Reviews

[Tribeca Review] Ballet 422

The seemingly endless hard work required to make it as a successful dancer demands tremendous dedication and determination if one is hoping to endure the art fo...

[Review] 13 Sins

How far would you go for the “right” amount of money? The very rich preying on the desperation of the poor is obviously not a new concept in fiction, but rec...

[Tribeca Review] Night Moves

For almost a decade now—or, since returning to the world of feature-length film she left behind with 1996’s Leaves of Grass—Kelly Reichardt has been making form...

[Tribeca Review] 5 to 7

Saccharine, overwhelmingly melodramatic and filmed with a glossy sheen, one is either quickly won over by the charms of the romantic drama 5 to 7 or simply turn...

[Tribeca Review] Life Partners

While it's not the most perceptive film exploring the diversity of the lesbian experience, Life Partners has several insightful comic moments that ring true. Th...

[Tribeca Review] Loitering With Intent

In the first moments of Loitering with Intent we learn that Dominic (Michael Godere) and Raphael (Ivan Martin) are struggling actor-writer types, working at a N...

[Tribeca Review] Goodbye to All That

Goodbye to All That initially provides us with little context, launching directly into what on the outside seems to be a functional loving marriage between Otto...

[Tribeca Review] Gabriel

Opening in New London, CT, Lou Howe’s Gabriel begins with its title character (played by Rory Culkin) in search of his long-lost girlfriend Alice with the inten...

[Review] Home, James

“We live in cities, you’ll never see on screen. Not very pretty, but we sure know how to run things," says Lorde her hit Team. The opening moments of Home, Jame...

[Review] Copenhagen

Being in the right place at the wrong time is a fundamental issue in Copenhagen, and it’s one that I feel completely in tune with. I’ve gone through issues of t...