Talks
Tribeca Talks are arguably the highlight of the festival that sometimes threatens to even outshine the premieres. On top of Soderbergh and Coppola discussing “Apocalypse Now,” some of the intriguing pairings include David O. Russell in conversation with his muse Jennifer Lawrence, Alec Baldwin and Guillermo del Toro, Martin Scorsese speaking with his lifelong creative partner Robert De Niro,” Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound” which features editor/sound designer Walter Murch (“Apocalypse Now,” and you always wanna be there when Walter Murch talks), Roots drummer Questlove interrogating director Boots Riley, Rashida Jones in a storytellers program, comedian Sarah Silverman facing off against Mike Birbiglia and much, much more.
Documentaries
The Tribeca Film Festival has always fared well with documentaries and this year’s line-up looks no different. There are tons of good highlights including Werner Herzog‘s ” Nomad: In The Footsteps Of Bruce Chatwin” (his doc “Meeting Gorbachev” is also playing), the high school shooting doc “After Parkland,” “After Maria,” about the aftermath of Hurricane Maria’s devastation in Puerto Rico, sex ed advice from “Ask Dr. Ruth,” “Devil’s Pie,” about R&B superstar D’Angelo, his disappearance from the public eye, and his mysterious ways, Don Argott and Sheena Joyce‘s “Framing John DeLorean,” the doc “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice,” which will likely give this singer her due, “Mystify: Michael Hutchence,” about the late INXS singer, “Other Music,” about New York’s now-closed preeminent hipster record store, “The Quiet One,” about Rolling Stones bass player Bill Wyman, “All I Can Say,” by noted rock photographer Danny Clinch about the late Shannon Hoon, frontman for the band Blind Melon; “Sublime” about the SoCal reggae rock group, Sublime, Antoine Fuqua‘s “What’s My Name | Muhammad Ali,” “You Don’t Nomi,” a doc about giving Paul Verhoeven‘s “Showgirls” another chance, and “XY Chelsea Manning” about infamous whistleblower and trans woman Chelsea Manning as she prepares to leave an all-male military prison in Kansas and transition to living life for the first time as a free woman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dghb4e0OMog
Television
Like a lot of film festivals, the Television section of the Tribeca Film Festival isn’t gigantic, but there’s a few things worth looking out for including Showtime‘s “Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men,” the Seth Rogen-produced adaptation of “The Boys” for Amazon Prime, Stephen Frears‘ “State of The Union” marital comedy starring Rosamund Pike and Chris O’Dowd for Sundance TV and HBO‘s “Chernobyl,” from writer/producer Craig Mazin, which we’ve already started watching and damn, it’s harrowing stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHFxvsqMZMg
The Tribeca Film Festival runs Wednesday, April 24 to Sunday, May 5.
