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Catholic Guilt
The gripping new documentary Constantine's Sword examines former Catholic priest James Carroll's personal struggles against the backdrop of centuries of religious intolerance, in an effort to understand why people think they can kill in the name of God.
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Revenge, Revised
With his new feature Shotgun Stories (TFF ’07), first-time director Jeff Nichols offers a fresh twist on the classic revenge narrative.
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Floor Wars
Opening this week, Planet B-Boy (TFF '07), offers insight on outsiders from around the world by following a global cast of b-boys as they compete to reach the Battle of the Year, the World Cup of breakdancing. Plus, director Benson Lee's top ten hip-hop movies.
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The Many Faces of David Gordon Green
The indie auteur's latest, Snow Angels, may be a snowbound tragedy, but the film's many moments of awkward humor and adolescent yearning reveal its maker's underlying eclecticism.
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The Other Side of the City
City of Men, the new companion piece to the acclaimed City of God, offers a humane take on the violence in Rio de Janeiro's hillside shantytowns.
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The Gondry Strategy
Michel Gondry's latest feature, Be Kind Rewind, provides more evidence of the French filmmaker's talent and passion for turning the mundane into the magical.
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The Brazilian Invasion
With four compelling new Brazilian features hitting US theaters in the early weeks of 2008—including TFF ’07 titles The Year My Parents Went on Vacation and Santiago—Brazil’s national cinema is the strongest it has been since Cinema Novo flourished in the 1960s.
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Diving Deep
Funny and frank, Julian Schnabel’s latest film, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, avoids sentimentality while plunging in on the furthest edge of life.
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Peak Performance
Mark Obenhaus' new documentary Steep (TFF '07) is both a chronicle of big-mountain skiing and an homage to the awesome beauty of nature.
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Conversation: Uncharted Waters
With her first documentary, A Walk into the Sea, director Esther Robinson exhumes the legacy of her late uncle Danny Williams, while offering a fresh take on Andy Warhol’s Factory.
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Tribeca Tribute: Bahman Ghobadi
Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi got the world's attention in 2000 with A Time for Drunken Horses, the first Kurdish-language feature film ever made. His newest film, Half Moon (TFF '07), is banned in his native Iran, but out in the US.
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Opinion: The Other Docs
Does the recently announced shortlist for Best Documentary Oscar nominations really include the best titles of the last year? Documentary director AJ Schnack says no, and calls for a new engagement with the art of nonfiction filmmaking.
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Romania à Clef
Romania’s burgeoning film movement offers gripping insights into the nation’s oppressive history. TFF artistic director Peter Scarlet reflects on the country’s new cinematic crop, to be highlighted this weekend during the Romanian Film Festival
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Fresh Air
In his debut feature, The Air I Breathe (TFF '07), Korean-American filmmaker Jieho Lee explores questions of individual agency through the intertwined destinies of a disparate group of characters. The film, which features Forest Whitaker, Andy Garcia, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Brendan Fraser, and Kevin Bacon, opens this week.
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Second Draft
The United States has maintained an all-volunteer army since 1973, but what if the draft were reinstated? Bryan Gunnar Cole's Day Zero (TFF '07), starring Elijah Wood, Chris Klein, and Jon Bernthal, imagines how three different New York guys would respond to the call.
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Chasing the Devil
Directors Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern discuss their powerful documentary The Devil Came on Horseback, an account of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Darfur and the one man who felt he had to do something about it. The film is now available on DVD.
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Invisible City
Director Steve Barron’s low-budget independent feature Choking Man (TFF '06) examines the overlooked world of service workers in Jamaica, Queens.
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In View: The Improbable Lightness of GJ Echternkamp
The first-time filmmaker recounts the trying odyssey of making Frank and Cindy, his unflinching new documentary about his own parents.
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Jim Mickle Presents: 13 Awesome Independent Horror Movies
Director Jim Mickle, whose unconventional zombie flick Mulberry Street screened in TFF '07, offers up his list
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Conversation: A Portrait of the Art Collector, and the Young Man
First-time director James Crump reflects on his new documentary, Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe, which explores middle-aged art collector Sam Wagstaff’s complex relationship with superstar photographer Robert Mapplethorpe during the 1970s and ‘80s.
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The Dark Is Rising
With Darkon, a compelling documentary portrait of the world of live-action role-players, coming to IFC this November, Brooklyn production company SeeThink finds its place in the indie film universe.
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Getting to Know… Benten Films
The fledgling New York DVD label Benten Films issued its first release, Joe Swanberg's LOL, last August, and has several other compelling titles in the pipe for 2008. Benten's principals shared their thoughts on acquiring films, cultivating a curatorial i
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Latest Blog Posts
Wed July 02, 2008, 02:30 PM
How come Will Smith hasn't released a new song to coincide with the release of Hancock?
» All-American Misfires: Elizabethtown
Wed July 02, 2008, 02:00 PM
Practically hypnotic in the way it aims to be a romantic comedy for the ages and whiffs: Cameron Crowe's Elizabethtown.
» Short-Sighted: No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn
Tue July 01, 2008, 02:00 PM
There's no IKEA to be found in Red Hook, Brooklyn, in 1989. Rather, it's the perfect location for the filming of Last Exit to Brooklyn, a brutal, dark film starring Jennifer Jason Leigh.
» DVD Picks: In Bruges, Mad Men
Tue July 01, 2008, 11:00 AM
This week, there's a choice at the video store: existential hitmen, existential admen, or an existential Norah Jones as a diner waitress.
» Good Weekend: Blog Round-up
Fri June 27, 2008, 02:00 PM
Breaking news! Actress eats food. Werner Herzog eats his shoe. Hal Ashby ruled, quite possibly almost as much as Wall-E.
» News: Festival Alum Updates for Eden, Full Grown Men, and Alex Gibney's ThinkMuddle
Thu June 26, 2008, 09:00 AM
Some films get picked up, some films get theatrical releases, and some Oscar-winning films lead to lawsuits. Oy!
» Things To Do: Celebrate Brooklyn with Cold War Kids
Wed June 25, 2008, 11:30 AM
» Summer of Skarsgård!
Tue June 24, 2008, 02:00 PM
What's Swedish for awesome? Symbol of Sweden Stellan Skarsgård and his equally foxy son Alexander have two high-profile works coming out this summer: Skarsgård peré in Mama Mia!, Alexander going American in HBO's Generation Kill.
» Documentary Studies Ancient Clown Skills
Fri June 20, 2008, 03:00 PM
According to the documentary TWISTED: A Balloonamentary, playing at the Pioneer Theater this week, the ancient clown-art of balloon twisting (you know, in the shape of a dog et al) can change your life.
» Things To Do: The Coney Island Mermaid Parade
Thu June 19, 2008, 01:00 PM
When it comes to the joys of Coney Island, 'tis best to carpe diem, or to make hay while the sun shines and the condos are at bay. So clearly, this year's Mermaid Parade is a must-see.
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