Tag Archives: Tribeca Film Festival

Review: Tribeca 2016: Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Posted on April 26, 2016 by sheila

What a wonderful film from Taika Waititi, New Zealand’s most successful film-maker currently. It’s been at Sundance, now Tribeca: I’m sure it will open in a semi-wide release so please look for it. I reviewed Hunt for the Wilderpeople at … Continue reading →

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Review: Tribeca 2016: The Tenth Man (2016)

Posted on April 16, 2016 by sheila

I also really enjoyed Daniel Burman’s The Tenth Man (co-starring Julieta Zylberberg, whom I met last year at Ebertfest: wonderful actress). It’s playing at the Tribeca Film Festival this week. You can read my review of The Tenth Man here.

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Review: Tribeca Film Festival 2016: Mother

Posted on April 14, 2016 by sheila

A really fun film from Estonia, helmed by three women (director and two screenwriters); Not sure if this one will get distribution but I really enjoyed it and hope it has legs: Here is my review of Mother.

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I interview Reed Morano, director of Meadowland (2015)

Posted on October 16, 2015 by sheila

Meadowland, directed by Reed Morano, and starring Luke Wilson and Olivia Wilde (with a supporting cast of Giovanni Ribisi, Elizabeth Moss, John Leguizamo, Juno Temple) was one of the standout features that I saw during this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. … Continue reading →

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Tribeca 2015: 40th Anniversary of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, plus Monty Python QA with Host John Oliver

Posted on April 25, 2015 by sheila

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. There is a new documentary coming out called Monty Python – The Meaning of Live, about the development of the live show they did last year at … Continue reading →

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Review: Tribeca 2015: Meadowland

Posted on April 24, 2015 by sheila

Meadowland, starring Luke Wilson and Olivia Wilde whose son vanishes from a gas station restroom (in the first 5 minutes of the film, so it’s not really a spoiler), is an effective and moving film about the aftermath of a … Continue reading →

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Review: Tribeca 2015: El Cinco (directed by Adrián Biniez)

Posted on April 22, 2015 by sheila

I absolutely loved this film from Argentina, and it was such a pleasure and a surprise to run into – almost literally – the lead actress, Julieta Zylberberg at Ebertfest. I saw her name in the program and I was … Continue reading →

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Review: Tribeca 2015: In Transit (Albert Maysles’ final film)

Posted on April 17, 2015 by sheila

Pioneering documentary film-maker Albert Maysles (Grey Gardens, Gimme Shelter, and the list goes on from that stunning standpoint) died just last month. He has two films coming out posthumously, one being Iris, about Iris Apfel, the style maven with the … Continue reading →

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Tribeca Film Festival 2015

Posted on April 14, 2015 by sheila

The two festivals overlap every year, but thankfully Tribeca runs for a couple of weeks, and Ebertfest is just four jam-packed days. I’ve “covered” both before and it made me feel like I was breaking the spacetime continuum. I was … Continue reading →

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My Interview with Oscar-Winning Director Shawn Christensen

Posted on November 26, 2014 by sheila

I’ve written a couple of times about my love of the 2013 Oscar-winning short film Curfew, written/directed by Shawn Christensen (he also starred in it). I saw Curfew when it premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2012 and thought … Continue reading →

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