Director Leslie Cockburn was making the TFF 2009 doc American Casino just as the subprime mortgage crisis—the film's subject—unfolded. She talks about the meta-ness of it all and audience reaction in the current economic ...
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TFF 2009 filmmaker Bradley Rust Gray and his wife, filmmaker So Yong Kim, talk with one of their idols, Hirokazu Koreeda, about his new film Still Walking (TFF 2009).
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The director talks NYC, disco and fashion in the 1970s through his unconventional doc, now available on VOD via Tribeca Film.
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This New England girl-turned-New Yorker on working with Streep and Stillman, and improv-ing her way through Ed Burns' latest tale of the city.
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2010 Tribeca Talks Announced
Amy Taubin talks with indie film pioneer Bette Gordon about her authentic Tribeca history and her latest film, which premiered at TFF 2009 and opens April 16.
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A hit at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, Gotta Dance follows America's oldest dance troupe: the New Jersey NETSationals. Yep, they're senior citizens doing hip-hop dances on the basketball court, and we talk to director Dori Berin...
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We talk with Amreeka director Cherien Dabis about the film's genesis and the path it took from Tribeca to Park City to its theatrical release.
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"You Really Had Us at Hello"
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Tribeca Takes: Mahmoud Kaabour
In this excerpt from the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival Directors Series, Michael Moore talks to Susan Sarandon about fighting his fears during the filmmaking process: “I’m [usually] trying to convince myself that I’m going to get through this alive, ...
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Tribeca Talks 2007
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Tribeca Talks 2008
The 2008 Tribeca Film Festival today announced the line-up for its discussion series, open to the public, that will explore issues and trends in society and the entertainment industry with some of the biggest names in film, literature and media. T...
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We have a glass of wine with the fascinating and brilliant Aimee Mullins, the 2008 Tribeca/ESPN Sports Film Festival Ambassador in this exclusive interview as she talks sports, Matthew Barney, and the MIT Media Lab.
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Is it possible to turn tragedy into hope? These directors document some victims of terrorism who've done just that. At TFF, Sean Penn will be on hand for a Tribeca Talks discussion.
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Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Eva Mendes, Julia Stiles, Tiki Barber, Ishmael Beah, Jonathan Lethem, Rachel Dratch and other film, literary and media industry personalities are scheduled to participate in a series of conversations and discussions as pa...
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As Amreeka hits Sundance, director Cherien Dabis talks about the film's genesis and how Tribeca helped her get to Park City.
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As buzz escalates for this celebrated crowd-pleaser, Tribeca talks with director Danny Boyle, screenwriter Simon Beaufoy, and actor Dev Patel at the Tribeca Cinema Series. Plus: Writer Daphne Beal on India's “maximum city”!
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Oscar Talking Points
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Film Comment Selects
Yesterday at the Barnes & Noble in Union Square, the Tribeca Talks series kicked off with the panel discussion As Good as the Book? What did scribes Caroline Bottaro, Dave Callaham, and Julian Kemp have to say about the...
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Tribeca Director of Programming David Kwok talks with four returning producers about their 2009 world premieres, their TFF history, and advice for those aspiring to fill their shoes.
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Tribeca Director of Programming David Kwok talks with three of this year's directors about setting their films in the city we know and love.
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Tribeca Short Film Programmer Maggie Kim moderates a panel discussion with five of this year’s makers of short films, who talk about what it takes to lighten up and create a comedic short.
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