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‘Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders’ Review: Doc Shines A Light On William Friedkin’s 1980 Thriller – Tribeca Festival

8 June 2026 at 22:24
“Kinks are eroticized fears,” says author Dan Savage in the fascinating documentary Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders, which takes a brutal murder as its starting point and goes on to paint a portrait of pre-AIDS New York, with the filming of William Friedkin’s Cruising (1980) as its backdrop. Not all Friedkin’s films hit the zeitgeist in […]

A Feature-Length AI-Generated ‘Live Action’ Movie Is Premiering at Tribeca for Some Reason

29 May 2026 at 20:16

A boy with short dark hair looks over his shoulder with a serious expression. Soft light from a window behind him partially illuminates his face in a dimly lit room.

The world-famous Tribeca Film Festival starts next week and will feature a "live action" feature-length film entirely AI-generated, a world's first.

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‘In Memoriam’ Review: Marc Maron Has Six Months To Live And Only Wants To Be Remembered On The Oscars In Rob Burnett’s Wry And Wise Comedy – Tribeca Festival

10 June 2026 at 00:09
In Memoriam, which just had its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival this week, has a very funny premise. An egotistical, rather neurotic actor finds out he is dying and has only one goal left in life: to make sure he is included on the Oscars’ “In Memoriam” reel. Considering the pain that reel creates […]

The AI Film ‘Dreams of Violets’ Is How You Get Me to Hate Movies

30 May 2026 at 13:45

A close-up of a woman with dark hair and brown eyes, looking ahead with a worried or anxious expression. Her mouth is slightly open, and the background appears blurred, showing an outdoor scene.

Yesterday, PetaPixel shared that a fully AI-generated film titled "Dreams of Violets" had been accepted into the Tribeca Film Festival. For some reason, there are people who insist this is the future of films. If that is the case, then congratulations: I hate movies.

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‘Killing Castro’ Footage: First Look At Al Pacino As A CIA Operative In Tribeca Movie Starring Diego Boneta As Fidel Castro

9 June 2026 at 15:21
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first footage of Al Pacino in political thriller Killing Castro, which is getting its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. The feature “reimagines Fidel Castro’s 1960 Harlem stay as a charged encounter between surveillance and solidarity. As converging forces close in, a young translator is pulled into a tightening web of power and […]

‘The Leader’ Review: Tim Blake Nelson And Vera Farmiga Superb In Powerful Depiction Of Real-Life ‘Heaven’s Gate’ Suicide Cult – Tribeca Festival

5 June 2026 at 23:55
Writer-director Michael Gallagher, another filmmaker who got his start on YouTube with millions of followers for shows like TotallySketch, has always been a bit obsessed with the infamous Heaven’s Gate 1997 mass suicide in Rancho Santa Fe, CA, right outside where he grew up in San Diego. His interest in this horrific event and the […]

‘Next Life’ Review: Emilia Clarke Lives Alternate Life-Changing Choices In Drake Doremus’ Rich And Jazzy Rom-Dram – Tribeca Festival

6 June 2026 at 01:59
Like it did for many people, the pandemic changed things for writer/director Drake Doremus, whose last film, 2019’s Endings, Beginnings, now seems like a prophetic title for the filmmaker, a true romantic, who has since ended one relationship and then met a woman to begin another as his wife. That chance encounter in Madrid has […]

Zach Braff & Esther McGregor Tribeca Drama ‘Clean Hands’ Gets North American Deal

9 June 2026 at 15:07
EXCLUSIVE: Following its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, Vertical has acquired North American distribution rights to drama Clean Hands, the latest feature from writer-director Jake Allyn (Ride). Zach Braff, Esther McGregor, Abigail Spencer, Holt McCallany and Lucas Till star in the film which explores America’s war on drugs from the opposing eyes of […]

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