Ryan Murphy’s The Normal Heart isn’t without fault-there are numerous and wide ranging flaws-but throughout the rubble and the chaotic directing styles there are phenomenal performances to behold as well as a story that is as deftly written as it is gut wrenching. With a…
Tribeca ’14 Review: The Bachelor Weekend
Sometimes all it takes to forgive the shortcomings of a film is one or two compelling performances. They don’t have to be awards worthy or anything earth shattering, but one or two charismatic performers can make even the most by…
Tribeca ’14 Review: 5 to 7
New York City, impoverished writers, French exotic women: all have been romanticized in film countless times ever since the cinematic medium was invented. 5 to 7, directed by Victor Levin, has combined each and every one of those clichés and…
Tribeca ’14 Review: Boulevard
You’ve woken up and you’re 60-years-old. You blink and your chance for love, for liberation, for living the life you’ve wanted has all but disappeared. You turn the corner to your own home and you find artifacts, people, moments that…
Tribeca ’14 Review: X/Y
Taking a rare look at the natural chemistry between two humans, X/Y directed by Ryan Piers Williams, is a conversation told in snapshots about how intimacy defies boxes people are put into and how a want for human proximity to…
Tribeca ’14 Review : Every Secret Thing
What can I say about Every Secret Thing that expresses what I thought about it in an eloquent, professional manner? I can say that it was one of the films at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival that I was genuinely…
Tribeca ’14 Review: Alex of Venice
Chris Messina has been a lynchpin actor in the independent movie scene for years now-Ruby Sparks, Ira and Abby, 28 Hotel Rooms, Away We Go. He’s had parts in big name films such as Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Julie & Julia…