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All posts by Casey Cipriani
Tribeca: “The One I Love”, “X/Y”, “Boulevard” and “Just Before I Go” All Examine Relationships with Varying Degrees of Success
The One I Love
Science fiction films have always provided commentary or acted as metaphors for very earthly situations. So when a tiny, relationship drama takes an unexpected twist down the sci-fi path, as happens in Charlie McDowell's first feature, there'...
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Tribeca: Documentaries “Mala Mala”, “Virunga” and “A Brony Tale”
Mala Mala
Co-directors Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles offer a poignant and celebratory look at the transgender community of Puerto Rico. The film follows sex-workers, business owners, LGBTQ advocates and drag performers on extremely personal journeys thr...
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Tribeca Review: Jon Favreau’s “Chef” Will Make You Hungry for Sandwiches and Further Character Development
Warning: do not go see Chef on an empty stomach. If you do, Jon Favreau's new food infused comedy will make your experience insufferable.
The Favreau written, directed and produced project (which won Tribeca's Audience Award) centers on a successful chef na...
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Tribeca Review: Joss Whedon’s “In Your Eyes” Asks For Suspension of Disbelief in Exchange for a Sweet Romance
Joss Whedon is no stranger to high-concept sci-fi and fantasy, having written Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Serenity, Dollhouse and The Avengers, which he also directed, as well as the sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron, which he is in the midst of dir...
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Tribeca Review: “Night Moves” is a Slow Burning Yet Exciting Environmental Thriller
How far would you go for a cause? Do the ends always justify the means? That is what director Kelly Reichardt asks in her latest thrilling feature Night Moves, which follows a group of eco-terrorists/activists through their plan to blow up Oregon's Green Peter...
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“Vara: A Blessing” is a Beautiful Journey Through Traditional Indian Music and Dance
Earlier in the week at Tribeca, Beneath the Harvest Sky and Broken Hill Blues explored the coming of age stories of young men in isolated locations in America and Sweden, respectively. In Vara: A Blessing, the focus is on a young Indian female, and instead of ...
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Tribeca Reviews: “Loitering with Intent” and “Alex of Venice,” Two Problematic Dramedies
Try to imagine an appropriate scenario in which a woman takes a bath with her brother sitting three feet away from the tub. Not only her brother actually, but her brother's best friend as well, who has a rather obvious obsession with her. Then throw in a garde...
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Tribeca Review: Rory Culkin is Tender and Troubled in “Gabriel”
Rory Culkin has come a long way since playing a kid in a tinfoil hat in M. Night Shyamalan's Signs.
Culkin stars as the titular character in writer-director Lou Howe's first feature Gabriel, which poignantly explores a subdued yet dangerous case of living w...
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Tribeca Reviews: “Broken Hill Blues” and “Beneath the Harvest Sky”, Two Tales of Adolescent Turmoil
Surviving adolescence can often feel like a fight against collapsing forces. In Kiruna, the small Arctic town that is the setting for the Swedish Broken Hill Blues, the ground is literally crumbling beneath the characters' feet.
The entire village is succum...
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