Reviews

On the Fast Track of Derby History

erin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Late last year, Drew Barrymore’s Whip It was released in theaters, giving the mainstream a fictional take on the world of modern roller derby. The story, adapted from the novel Derby Girl by Shauna Cross, focuses on an outcast teen who finds confidence and her inner power by joining the banked track league of Austin, Texas.

Tribeca 2010 Critic's Choice: "Cairo Time"

erin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Cairo Time

(Ruba Nadda. 2009. Canada/Ireland/Egypt. 89 min.)

Tribeca 2010 Critic's Choice: "Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll"

erin — Fri, 21 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll

(Mat Whitecross. 2009. UK. 115 min.)

Tribeca 2010 Critic's Choice: "Visionaries"

cristina — Tue, 18 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Visionaries

(Chuck Workman. 2010. USA. 90 min.)

Tribeca 2010 Critic's Choice: "The White Meadows"

erin — Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500

The White Meadows

(Mohammad Rasoulof. 2009. Iran. 93 min.)

Defending Tribeca in an Era of Megabrands

erin — Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Those French scamps who walked off with this year’s Best Short Oscar (LogoRama) didn’t sneak in a Tribeca Film Festival logo among their 2,500 global power players.

Tribeca 2010 Critic's Choice: "The Killer Inside Me"

erin — Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500

The Killer Inside Me

(Michael Winterbottom. 2010. USA. 109 min.)

Best of the Shorts: Tribeca 2010

michele — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500

At the movies, I want to laugh out loud, clutch my armrest in terror, weep uncontrollably, and be amazed. I’ll admit my standards are high and past Tribeca Film Festivals have been serious enablers of my lofty expectations. So I suppose it was inevitable that one year I would be a tad disappointed by their selection of short films.

This was that year.

Best of New Directors/New Films: Shorts

erin — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Best of 11 Short Films from New Directors/New Films

Logorama
(H5: François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy, and Ludovic Houplain. 2009. France. 17 min.)

Taking the Temp of SXSW 2010

cristina — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

The fact that Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker made its US premiere one year ago at SXSW upped the intrigue this year, prompting me to wonder if one of 2010's 134 features or 126 shorts would achieve that rarefied status.