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Randall Okita’s SEE FOR ME at Tribeca 2021 Review: turns the tables on everyone – us included – in home invasion thriller

By Luke Y. Thompson 5 years ago

But See for Me is no simple “good women versus bad men” escapist shoot ’em up. Sophie is a pragmatist above all else, and will switch sides however many times it takes in order to stay alive. Okita, along with writers Adam Yorke and Tommy Gushue, not only look to shatter stereotypes about the disabled as they relate to their abilities, but also their perceived nobility. They’re not afraid to have their heroes be seriously flawed, in ways that major studio executives would probably insist on sanding off.

Marq Evans’ CLAYDREAM: Tribeca 2021 Review — explores the career and creativity of animation legend Will Vinton

By Luke Y. Thompson 5 years ago

As an animator, Vinton could certainly compete with Disney or anyone else. His elaborate clay-sculpted characters rival any seen before or since for detail, and the way he would transform them, melt them, and turn them into other things onscreen evinces a kind of imagination rarely seen in most studio animation…and the influence of psychedelics in his youth, to which he freely confesses.

What the Film?! Podcast #1 with Justina Walford, John Wildman – “The One Where We Mock Tribeca”

By John Wildman 5 years ago

On our inaugural What the Film?! Podcast, Justina Walford and I talk about a trio of topics inspired by Facebook debate thread shenanigans including Tribeca claiming they would be the first in-theater film festival this year when there have been SEVERAL already in the past three months and one even in New York City a couple weeks ago. Adorable, Tribeca. Adorable.

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TRIBECA 2019 REVIEWS: Mark Webber’s THE PLACE OF NO WORDS is a brave and risky excursion into fantasy as grief and loss are navigated

By Miguel Cima 7 years ago

The Place of No Words is the real deal, sincere human connection of the highest filmic order. By using nerd culture to produce a more moving and touching work than probably anything in its realm that has come before it, it transcends genre and falls squarely into greatness.

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TRIBECA 2019 REVIEWS: Hari Sama’s THIS IS NOT BERLIN is a turbulent coming-of-age story set against a familiar 80s backdrop

By Miguel Cima 7 years ago

This Is Not Berlin could have easily been yet another exploitative procedural using cultural gimmickry to make the film “feel important.” Thankfully, Sama used those notes in just the right places throughout the oeuvre, leaving the heights of the dramatic symphony to be engineered by more honest human feelings.

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TRIBECA 2019 REVIEWS: Lara Jean Gallagher’s CLEMENTINE focuses on the complicated emotional mechanics intertwined in the romance between two women

By Miguel Cima 7 years ago

While there are moments where a seemingly mutual lust for one another is acted upon, the way things turn out both emotionally and cinematically are handled with grace and dignity.

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TRIBECA 2019 REVIEWS: Joe Begos’ BLISS is a dizzying horror film making the vampire/addict connection

By Miguel Cima 7 years ago

There aren’t many films out there like this (if any). If you’re ready to take a walk on the wild side of the horror genre, make sure you see Bliss. But not if you’re squeamish. And not if existential terror mixed with graphic blood and gore served up in a cinematic cyclone sounds off-putting.

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TRIBECA 2019 REVIEWS: Yu Gu’s A WOMAN’S WORK: THE NFL’S CHEERLEADER PROBLEM details the fight between the NFL and the women that cheer for its teams

By Miguel Cima 7 years ago

Before the film exposes the culture behind this blatant mistreatment of NFL cheerleaders, we get to spend some quality time at home with a few of them. And guess what? They’re wives. They’re moms. And they love, love, love their local football team who they proudly cheer for.

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TRIBECA 2019 REVIEWS: Shosh Shlam’s & Hilla Medalia’s excellent LEFTOVER WOMEN looks at how the Chinese “force” women to marry

By Miguel Cima 7 years ago

As we follow the three ladies, we see varying degrees of acquiescence, and in one case, open rebellion. Imagine your own sister telling them you’ve dishonored the family by not being married and having kids by your early thirties, that all the educational goals you’ve achieved and high-paying jobs you keep mean nothing.

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TRIBECA 2019 REVIEWS: Michela Occhipinti’s brilliant and poignant FLESH OUT examines the relationship between women and eating

By Miguel Cima 7 years ago

All of this is delicately handled by a deft directorial style commanded by Occhipinti with subtle poise. So much of the film is so quiet but for the smacking sounds of large meals being chewed and slurped. The louder scenes tend to be celebratory like an all-girls soiree where friends can let it all hang out in private.