Larry Flynt for President | Tribeca Festival
By Kent Turner June 14, 2021
The original trash-talking disruptor and First Amendment defender gets his own documentary bio/tribute.
The original trash-talking disruptor and First Amendment defender gets his own documentary bio/tribute.
A dark screwball comedy set in a seedy Arkansas hospital in the late 1990s.
Featuring Diane Lane, Debra Winger, Cate Blanchett, and more.
A film full of heart, a feel-good movie about women’s suffrage, and the Fatal Attraction dynamic is given a twist.
The following films illustrate the range of the festival. They are four different examples of how filmmakers handle difficult subject matter (whether it’s hard to comprehend or hard to stomach).
All of the films seen in this round of Tribeca screenings are worthwhile, and the best is, frankly, excellent, including the gorgeous The Ride and the funny and poignant The Charro of Toluquilla
This year’s festival offers up a wide range of documentaries that are timely and confidently made, with The Happy Film an example of finesse.
The spirit of the Coen Brothers’ (arguably) best movie hovers over narrative entries in this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, with the director of one film even citing it as a direct influence.
Early on in the year may be as good a time as any to look back at 2015, before the number of films begins to snowball and as the awards season slowly winds down. What has been overlooked? What made the festival rounds but is conspicuously missing from this years lineup, having perhaps gotten lost […]