Tribeca Reviews: ZOE, IN A RELATIONSHIP & WOMAN WALKS AHEAD

Kristy Strouse reviews her final batch of films from Tribeca Film Festival, including Zoe, In a Relationship, and Woman Walks Ahead.

Tribeca: 25th Anniversary Of SCHINDLER'S LIST Followed By Cast Panel
Tribeca: 25th Anniversary Of SCHINDLER’S LIST Followed By Cast Panel

Stephanie Archer reports on her time during Tribeca Film Festival 2018, and on her final day, recaps the Tribeca Retrospective Schindler’s List.

Cannes 2018 Days 1 & 2: Birds, Wars & LGBT Romances
Cannes 2018 Days 1 & 2: Birds, Wars & LGBT Romances

Gus Edgar reports from Cannes Film Festival and shares some of his first two days in the French Riviera. He reviews Kenyan LGBT film Rafiki, Paul Dano’s directorial debut Wildlife, Colombian film Birds of Passage, and more.

Tribeca Film Festival: DEAD WOMEN WALKING: A Solemn Walk to an Impactful Film
Tribeca Review: DEAD WOMEN WALKING: A Solemn Walk To An Impactful Film

Hagar Ben-Asher’s Dead Women Walking creates the opportunity for conversation and examination while humanizing those individuals that society has locked away without a further care or thought of.

TAG Trailer
TAG Trailer

In TAG, a small group of former classmates (Jeremy Renner, Leslie Bibb) organize an elaborate, annual game of tag that requires some to travel all over the country.

Tribeca Review and Interviews: BETHANY HAMILTON: UNSTOPPABLE: Strength And Endurance Personified
Tribeca Review & Interviews: BETHANY HAMILTON: UNSTOPPABLE: Strength & Endurance Personified

Kristy Strouse reviews the inspirational documentary Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and shares her interview with director Aaron Lieber and producers Penny Edmiston and Jane Kelly Kosek.

TRUTH OR DARE: I Dare You To Skip
TRUTH OR DARE: I Dare You To Skip

Truth Or Dare has nothing to offer to horror fans with its bland characters and uninspired concept. The only way you should be seeing this movie is on a dare.

THE SEAGULL: A Picturesque Drama Anchored By Three Great Women
THE SEAGULL: A Picturesque Drama Anchored By Three Great Women

The Seagull is a gorgeous adaptation of one of the world’s most beloved plays. The characters are not always likable, but what the film has to say about love, art, fame, and other human desires remain powerful even in the age of Internet celebrity.

Cannes Review: EVERYBODY KNOWS: A Multi-Tasking Kidnap Drama One Sud Short Of Soap Opera
Cannes Review: EVERYBODY KNOWS: A Multi-Tasking Kidnap Drama One Sud Short Of Soap Opera

Asghar Farhadi’s Everbody Knows is a melodrama that takes itself too seriously – one that pulls in each and every direction to try and find some thematic footing, and ends up not saying too much about anything.

PUZZLE Trailer

In PUZZLE, Agnes (Kelly Macdonald), taken for granted as a suburban mother, discovers a passion for solving jigsaw puzzles which unexpectedly draws her into a new world – where her life unfolds in ways she could never have imagined.

BREATH: Simon Baker's Puberty Blues
BREATH: Simon Baker’s Puberty Blues

Despite Baker’s adept directional skills, and solid performances from the whole cast, Breath feels inconsequential, and the sombre visual and thematic tone feels like every other Australian social realist drama.

Tribeca Review & Interview: THE GREAT PRETENDER: When Reality & Performance Blur
Tribeca Review & Interview: THE GREAT PRETENDER: When Reality & Performance Blur

As well as getting a chance to check out witty theatrical drama The Great Pretender at Tribecca Film Festival, Film Inquiry’s Kristy Strouse also got to speak to director Nathan Silver about his film.

THE DEVIL AND FATHER AMORTH Trailer

The documentary THE DEVIL AND FATHER AMORTH sees renowned horror director William Friedkin follow a Catholic priest who performs the ninth exorcism on an Italian woman.

Fantasy Science Pt. 5: Solutions To The Fermi Paradox & Life Among The Stars In Film
Fantasy Science Pt. 5: Solutions To The Fermi Paradox & Life Among The Stars In Film

Why haven’t we found any signs of life out there in the universe, when statistically, there should be? This is Fermi’s Paradox, and in this new Fantasy Science column, we cover some of the explanations offered for this paradox in movies and TV.

Let The Sunshine In: Juliette Binoche Delights In Off-kilter Rom-com
LET THE SUNSHINE IN: Juliette Binoche Delights In Off-kilter Rom-com

Director Claire Denis is choosing a more diverse range of film projects than any other time in her career – and it’s best exemplified by Let the Sunshine in, a romcom that subverts genre expectations on the hunt for true love.