Director Nia DaCosta Wins at Tribeca and in Our Hearts
Nia DaCosta has known she’s wanted to be a director since she was 16 years old, because, as she put it in our…
McQueen Is the Funny, Intimate Tribute His Legacy Deserves
It’s easy to remember the late designer Alexander McQueen as a stunning visionary, a fashion designer who seemed to…
Jonathan, Ansel Elgort's Twin Thriller, Was a Very Difficult Experience for Me
The last thing I wanted to do at 4 p.m. on a Tuesday afternoon was see Jonathan, which premiered last week at the…
Duck Butter Is a Queer Romance Slathered in Sex, Lies, and Smegma
Duck Butter’s Naima (Alia Shawkat) and Sergio (Laia Costa) fuck like the world is ending. They do it at Sergio’s house,…
An Interview With the Co-Director of Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland
The act of watching a documentary in the same room as the subject’s family and friends is a harrowing experience,…
Mary Shelley Is a Tragically Flat Coming-of-Age Film
Mary Shelley has all the makings of a classic teen girl coming-of-age film. There’s a passionate, star-crossed romance,…
Sunday's Illness Made Me Realize It's Okay To Want More from Telenovelas and Lady Bird
“That was fucked up... in an artistic way,” said a frank member of the audience at the end of the first Tribeca…
Sandra Bland's Family Recalls Questioning Police Footage in the Documentary Say Her Name
In this clip for the film Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland—an HBO documentary about the ambiguous,…
A Young Woman in India Struggles With Losing Her Identity to Marriage in This Clip From A Suitable Girl
In this clip from A Suitable Girl, a documentary about the divisive tradition of arranged marriages in India, a woman…
The Last Animals, Photojournalist Kate Brooks's Poaching Documentary, Is a Quietly Stunning Call-to-Arms
When director and photojournalist Kate Brooks began filming The Last Animals, which premiered last month at the Tribeca…
A List of Things Barbra Streisand Said at the Tribeca Film Festival That Prompted Audience Applause
On Saturday, Barbra Streisand sat down with Robert Rodriguez in front of a rapturous audience at the BMCC Tribeca…
Can I Be Me Is the Whitney Houston Documentary Her Estate Doesn't Want You To See
Before the Wednesday evening premiere of Whitney. “Can I Be Me” at the Tribeca Film Festival, its co-director (and…
The Political Pleasure of Gay Sex and Tom of Finland
The filmmakers involved in the biopic Tom of Finland, which is playing at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, didn’t…
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson Examines the Cold Case of an LGBT Icon
How do we begin to fill in the holes of our undervalued, under-documented LGBT cultural history? What do we do with the…
Dascha Polanco Deigns to Give You a Kiss
At the premiere of A Hologram for the King Wednesday night at the Tribeca Film Festival, Dascha Polanco was feeling…
'Died Is Died Is Died': Talking with Vanessa Gould and Margalit Fox of Obit
Despite our fascination with the lives of people who have been deemed societally “important” because of…
The Beautiful Teen Dream of All This Panic Is Real
To get to the premiere of All This Panic, husband-and-wife team Jenny Gage and Tom Betterton’s documentary about young…
Makers of Anti-Vax Film Pulled from Tribeca Say They're Being Censored by Robert De Niro
On Saturday, Tribeca Film Festival co-founder and hapless creator of a media shitstorm Robert De Niro announced that an…
Tribeca Film Festival, Robert De Niro Announce They're Pulling Anti-Vax Film From Schedule
After reaping a whirlwind of controversy over the past few days surrounding the screening of a film by anti-vaccination…
Tribeca Film Festival to Screen Film By Former Doctor Who Claimed Link Between Vaccines and Autism
This year’s Tribeca Film Festival will include a screening of a film by Andrew Wakefield, the former doctor who was…