‘In the Cards’ Actress Eleanore Pienta on Pushing Back Against Correctness
Actress Eleanore Pienta talks with PopMatters about the challenges of indie film work, the appeal of broken characters, and our era of political correctness.
Tribeca Film Festival 2021
Tribeca 2021: Wladyka’s Thriller ‘Catch the Fair One’ Will Haunt You
Josef Wladyka’s gripping second film shines a light on an epidemic of missing Indigenous women.
Tribeca 2021: ‘India Sweets and Spices’ Offers Familiarity
Geeta Malik’s India Sweets and Spices is peppered with familiarity, from the settings to the snacks, in an enjoyable but incomplete package.
Director Gregory Monro on Humanising Kubrick in His Documentary ‘Kubrick by Kubrick’
Director Gregory Monro talks to PopMatters in an exclusive interview from Tribeca about the revealing words of Stanley Kubrick.
Tribeca 2021: ‘Italian Studies’ Fascinates and Fumbles
Italian Studies, the latest from Gimme the Loot director Adam Leon, is another shaggy tale of listless New Yorkers.
Tribeca 2021: ‘LFG’ Shows the Struggle and Sacrifice in Fight for Equal Pay
Sean Fine and Andrea Nix’s new documentary, LFG, focuses on the women’s national soccer team’s court battle to get paid what they’re worth.
Tribeca 2021: ‘Settlers’ Thrills But Blunts Its Message
Wyatt Rockefeller’s sci-fi/western drama about a Martian settlement, Settlers, undercuts its allegory about Western colonization.
Director Emmett Brennan on the Meditative Urgency in His Environmental Film, ‘Reflection: A Walk with Water’
Director Emmett Brennan talks with PopMatters about telling an environmental story that can benefit our lives with Reflection: A Walk with Water.
Tribeca 2021: ‘No Man of God’ Refuses to Sensationalize Ted Bundy
Based on interviews with Ted Bundy, director Amber Sealey’s drama, No Man of God, questions whether a monster is worthy of absolution.
Tribeca 2021: ‘Larry Flynt for President’ Is Provocative and Prescient
Nadia Szold’s found-footage documentary Larry Flynt for President looks back at the Hustler publisher’s 1983 run for the White House.
Tribeca 2021: ‘The Scars of Ali Boulala’ Peers Through Too Tight an Aperture
Max Eriksson’s documentary on the tragic life of a professional skateboarder, The Scars of Ali Boulala, will only interest fans of the sport.
Director Jonathan Cuartas on America’s Marginalized in ‘My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To’
Director Jonathan Cuartas talks with PopMatters about his debut feature film My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To, which looks at victims America doesn’t care about.