There is nothing more encouraging than someone wanting to introduce you to their family, especially when you’re dating. Now, that is not to say that is the premise to Zao Wang’s (Full Moon Club) short A Family Guide to Hunting,… Read More ›
Tribeca Film Festival 2024
Dramedy “All That We Love” is a tender story of self-reclamation. [Tribeca Film Festival]
Loss comes for all of us. Doesn’t matter how solitary a life we try to lead, we will lose something — an item, a memory, even ourselves. With each loss, there’s a transition period in which we come to terms… Read More ›
Romantic mystery “Darkest Miriam” may leave stones unturned but captivates with Britt Lower’s performance. [Tribeca Film Festival]
The first thing that I learned about Naomi Jaye’s (The Pin) newest feature, Darkest Miriam, was that it was executive produced by Charlie Kaufman (I’m thinking of ending things), and that automatically adds a level of intrigue and suspense to… Read More ›
Strong performances never give the game away in dramatic thriller “The Weekend.” [Tribeca Film Festival]
We’ve seen nearly every iteration of meeting one’s parents that could possibly exist from Meet the Parents (2000) to Ready or Not (2019) and Get Out (2017), so when audiences get another family-gathering thriller, they typically know what they’re getting… Read More ›
Calvin Lee Reeder’s “The A-Frame” is a twisty, goopy sci-fi ride that aims higher than it delivers. [Tribeca Film Festival]
According to a March 2024 report, the leading cause of death for Americans in 2022 (the most recent year with full data) was all types of heart disease with cancers in second place. Advancements in early detection and treatment of… Read More ›
“The Devil’s Bath” is drawn with great performances but too much time between horrors. [Tribeca Film Festival]
There are movies that are slow-paced terrifying watches, and then there are terrifying slow-paced watches that just miss the mark and create a world of unease that just doesn’t deliver upon the promise until its too late. Unfortunately for Severin… Read More ›
“Restless” does not let the characters or audience know a moment of peace. [Tribeca Film Festival]
If you’ve ever lived somewhere that wasn’t remote farmland in the midst of nowhere, you’ve most likely hated a neighbor. I adamantly refuse to believe at some point in one’s life there hasn’t been a neighbor that hasn’t driven you… Read More ›
For all the women who’ve never been “Satisfied,” comes a documentary that centers actor Renée Elise Goldsberry’s quest to achieve it. [Tribeca Film Festival]
“… if you know anything about me, I have spent the last 10 years of my life, what some would consider the lifeblood of a woman’s career, just trying to have children. And I get to testify in front of… Read More ›
“She Loved Blossoms More” is a welcomed head trip about grief. [Tribeca Film Festival]
Yannis Veslemes’s (The Field Guide to Evil) newest film, She Loved Blossoms More, has the aesthetic of what I assume being on acid would be like, however the come down from it is devastating and beautiful, making this psychedelic journey… Read More ›
Two juxtaposed performances deliver the terror and dread in Roxy Shih’s “Beacon.” [Tribeca Film Festival]
If anything is apparent after watching Roxy Shih’s (List of a Lifetime) newest feature, it must be that she is a fan of Robert Eggers’s The Lighthouse as Beacon feels like an eerily possible sequel/prequel to said movie. There’s a… Read More ›
“Oh, Christmas Tree” may be short but its boughs hold insight aplenty. [Tribeca Film Festival]
The Duplass family have a way with creating something special and emotional and heartfelt. Whether it be 11 minutes or 90 minutes long, when they want to make something spectacular, their collective foot is on the gas, and they know… Read More ›
“McVeigh” takes audiences inside the events that lead to the event that seared this name into U.S. history. [Tribeca Film Festival]
Slow burn movies have a time and place in the world, and when they focus on absolute tragedy and devastation, they have to be handled with class and taste. Thankfully, Mike Ott (California Dreams) and co-writer Alex Gioulakis (Unemployable) handle… Read More ›
Dramedy “Griffin in Summer” is a story of first love that stands out by being ordinary. [Tribeca Film Festival]
Coming-of-age stories come in all shapes and sizes. The term refers to a story of someone going through a particularly age-specific moment of growing up, but it doesn’t always lean toward the light-hearted. Films like The Young Arsonists (2023) or… Read More ›
The first episode of the Tim Burton-centric docuseries provides its own deep dive while priming the audience for three more installments. [Tribeca Film Festival]
Tara Wood is certainly not shy when it comes to making documentaries on some of Hollywood’s more popular or polarizing voices as her two previous directorial outings have presented themselves (co-director of 21 Years: Richard Linklater and QT8: The First… Read More ›
Romantic dramedy “The Everything Pot” is a bunch of mishegaas with a thoughtful center. [Tribeca Film Festival]
Social mores dictate that a person is born, grows up, pairs off, has children, and then dies. In between is a life-lived that can be often defined by the stage one is in rather than the person they are. If… Read More ›
Satirical slasher “#AMFAD: All My Friends Are Dead” takes on the shallow nature in U.S. culture. [Tribeca Film Festival]
Every story is designed to convey something. Doesn’t matter if it’s a comedy, drama, mystery, or horror tale, from the surreal to the pointed, stories possess something that they want to pass along to the audience. Some grow richer through… Read More ›
Filmmaker Sabrina Van Tassel’s “Missing from Fire Trail Road” is an evocative condemnation of the culpability of North America against its Indigenous peoples. [Tribeca Film Festival]
The version of American History that most students learn is that the American Revolution took place largely due to the concept of “taxation without representation.” That the colonists found it frustrating and unfair to have to send taxes to a… Read More ›
“Adult Best Friends” utilizes real-life best friends for an authentic look at growing apart. [Tribeca Film Festival]
There is always something daunting about writing or directing one’s first feature, but Delaney Buffett decided to write, direct, and star in her feature debut. Adult Best Friends stems from her real life and also stars her real-life best friend,… Read More ›
The site and sounds of horror thriller “A Desert” will chill you to your bones. [Tribeca Film Festival]
Joshua Erkman (director and co-writer) and Bossi Baker (co-writer) are certainly going to be names to look out for in the future. Both of them have teamed together to direct and co-write their first feature, A Desert, which focuses on… Read More ›
Director Neil Berkeley’s comedy doc “Group Therapy” declares that we’re all in this life together. [Tribeca Film Festival]
Comedy is tragedy plus time. – Samuel Clemens Early into Gilbert/Harmantown director Neil Berkeley’s new film Group Therapy, one of the central cast members, comedian Mike Birbiglia, comments that comedy is similar to therapy in that the comedian opens themselves… Read More ›