Tribeca review: My Art portrays an endearing female protagonist

In Flames, which also premiered at Tribeca, real-life artists and filmmakers Zeffrey Throwell and Josephine Decker created a docu-drama about their actual relationship. In My Art real-life artist and filmmaker Laurie Simmons takes a different approach, creating a feature that’s ostensibly narrative but seems intertwined closely with her identity. For one thing the lead character,

Tribeca review: A Gray State tells David Crowley’s strange and tragic story

In this feature documentary the stranger-than-truth story of David Crowley – a young and mediagenic rising alt-right personality – is revealed in chilling detail. A veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, Crowley was on the cusp of stardom when he, his wife and their 5-year-old daughter were found brutally murdered in their suburban middle-class

Tribeca review: Rami Malek’s Buster’s Mal Heart is like a feverish dream

Director-writer Sarah Adina Smith has tailored a film perfectly suited to its star Rami Malek (Mr. Robot). In fact, it’s hard to imagine anyone else playing the lead role of the Buster, except perhaps for a young Jack Nicholson. They both share a mesmerizing stare that the camera captures at once as playful and menacing.

Review: Born in China is cute and fuzzy, but be prepared to cry

Hey, look, pandas! That’s the marketing message behind Disneynature’s Born in China, which has a trailer so stuffed with images of cute and fuzzy animals your insulin levels may rise to coma-inducing levels. Don’t be fooled. Even though the movie is a Disney production, that doesn’t mean it’s one extended, cute fur baby YouTube video. Instead,

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The best classic Disney movies of all time

Disney has been creating wonderful family-friendly movies since 1937. But the movies aren’t just for the children. Many of us have grown up watching these films, and are still just as excited to watch them now — decades later. Whether you have a family of your own now, or if you are just looking for

16 must-see films at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival

Born as a way of redeveloping New York’s Lower Manhattan in the wake of 9/11, Tribeca Film Festival 16 years later is an international film event held over 12 days, April 19-30. Truth be told, most of the film screenings don’t happen in Tribeca anymore, but the can-do, all-inclusive spirit of the festival embodies New

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Movie review: Worlds change, people don’t in T2 Trainspotting

The 90’s was a great decade for films, especially for independents. So to say that Trainspotting was in rare company in exemplifying the absolute best the medium offered during that time period speaks volumes.   To me, it was as mesmerizing as it was relevant, illustrating the meteoric heights and grave-level lows of heroin addiction,

Movie Review: Kong is King once again in Skull Island

A funny thing happened at Comic-Con International 2016 during the Warner Bros. presentation. Everyone wanted to see something impressive about the DC Comics Extended Universe, which they got in Wonder Woman. However, another unrelated film got on everyone’s radar, Kong: Skull Island after a trailer was shown that had everyone buzzing and suddenly, a franchise reboot