Comedy thriller starts out strong but stumbles over its schizophrenic story arcs.
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Film Review: The Blood Runs Red in ‘The Dinner Party’
Although it's unnecessarily lengthy and suffers from an overabundance of dialogue, Doleac's film provides some thrills and interesting twists.
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Teddy Thompson's first solo album since 2016 is a winner. Plus, a stirring release from the Alan Lomax archives; new CDs from Joe Ely, G.F. Patrick, and Gravel & Grace; and an Elliott Murphy movie.
Read More »Movie Review: Tribeca Film Festival/Hot Docs Winner ‘499’
In '499' Rodrigo Reyes suggests that Mexico's murderous history of Spanish colonialism influences contemporary drug-cartel kidnappings and killings.
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'12 Hour Shift' and 'Call Your Mother,' both directed by women, represent the comedic side of the festival.
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An affectionate look back at Talking Heads' two theatrical films from the 1980s.
Read More »Tribeca Film Festival Winner: ‘Asia’
Rich emotional textures about the boundaries in our relationships as we learn to love are breathtaking.
Read More »2020 Tribeca Film Festival Review: ‘Jacinta’
Love bonds powerfully between a mother and child. However, love’s ties can morph into curses. And if the mother can’t heal from past wounds that spawned an addictive nature, that love endangers all under its power. Director Jessica Earnshaw’s documentary Jacinta explores the issues of heroin addition, generational emotional trauma, …
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Legendary Exploitation Film Producer Sam Sherman (Part 2)
"We’d have a poster made for which no movie existed. We’d use that to get advance money from theater people around the country and then make the film. We went so far as to make phony stills."
Read More »Interview: Alessandra Piccione and Sergio Navarretta on ‘The Cuban’
The new film stars Louis Gossett Jr., Shohreh Aghdashloo, Ana Golja, Lauren Holly, and Giacomo Gianniotti.
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