Film Festivals

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: HE WENT THAT WAY & DEAD GIRLS DANCING
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: HE WENT THAT WAY & DEAD GIRLS DANCING

Making a good double feature, Payton McCarty-Simas reviews He Went That Way and Dead Girls Dancing!

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: BUCKY F*CKING DENT
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: BUCKY F**CKING DENT

Fantastical yet relatable, Bucky Fucking Dent is a moving debut by David Duchovny.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: SUITABLE FLESH and KIM'S VIDEO
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: SUITABLE FLESH and KIM’S VIDEO

From Tribeca Film Festival Payton McCarty-Simas pairs two films, one an ode to midnight movies past, with another paean to movie obsessives.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: TAYLOR MAC'S 24-DECADE HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: TAYLOR MAC’S 24-DECADE HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC

There’s lots of potential in Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music, but only Taylor Mac fully lives up to it.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: THE SEEDING
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: THE SEEDING

Sadly, the film’s attempts to generate tone and intrigue can’t overcome the obstacles of a weak, confusing script.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023 Report 2: MAGGIE MOORE(S), STAN LEE & Q
Tribeca Film Festival 2023 Report 2: MAGGIE MOORE(S), STAN LEE & Q

Kristy Strouse delivers her second report from Tribeca Film Festival 2023!

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2023 REPORT 1: LAROY, CHASING, CHASING AMY & THE GRADUATES
Tribeca Film Festival 2023 Report 1: LAROY TEXAS, CHASING CHASING AMY & THE GRADUATES

In her first report from Tribeca Film Festival 2023, Kristy Strouse reviews Laroy, Chasing Chasing Amy & The Graduates!

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: RICHLAND
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: RICHLAND

With the buzz surrounding the hype of the upcoming Oppenheimer, the lackluster representation of Richland weighs heavy.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: APOLONIA, APOLONIA
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: APOLONIA, APOLONIA

What results is an engrossing, often painful, always warm portrait of the challenges of wanting to make art in a world hostile to the prospect.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: BAD THINGS
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: BAD THINGS

Bad Things struggles with its interactions, yet excels in its horror.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: Immersive & Gaming Showcase
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: Immersive & Gaming Showcase

Kristy Strouse samples some of the Immersive and Gaming opportunities at this year’s Tribeca Film Fesrtival.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: TAKE CARE OF MAYA
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: TAKE CARE OF MAYA

From anger to frustration to tears, Take Care of Maya delivers a deeply affecting look at the breakdown of a family when another says its broken.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: CATCHING DUST
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: CATCHING DUST

With Catching Dust, Stuart Gatt crafts a narrative tale around the explosive power of human emotion.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: PLAYLAND
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: PLAYLAND

The spell Playland casts over its subject matter, an act of poetic reanimation, carries over to its viewers.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE

This is Not Financial Advice achieves its overall goal, without explicitly telling audiences the right or wrong way to embark on the financial market.