What do you call genre films that audiences love to share together in a packed theater? Films that make audiences SCREAM with laughter, terror, or excitement? We call them pure escapism. And they’re why we’ve created something new…
Escape From Tribeca
Designed with love and rockets to build our audience and increase our outreach by bringing in the rabid fans who have never been to the Tribeca Festival, and presenting to our stalwart attendees the coolest, craziest, most FUN movies they’ve never had the chance to see. We’ve brought the most deliriously entertaining pictures ever made downtown, only to ESCAPE FROM TRIBECA.
The Lineup
#AMFAD: All My Friends Are Dead (World Premiere)
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What’s a killer party without booze, drugs, a homicidal maniac and a high body-count? RSVP “Hell Yes!” to Saw franchise veteran Marcus Dunstan’s rowdy #AMFAD: All My Friends Are Dead, a slasher film that owes as much to Seven and the aforementioned Saw as it does Scream. Jade Pettyjohn and Jojo Siwa lead a vibrant young cast as a group of college-aged friends who shack up in an Airbnb for a fun night that turns into a bloodbath as a masked killer gruesomely picks them off one-by-one. Join Dunstan and some of the cast for a sure-to-be-raucous World Premiere and post-film Q&A.
Kill (New York Premiere)
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At a time when badass action cinema is in vogue (see: the John Wick franchise and Dev Patel’s Monkey Man), the genre’s best new entry since Gareth Evans’s The Raid films only needs one word to convey its supremacy: Kill. And, boy, does Indian filmmaker Nikhil Nagesh Bhat’s hero (played by Lakshya) do a whole lot of that, rampaging his way through a passenger train in a “one Special Ops commando versus 40 armed goons” closed quarters combat blowout. Skulls will be smashed, necks will be impaled, fists will furiously fly and Tribeca audiences will stand up and cheer multiple times during the New York Premiere of this Roadside Attractions release.
She Loved Blossoms More (World Premiere)
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Take the unique world-building of Euro sci-fi classics like The City of Lost Children, combine it with eye-popping visuals reminiscent of a Mario Bava film, and you’ll have something close to Greek composer/director Yannis Veslemes’s singular She Loved Blossoms More. Poignantly examining grief while displaying some insane body horror, it’s a genre-bending look at three brothers trying to resurrect their dead mother with a handmade time machine; a plan that, to put it lightly, goes awry. Be among the first cinephiles to experience the film’s World Premiere alongside Veslemes himself, who will be in attendance for a post-screening Q&A.
Screening with: The short film The Cost of Flesh, French director Tomas Palombi’s incredible exercise in experimental horror in which a paralyzed teenager watches her siblings attempt a dangerous treatment for her terrifying situation.
The Sugarland Express With Steven Spielberg (50th Anniversary Screening)
Saturday June 15 - 2:00 PM at BMCC
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Upon its release, Pauline Kael called Steven Spielberg’s The Sugarland Express, “one of the most phenomenal debut films in the history of movies.” Join Steven Spielberg himself for our 50th Anniversary celebration of this funny, visceral, and moving action drama, the first theatrical feature in what is arguably the greatest directing career in all of cinema. Featuring Oscar winners Goldie Hawn and Ben Johnson and co-stars William Atherton and Michael Sacks, this is an event no film lover will want to miss.
The Unknown
Thursday June 6 - 7:00 PM at Village East Cinema
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This terrifying masterpiece from Tod Browning (Dracula, Freaks) still shocks with its emotional power. Featuring the great Lon Chaney as a circus performer with a terrible secret and a heartbreaking Joan Crawford as the innocent object of his affections, this extraordinary tale of madness, disability and body modification will be presented by Mat Fraser (American Horror Story: Freak Show) and Christine Bruno (Cost of Living), two disabled performers and advocates with eye-opening perspectives. Join us for this beautifully restored MGM Classic and a frank, personal discussion on horror, humanity, taboo and inclusion.
Reconstruction and digital restoration courtesy of the George Eastman Museum from 35mm prints at GEM and the Národní filmovy archiv, with the support of The National Film Preservation Foundation.
The Year of GODZILLA: 70th Anniversary Kickoff Bash
Friday June 7 - 10:00 PM at Baby’s All Right
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The Tribeca Music Lounge and Escape From Tribeca will celebrate the 70th Anniversary of GODZILLA, the King of Monsters, in the best possible way: with a late-night dance party big enough to honor history’s greatest kaiju. Backed by the official support of Toho International, this one-of-a-kind extravaganza features superstar DJ Takuya Nakamura, mad punks AnChikSho and the legendary all-female Japanese rock band Hard Nips! Featuring a curated collection of epic Godzilla footage, signature drinks, giveaways, costumes and self-described “Fake Scientist” Shyaporn Theerakulstit presenting his hilarious, Nerd-Nite-approved lecture, “Godzilla: History, Biology and Behavior of Hyper-Evolved Theropod Kaiju.” Come party with the King!