The idea of outer space is already an interesting and beloved topic in film. When a filmmaker takes the rawness and uncertainty of space and combines it with the power and emotions of a documentary, you get Emer Reynolds’s The…
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Tribeca Review: When God Sleeps
As the title suggests, Till Schauder’s When God Sleeps is less about exiled Iranian musician Shahin Najafi than it is a portrait of a man grasping for faith, grasping for purpose in the midst of unthinkable persecution. In 2012, Iran…
Tribeca 2017 Virtual Arcade Interview Kevin Cornish, Moth + Flame
As a journalist who only get to spend a brief period of time at film festivals like Tribeca, I like to make the most out of my time on site. Films are easily accessible, but virtual reality, the newest foray…
Tribeca Review: Chuck
In 1975, a club boxer from Bayonne, New Jersey got the opportunity of a lifetime. He was offered a chance to fight Muhammad Ali for a shot at the world’s Heavyweight title. The fight was considered a joke: a North…
Tribeca Review: Love After Love
Like its last rattle, death lingers and grief hurts. There is no easy, manual prescribed manner in which someone deals with the loss of a loved one, especially when that someone was the glue that held so much of a…
Tribeca: “Pilgrimage” Interview
At this year’s Tribeca Film Festival I had the honor to sit down with a very talented director named Brenden Muldowney and one of my favorite actors Jon Bernthal to talk about their new film Pilgrimage. This was the highlight of my…
Tribeca Review: Aardvark
Starring the typically delightful Jenny Slate, Zachary Quinto and John Hamm, Aardvark, directed by Brian Shoaf completely squanders their collective talents with a astoundingly dumb film. Despite any hints of chemistry between Slate and Hamm and and a particularly winsome turn from…