Tribeca 2021 Archives - Page 4 of 5

‘Roaring 20’s’ Manages Little More Than a Purr, Failing to Stitch Together Anthology Set-Pieces Into Something More [Tribeca Review]

June 12, 2021 9:30 pm

Narrative-averse portmanteau films are a tough nut to crack, yet not impossible. Richard Linklater made a name for himself in 1990 by hovering over a collection of Austin 20-somethings doing nothing in particu...

Essie Davis Is Potent & Powerful In The Wrenching ‘The Justice Of Bunny King’ [Tribeca Review]

Jason Bailey

June 12, 2021 7:00 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Gaysorn Thavat makes an electrifying feature directorial debut in “The Justice of Bunny King,” crafting a vivid portrait of a woman trapped by a tragic combination of circumstances, injustices, and bad instinc...

‘Ascension’ Explores a Lost Generation of Humanity Within China’s 21st Century Boomtimes [Tribeca Review]

Warren Cantrell

June 12, 2021 6:45 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

One person assembles plastic bottle pumps, another paints areola on sex dolls, and a different individual takes a business etiquette class to learn the proper way to smile (one shows eight teeth…the top ones)....

‘Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain’ Excels With A Zest For Living, But Struggles With The Darkness [Tribeca Review]

Jason Bailey

June 11, 2021 10:30 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

“What the fuck am I doin’ here?” asks Anthony Bourdain, via archival audio, early in Morgan Neville’s new documentary “Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain.” “I shall explain,” he cont...

‘Souad’: Ayten Amin’s Provocative Portrait of Social Media Isolation Is Empathetic & Sometimes Underformed [Tribeca Review]

Roxana Hadadi

June 11, 2021 4:06 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Social media as a way of hiding ourselves and assuming a new identity is an increasingly familiar cinematic concept, and in most genre films, that flexibility can introduce a kind of threat. In Gia Coppola’s r...

’12 Mighty Orphans’ Gets Caught Somewhere Between Plucky Underdog Sports Film & Sentimental Biopic [Tribeca Review]

Andrew Crump

June 11, 2021 2:05 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Having spent most of my life in New England, where sports are the way of life and the Patriots hoard more cultural cachet than the Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins, and maybe even the mayor combined, I have never unde...

‘Love Spreads’ Trailer: Alia Shawkat & Eiza Gonzales Star In A Girl-Band Tribeca Drama

Charles Barfield

June 11, 2021 1:25 pm

News, Trailers

There is no shortage of films about the difficulties of being an artist. But when you have a film about the creative difficulties of being a musician that features a cast led by Alia Shawkat and Eiza Gonzales,...

‘Mark, Mary, and Some Other People’: A Juicy Comic Premise Takes a Misguided Pivot to Drama [Tribeca Review]

Jason Bailey

June 10, 2021 8:44 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

This story of an open marriage starts promisingly, and its leads are charismatic, but it takes too many familiar turns.

‘7 Days’: A Sweet-Natured & Empathetic Rom-Com For The COVID Era [Tribeca Review]

Christian Gallichio

June 10, 2021 8:06 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Using the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic as a backdrop for a quarantine-style romantic comedy, Roshan Sethi’s directorial debut, “7 Days,” which pushes two ideologically opposed young Indian-American char...

2021 Tribeca Film Festival Preview: 15 Must-See Films To Watch & More

Andrew Bundy

June 7, 2021 12:00 pm

Features, News

It's been essentially over a year without in-person film festivals. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, the SXSW, Cannes Film Festival, and Tribeca Film Festivals were all canceled last year. Venice and T...

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