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TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL ’14: LANCE EDMANDS’S WRAP-UP

Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:19:51 +0000

The Tribeca Film Festival has traditionally occupied a somewhat contested space in the cinematic landscape. It seems like no critical coverage is complete without some kind of hand-wringing commentary on Tribeca’s relationship with the film festival circuit, downtown Manhattan, or […]

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TREEFORT FILM FEST ’14: WRAP-UP

Thu, 27 Mar 2014 20:43:21 +0000

Elsewhere in Idaho, Treefort Film Fest serves as a perfect counterpoint to the previous week’s Sun Valley Film Festival. Younger, edgier, and at a much lower altitude, Treefort’s film component is a brand new addition to a much larger festival […]

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LENNY COOKE

Wed, 18 Dec 2013 15:45:38 +0000

The Safdie Brothers' documentary feature debut plays up their subject’s squandered potential while also preserving his humanity and his status as a victim of the fundamentally crooked professional amateur sports complex.

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A Conversation With Josh and Benny Safdie and Adam Shopkorn (LENNY COOKE)

Wed, 04 Dec 2013 14:00:32 +0000

(Lenny Cooke opens theatrically on Friday, December 6, 2013. It world premiered in the Viewpoints Section at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival. Visit the film’s official website to learn more. NOTE: This piece was first published on April 24, 2013.) […]

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LET THE FIRE BURN

Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:30:42 +0000

Through its tragic tale of an historical event, Let The Fire Burn ignites an important conversation about race relations in America, but also about the legitimate use of power, especially by the state against what it has deemed "terrorist" activity.

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TRIBECA ’13: SUSANNA LOCASCIO’S WRAP-UP

Wed, 01 May 2013 18:18:05 +0000

I don’t know the origins of this, but common knowledge says that it takes ten years to become a New Yorker. If that’s the case, the Tribeca Film Festival cruised past that mark last year. Like most of us, it […]

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