Tribeca 2017: Critic’s Choices – Documentaries
Film critic Kurt Brokaw offers his favorite picks for documentaries at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival—Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Frank Serpico, and Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story.
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Tribeca 2017: More Critic’s Choice Short Films
Kurt Brokaw selects his critic’s choice shorts from the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival—The Amazing Adventures of Wally and the Worm Colin Hanks, Fry Day, Viola, Franca, along with 11th Hour.
Tribeca 2017: Critic’s Choices
Senior Film Critic Kurt Brokaw offers up top pics from the 16th Tribeca Film Festival, April 19-30.
Tribeca 2017 Review: 11th Hour
Senior Film Critic Kurt Brokaw reviews Jim Sheridan’s film 11th Hour, screening at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival.
VR In the Spotlight
Staff writer Maddy Kadish explores a new ‘reality’ taking the Festival circuit by storm.
New Directors/New Films 2017: “Quest”
Kurt Brokaw reviews Jonathan Olshefski’s debut documentary “Quest”, a deeply personal and uplifting meditation on family love. The documentary debuted at Lincoln Center’s “New Directors/New Films” Festival which runs March 15-26.
New Directors/New Films 2017: “Patti Cake$”, “Menasche”
Staff writer Kurt Brokaw reviews ‘Patti Cake$’ and ‘Mensche’, now playing at Lincoln Center/MoMa’s New Directors/New Films Festival March 15-26.
10 Filmmakers to Watch 2017: Call for Nominations
Now in its ninth year, The Independent’s 10 Filmmakers to Watch highlights filmmakers and mediamakers—directors, producers, digital media makers, animators, and others—whose upcoming work we think puts them at the forefront of the independent media scene. Submit your nominations by March 15, 2016. (It’s free to submit).
Sundance Coverage: The Fire This Time
With its kitchen-sink realism and cinematographer Ante Cheng’s moody, black-and-white camerawork, the filmmaker’s quasi-autobiographical Gook stems from his childhood memories about his father defending the family business during 1992’s Los Angeles riots following the notorious, not-guilty verdicts of the four LAPD officers involved in the 1991 beating of the late Rodney King.