Tribeca in 60 Seconds: Monday, April 27, 2009
Filed under: Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Independent, Tribeca, Festival Reports, Cinematical Indie
What's been happening at the Tribeca Film Festival the past couple of days?
Deals. Discussions are underway on several titles, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Distribution executives were spotted at Conor McPherson's drama The Eclipse, a title that jumped out at me when the lineup was first announced. The great Ciaran Hinds (Rome, Munich) stars in an "atmospheric drama about a widower who sees and hears strange things in his house." Aidan Quinn and Iben Hjejle (High Fidelity) also star. Other titles "in play" include Cheryl Hines' comedy Serious Midnight, written by the late Adrienne Shelly, starring Kristen Bell, Justin Long, and Meg Ryan; Jake Goldberger's drama Don McKay, starring Thomas Haden Church and Elisabeth Shue; and Marshall Curry's Racing Dreams, a documentary about Go-Kart racing.
Our Coverage. Kirby Dick's "engrossing, revelatory" doc Outrage makes its message clear, wrote Eric D. Snider: "If you're a politician who publicly oppresses the gay community while secretly belonging to it, Kirby Dick will kick your closet door down and tell the world what a hypocrite you are." Eric also reviewed the Academy Award-winning Japanese drama Departures, "a perfect Oscar choice, a fine film that's gently funny and moving and not the least bit challenging or controversial." You can view all our coverage by clicking this handy link.
Blog Talk. The aforementioned doc Racing Dreams "alienated and creeped ... out" Jeffrey Wells of Hollywood Elsewhere, who explained: "I trust I'm not the only urban-residing blue-state guy who despises the whole blue-collar NASCAR thing." I'm sure the feeling is mutual. Eric Kohn at The Wrap describes Off and Running, a doc by Nicole Opper, as "the fascinating story of an adopted African-American teen raised by lesbian Jewish parents in Brooklyn ... The combination of community forces behind its existence makes [it] the quintessential Tribeca product."
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-05-2009 @ 9:44PM
Dawn Reel said...
"Off and Running" the movie asking "what is family?" "which family do I belong to" blew my mind (and heart). The star of the movie, teenage Avery, is a dark-skinned, high-achieving girl adopted by loving Jewish lesbians and attending a Jewish day school that is overwhelmingly white. However, the older she gets, the more the world reacts to her beautiful black skin, and the more desperate she becomes to experience her blackness and find out about her black, biological family. A complicated, difficult journey emerges -- one that her black (but lighter-skinned) brother & best friend doesn't relate to. It is heartbreaking that "love is not the answer" alone. But heartwarming that Avery and her family never give up loving one another. A made in NYC story about how complicated "family" and "belonging" can be... and how many of us in NYC have complex identities, loves and allegiances. This movie makes you cheer families of choice -- and especially the brave Avery, who you feel will figure out these difficult questions... and with any luck do a sequel for us!
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