» Festival First-Timer: Exploring Music at TFF
Wed May 07, 2008, 12:52 PM
Festival first-timer Jared Cardon explored the subterranean music of New York City and met singer/songwriter Rachel Yamagata at the Tribeca/ASCAP Music Lounge.
 
» Palminteri, De Niro Keep It Real in A Bronx Tale
Tue May 06, 2008, 12:22 PM
Fifteen years ago no one in the movie business wanted Chazz Palminteri. Well, they wanted his hit one-man stage show about his coming of age in the Bronx, but they didn't want him to write the screenplay or star in the picture. Then, one night, an actor who had been looking for just the right project for his directorial debut—fella by the name of Robert De Niro—came backstage.
 
» Another Blast of Festival News
Mon May 05, 2008, 05:00 PM
Some interesting industry news over the weekend: Best Narrative Feature winner Let the Right One In, the atmospheric Swedish vampire story has been optioned for an English language remake.
 
» What Did You Say About the Festival?
Mon May 05, 2008, 02:00 PM
This year's iteration of the Tribeca Film Festival is over, but there's a world of fest-friendly content from the faithful masses who came, who saw, and who blogged about their 2008 experiences.
 
» Reed, Schnabel Talk Berlin, Bizarre Similes Ensue
Mon May 05, 2008, 09:35 AM
"The whole thing was brewing since he made that record in 1973," said director Julian Schnabel of Lou Reed's Berlin at the Conversations in Cinema talk following Sunday night's premiere. "Nineteen seventy-three," Reed interjected in disbelief.
 
» War Child Named Cadillac Award Winner
Sun May 04, 2008, 01:58 PM
"The entire War Child team is immensely grateful to the Tribeca Film Festival for giving us this extraordinary opportunity to show our film to the best audience in the world, New Yorkers," said first-time director C. Karim Chrobog, whose riveting documentary received the Cadillac Award for audience choice.
 
» Hold Steady, Virgins, Republic Tigers, Bad Veins Rock Breaking the Band
Sun May 04, 2008, 11:14 AM
“Did you guys see any movies today?” Donald Cumming, frontman for The Virgins, was curious about his audience. “I’m just trying to understand what this shit is,” he said before they kicked off their set at TFF's Breaking the Band event.
 
» Drew Wants 'Young People' to See a President Worth Remembering
Sun May 04, 2008, 10:07 AM
Eighty-four-year-old Robert Drew's A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy is an incredibly intimate look into the world of John F. Kennedy as he ran for office, worked as president, and relaxed with his family.
 
» 'See the World Through Other People's Eyes' on Pangea Day
Sun May 04, 2008, 09:40 AM
TED offers a yearly prize to interesting thinkers, a "wish" that someone can use to "dream of what it takes to make a better world." Jehane Noujain was one of the winners two years ago, and she came up with Pangea Day, a day when the world can partake in a "global campfire" of short films that will educate and entertain.
 
» TFI Media Arts Fellowships Provide Cash, Confidence
Sun May 04, 2008, 09:00 AM
“The money’s great, the money is really important,” noted director Braden King, one of the 2008 Media Arts Fellows. “But honestly. . . what winds up being even more meaningful than the money is the acknowledgment, the pat on the back that a grant like this represents."