directed by Ian Fitzgibbon
Screenplay by Anthony McCarten, based upon his novel
Produced by Michael Garland, Astrid Kahmke & Phillip Kreuzer
Released by Tribeca Film, available on Tribeca on Demand
Germany/Ireland. 90 min. Not rated
With Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Andy Serkis, Aisling Loftus, Michael McElhatton, Sharon Horgan & Jessica Schwarz
Before all you fanboys and fangirls watch on-demand this potential indie […]
Directed by Frédéric Jardin
Produced by Marco Cherqui & Lauranne Bourrachot
Written by Jadrin, Nicolas Saada & Olivier Douyère
Released by Tribeca Film, available on Tribeca on Demand
France/Belgium/Luxembourg. 108 min. Not rated
With Tomer Sisley, Serge Riaboukine, Julien Boisselier, Joey Starr, Lizzie Brocheré, Laurent Stocker & Birol Ünel
Frédéric Jardin’s slickly shot and edited Sleepless Night is, thanks to its […]
Written and Directed by Aimee Lagos
Produced by Lee Clay, Paul Gilbreath, Charlie Mason and Justin Moore-Lewy
Released by ARC Entertainment
USA. 93 min. Rated R
With Brittany Snow, Christian Serratos, Evan Ross, J. Michael Trautmann, & David Oyelowo
In 96 Minutes, we’re once again given unrelated characters who end up colliding in unexpected ways—think Crash or Traffic or one […]
The Tribeca Film Festival offers such a wide array of films from all over the world that some many get passed by amid the list of so-much-to-see-ooh-I-want-to-see-that. With that in mind, here are some notable titles.
Francophrenia (or: Don’t Kill Me, I Know Where the Baby Is)
This is, to my knowledge, one of the most unique […]
