In the New York Premiere of the narrative film Love Is Strange, Ira Sachs shines in his writing and directing of the challenges faced by two mature gay men, played by Alfred Molina and John Lithgow. Ben (Lithgow) and George…
2014 Tribeca Film Festival: Chef
I don’t really like saying I’m a “foodie.” It’s almost as if I were to say I’m a “breathie” or a “sleepie” but it’s a word that sticks around and apparently does not get that red line under it as…
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…
2014 Tribeca Film Festival: Intramural
Can there be anything funnier than seeing Clint Howard make fun of your “yutes” word choice? Well save of course for the obvious My Cousin Vinny judge, I think not. But that’s not why I gathered you here today. Bradley…
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…