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Apr 24, 2019 · April 24, 2019. In Danny Boyle’s “Yesterday,” the closing-night feature at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, a musician awakes to a world in which no one else has ever heard of the Beatles.
May 2, 2019 · The 2019 Tribeca Film Festival runs through this Sunday, May 5th. Rania Attieh won the Nora Ephron Award and a $25,000 prize for Initials S.G. ( Iniciales S.G. ), pictured below. The award, created seven years ago, honors excellence in storytelling by a female writer or director embodying the spirit and boldness of the late filmmaker.
Celebrate Pride at the Tribeca Festival. Here are five L.G.B.T.Q.-themed films worth watching at the annual downtown event, which started Wednesday. By Kyle Turner.
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Movie lovers, it's time to gorge yourselves at the Tribeca Film Festival, New York City's annual film bash which is as much a celebration of the city as it is of cinema, TV and virtual reality. Now in its 18th year, the TFF runs April 24-May 5 at venues all across Manhattan, showcasing more than 100 fiction and non-fiction features from around the globe, each a world, North American, U.S. or New York City premiere.
There are also retrospective screenings of film classics, sidebars (including a collection of movies reflecting on New York's past), genre films, short films, sports films, interactive and virtual reality programming, TV presentations, and panel discussions starring noted filmmakers and industry figures.
The festival opens Wednesday, April 24, with the world premiere of Roger Ross Williams' HBO documentary "The Apollo," about the landmark Harlem showplace, which will be screened – where else? – at the Apollo. The closing presentation is the world premiere of "Yesterday," the latest film from Danny Boyle ("Slumdog Millionaire"), about a musician who awakens in a world which has never heard The Beatles' music. What's a young songwriter to do? Plagiarize!
The world premiere screening of the thoughtful and tuneful documentary "Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice" will be followed by a live performance by Sheryl Crow (April 26).
Talks include conversations between director Martin Scorsese and festival co-founder Robert De Niro (April 28); frequent collaborators Jennifer Lawrence and director David O. Russell (April 27); and Alec Baldwin interviewing "Pan's Labyrinth" director Guillermo del Toro (April 25). There are also master classes in writing, music, sound design and other cinematic crafts, including a May 3 symposium with Irwin Winkler, producer of such films as "Rocky" and "The Right Stuff."
•Film Guide: 2019 Tribeca Film Festival
One of the pleasures of the festival is discovering new films before they even have distributors lined up. But that's also a frustration; sharing the word on a movie which might not be accessible to the general public for months, or longer, can be dismaying. [Among the best of last year's Tribeca offerings were the Silicon Valley documentary "General Magic" and the Canadian teen sex comedy "Slut in a Good Way," which are only now entering general release a year later, while the Jeffrey Wright prison drama "O.G." took almost a year to make it to HBO.]
Only a portion of this year's films have been available for preview at press time, but of those screened in advance, here are 15 highlights that are definitely recommended – catch 'em while you can!
"Framing John DeLorean" (World Premiere) - Documentaries in recent years have expanded the use of recreations to fill in gaps in storytelling where no footage exists. (After all, how many criminal enterprises have kept cameras running to document their activities?) But recreations are also valuable in life stories, as in this imaginative rendition of the tale of General Motors executive John DeLorean, who left GM to build his own car company and then, after its failure, found himself at the center of an FBI sting operation involving $24 million worth of cocaine. It's a life that's choice fodder for the Hollywood treatment, and while there is a wealth of newsreel film (and undercover surveillance tapes!) of DeLorean's life, directors Sheena M. Joyce and Don Argott also employ Alec Baldwin to don makeup and portray DeLorean in public and private dramatizations where the arc of his incredible career reaches both its zenith and its nadir. But that's not all: Baldwin gives us an actor's psychoanalysis of his character, measuring the ambitions and motives of a man who took extreme risks that forever scarred his family. Screens April 30, May 1, 4. Released theatrically and via VOD on June 7 from Sundance Selects.
"Inna de Yard: The Soul of Jamaica" (World Premiere) – In the spirit of "Buena Vista Social Club," director Peter Webber documents a congregation of Jamaican reggae royalty as they record an album, then appear in concert in Paris. Beloved musical figures Ken Boothe, Kiddus I, Winston McAnuff, Judy Mowatt and others split their time between performing and engaging in a delightful nostalgia trip of musical discovery, discussing their origins and influences and how a musical life is pursued on a small, hardscrabble Caribbean island, one vinyl pressing at a time. Screens April 29 (followed by a live performance by Ken Boothe), May 1, 3. No U.S. distributor announced, but a soundtrack album is available.
"Leftover Women" (World Premiere) – In China, where there are tens of millions more single women of marriageable age than men, women who fail to snag husbands are stigmatized as "leftover women," upon whom parents and society exert tremendous pressure to find someone, anyone, to plight their troth. Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia's surprisingly intimate documentary follows three such women – Hua Mei, a 34-year-old lawyer; Min, a 28-year-old radio broadcaster; and Qi, a 36-year-old professor – as they navigate matchmakers, group date events, marriage markets (where parents try to sell their unmarried offspring's unique talents), therapists, and their fraught relationships with mothers and fathers. The women's emotional revelations about their personal and professional ambitions, and their conversations with parents who are by turns impatient and proud, attest to the directors' ability to be present with their camera without being in the way. Screens April 27, 28, May 1, 5. No U.S. distributor announced.
"Low Tide" (World Premiere) – This atmospheric coming-of-age crime drama, about Jersey Shore youths who burgle vacation homes, has the welcome advantage of not being predictable. In his feature debut, director Kevin McMullin mixes the atmosphere of an idyllic summer, in which locals flirt with visiting girls, with the double-crosses of a gang who turn on each other when a cache of gold coins is uncovered. Well shot and edited, with believable performances by its young cast, including Jaeden Martell, Keean Johnson, Alex Neustaedter and Daniel Zolghadri. Screens April 28, 29, May 2. No U.S. distributor announced.
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May 6, 2019 · NEW YORK, NY– May 6, 2019 –After 12 days filled with film and television premieres, Immersive and V.R. experiences, not to miss reunions, talks, and concerts, the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, presented by AT&T, came to a close on Sunday evening with an estimated attendance of more than 146,000 people to 618 screenings and Talks, and the ...
