The Tribeca Film Festival is currently
gearing up with a full schedule of films now available for your perusal online.
We've gone through the festival's massive slate and picked out a small handful
of films that we think might be worth your attention this year. There's also a
fairly good international horror presence this year and we've included a few
highlights from that genre as well.
You can check out the full schedule and
pick up tickets at Tribeca's official site.
Blood
and Rain: In Jorge Navas' beautifully composed neo-noir, taxi driver
Jorge begins his night shift bent on revenge after his brother's murder at the
hands of a violent gang. But when an accident brings him unexpectedly closer to
his party-girl fare Angela, the damaged pair must struggle against forces
already set in motion, drawing them inexorably into the rain-soaked underworld
of Bogotá.
Dream
Home: Cheng Lai-sheung is a young, upwardly mobile professional finally
ready to invest in her first home. But when the deal falls through, she is
forced to keep her dream alive-even if it means keeping her would-be neighbors
dead. Pang Ho-Cheung's disturbingly imaginative violence unfolds against a backdrop
of lifestyle fetishization and the housing market crisis in this metropolitan
spin on Guignol horror. In Cantonese with English subtitles.
Every
Day: Meet Ned. His live-in father-in-law is putting serious strains on
Ned's marriage. He's having a hard time adjusting to raising an independent
teenager. His job as a TV writer is unfulfilling, and late nights with a sexy
coworker are only complicating matters.... Liev Schreiber, Helen Hunt, Brian
Dennehy, Carla Gugino, Eddie Izzard, and Ezra Miller star in this eloquent and
honest look at an everyday family dealing with life's little curveballs.
Freakonomics: Rogue filmmakers expose the hidden side of everything-from corruption in the
sumo wrestling world to the minefield of ethnicity and class conflict in the
million-dollar industry of baby naming-in this dynamic adaptation of the smash
best seller Freakonomics. From the
innovative documentary filmmakers behind Why We Fight, The King of Kong,
Academy Award nominees Jesus Camp and Super Size Me and Academy Award winner Taxi to the Dark Side.
Legacy: British-Nigerian director Thomas Ikimi builds a thrilling psychological drama
around an all-consuming central performance by Idris Elba (The Wire). Black ops operative Malcolm Gray is returning home after
a botched mission in Eastern Europe. Holed up in a rundown Brooklyn motel room,
he is torn between retribution and personal salvation as he mentally unravels.
When the walls close in, his story may be all he can leave behind....
Mimacs: Bazil (Dany Boon, Joyeux Noël) is a
gentle-natured but unlucky man with a bullet lodged in his brain. Together with
a motley crew of wacky new friends, he exacts an intricate revenge plot against
the giant weapons manufacturers responsible for his lowly lot in life. From the
inimitable and hyper-imaginative director of Delicatessen and Amélie comes
a wild and whimsical underdog story, a David and Goliath tale by way of Buster
Keaton.
The
Infidel: Mahmud Nasir (comedian Omid Djalili) may not be the most
observant Muslim, but deep down he is a true believer. His life is turned
upside down when he learns he was adopted-but most scandalous is that his birth
mother was Jewish! And his given name was Solly Shimshillewitz! As Mahmud
tumbles into a full-scale identity crisis, a true comedy of religious errors
unfolds. With Richard Schiff and Matt Lucas.
The
Killer Inside Me: Casey Affleck is Lou Ford, a deputy sheriff whose
continuous inner monologue reveals a savage sociopath hidden behind his
accommodating Texan smile. When his escalating entanglements with a local
prostitute and his prying fiancée back him into a corner, his urges will erupt
in shocking violence. Michael Winterbottom's subversive film noir is adapted
from cult pulp author Jim Thompson's novel. With Kate Hudson, Jessica Alba,
Bill Pullman, and Elias Koteas.
Ondine: Academy Award-winning filmmaker Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) weaves a visually arresting tale of a lone
fisherman (Colin Farrell) who pulls in the sweetest catch of his life-a
mermaid-like beauty. But as their passion grows, their dark pasts come to
light, and the real world begins to threaten their fairy tale romance. This
stunning film will challenge your senses and imagination as fantasy and reality
clash on the big screen.
Open
House: Brian Geraghty gives a haunting performance as prim and taciturn
David, forced for years to watch over his sexually predatory partner Lila and
her violent urges. David longs for human connection and a less violent
existence, and when a would-be victim becomes a chance at redemption, he is
torn between his humanity and the only life he's ever known.
Possessed: In this eminently creepy horror show, college student Hee-jin returns home in
the wake of her younger sister's disappearance, only to find her mother a
fanatical religious convert and the family's neighbors offing themselves in
increasingly bizarre and grotesque ways. Together with detective Tae-hwan,
Hee-jin must unravel the tangled web of connections between the victims that
will lead back to the missing girl. In Korean with English subtitles.
Saturday
Night: Saturday Night Live has been a New York icon for decades, but few have witnessed what it actually
takes to pull off an episode. Actor/director James Franco settles confidently
behind the camera and into corners of cubicles and conference rooms to bring
unprecedented access to the cast's vigorous marathon of comedy creation. With
John Malkovich hosting the episode, Franco sculpts an intimate look at the
making of one hilarious episode of SNL.
Zonad: In this cheeky comedy from brothers Kieran and John Carney (director of Oscar
winner Once), the Cassidy family
lives cheerfully in a small Irish town where the 1950s, it seems, never ended.
Then one night a portly brute dressed sorta like an alien arrives at their
house. His name is Zonad, and he's from outer space-or so he claims-and soon
his cynical, 21st-century attitude begins disrupting this seemingly idyllic
little hamlet.
Get Your Cinephile on at the Tribeca Film Festival
We pick out some of the highlights and a few horror gems.
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April 19, 2010
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