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Tribeca 2011: Critic's Choice - Shorts

erin — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Below are the Critic's Choice short picks. For a fest overview and the features, click here.

Critic’s Choice - Tribeca Shorts

Eva-Working Title
(Dor Fadlon. 2010. Israel. 14 min.)

Pentecost
(Peter McDonald. 2010. Ireland. 11 min.)

Tribeca 2011: Critic's Choice - Features

erin — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0500

A Decade In the Life of the Tribeca Film Festival

New Directors/New Films 2011 - Critic's Choice

erin — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500

For the second consecutive year, The Independent's senior film critic, Kurt Brokaw, has screened the entire lineup of New Directors/New Films and is reviewing his favorites below, including Margin Call, The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, Night Hunter, and Incendies.

Leader of Red Sheep

erin — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0600

Red Shirley, Lou Reed’s 28-minute homage to his 101-year-old cousin, Shirley Novick, had its New York premiere January 15th, as part of the 20th Annual New York Jewish Film Festival which runs through January 27th.

New York Film Festival 2010 - Critic's Choice

erin — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0500

The Independent's senior film critic Kurt Brokaw offers his picks from the 2010 New York Film Festival. Below are excerpts of full reviews. New films will be added to this list throughout the fest, which runs September 24th through October 10th.

The Robber
(Benjamin Heisenberg. 2010. Austria-Germany. 96 min.)

A Meeting of Worlds: YouTube Biennial at the Guggenheim

courtney — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500

The Guggenheim Museum: one of the art world’s most venerable institutions, home of masterpieces from the Impressionist movement to the modern era.

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: Travis Senger on "White Lines and The Fever: The Death of DJ Junebug"

michele — Sat, 01 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500

After winning a special jury prize at SXSW 2010, Filmmaker Travis Senger brings his short documentary White Lines and The Fever: The Death of DJ Junebug to the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival this week. His documentary explores the old days of hip-hop and the dangerous underworld at the legendary Disco Fever.

Tribeca 2010: Mary Robertson on "Missed Connections"

michele — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Have you ever felt your eyes lock with someone across a crowded subway, only to wish later that you had ripped through the crowd to get some digits? You’re not the only one.

Advance Look at New Directors/New Films

erin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

For the past 38 years in Manhattan, The Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art have collaborated on an annual presentation of New Directors/New Films. This year's 27 features and 11 shorts, representing 20 countries, will screen at both locales between March 24th and April 4th.