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Tribeca Film Festival’s feature narrative, One Percent More Humid, premiered last night in Chelsea at the SVA Theater. The haunting coming-of-age story centers on two childhood friends on a break from college who reunite in their New England hometown. It’s a sweltering, sticky summer, hence the title. Iris (Juno Temple) and Catherine (Julia Garner) find relief in the cooling waters of the local lake.
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The 2017 Tribeca Film Festival begins Wednesday, April 19 and runs through Sunday, April 30. This is the 16th year of awe-inspiring offerings. Many thanks go to co-founders Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro for this long-standing celebration of New York City, movies, media, and activism.
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The 16th edition of the annual cultural festival announced the program’s big closer on Saturday, April 29—A celebration of the 45th anniversary since The Godfather’s hit theaters. There will be back-to-back screenings of the The Godfather and The Godfather Part II at Radio City Music Hall. That will be followed by an all-star panel discussion with Academy Award®-winning director Francis Ford Coppola and actors Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, and Robert De Niro.
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Dorri Olds attended Tribeca Film Festival’s red carpet for “Kicks” on April 14, 2016. In attendance were cast members Jahking Guillory, Mahershala Ali, Kofi Siriboe, Christopher Jordan Wallace, Christopher Meyer and Michael Smith. Director and co-writer Justin Tipping was brave enough to be vulnerable.
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Tribeca Film Festival’s 40th anniversary celebration of movie Taxi Driver at the Beacon Theatre included Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, writer Paul Schrader, producer Michael Phillips and TFF co-founder Jane Rosenthal.
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One of Tribeca Film Festival’s highlights this year was Detour, a suspenseful neo-noir thriller deliciously saturated in drugs and alcohol. The central character, Harper (heartthrob Tye Sheridan), is stepson to alcoholic no-goodnik Vincent, played by Stephen Moyer of True Blood. Also stars Bel Powley and Emory Cohen. Written and directed by Christopher Smith.
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In “One More Time,” a comedy drama that won Official Selection at Tribeca Film Festival 2015, beautiful, burned-out wannabe rock star Jude (Amber Heard) lives a pitiable life of one-night stands. Although loaded with inherited musical talent, she’s only good at drinking. Self-loathing and systematic self-destruction make Jude incapable of making it on time to even sing commercial jingles.
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I chatted with Tom Hiddleston on the red carpet for his at Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) premiere of “The Night Manager.” The much anticipated six-part TV miniseries aired on AMC on April 19. It is based on the book by John le Carré (“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”).
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Photos by Dorri Olds “Grandma” is Lily Tomlin’s movie. She is in top form in a role created just for her. Writer director Paul Weitz (“American Pie,” “About a Boy”) confirmed that he had written the part for Tomlin after the two had worked together on 2013’s “Admission.” Yay for a female-driven, pro-LGBT, pro-choice comedy drama that delivers. “Grandma” … Read more
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Views from the Red Carpet and Beyond… Covering a red carpet takes a certain kind of journalist: a masochist. Why? Because they’re jam-packed with paparazzi — mostly from Getty and other agencies — and a few rogue freelancers like me. There’s a ton of pushing and shoving from the photographers. I’m still recuperating from last … Read more
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