{Tribeca Film Festival}
So you won't be making out to the Tribeca Film Festival? Well, neither will I, but we can only hope that some of these films will make it to a theater in our town soon. If you are lucky enough to be in NYC, the Festival will run April 25th through May 7th. Here's some films that I'll be keeping an eye out for...
Al Franken: God Spoke
Synopsis: This hilarious documentary about one man’s unceasing battle against the Right tracks Al Franken’s transformation from mild-mannered comedy writer to full-on political player. Featuring: Ann Coulter, Michael Moore, Al Gore, John Kerry, and Henry Kissinger.
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Akeelah and The Bee
Synopsis: Akeelah is a precious 11 year-old from south Los Angeles with a gift for words. Depite her mother’s objections, she enters several spelling contests, and with the support of a special tutor and the entire neighborhood, she earns a spot at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. This uplifting film stars: Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Keke Palmer and Curtis Armstrong.
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Here's a couple of interesting foreign flicks...
Hanging Garden
Synopsis: Meet the Kyobashis, a model suburban Japanese family. Or are they? In director Toshiaki Toyoda’s skillful examination of contemporary domestic malaise, a mother’s plan for the perfect family initially seems to be working, but we soon learn that her perceived perfection is a lie that each family member chooses to believe at the expense of reality.
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Taking Father Home
Synopsis: Filled with bitterness and a thirst for revenge, a 17 year-old boy leaves his rural Chinese village to seek out the father who abandoned him 6 years earlier. But once the boy arrives in the big city of Zigong, the long-awaited encounter with his father leads him to make a dramatic decision.
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LoudQuietLoud
Synopsis: The Pixies reunite 12 years after their inauspicious split and set out to re-conquer the world, and their own demons. This dazzling concert documentary eschews rock-god cliches and goes straight to the heart of four people who need music (and one another) more than they ever knew.
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Civic Duty
Synopsis: A seemingly well-adjusted American loses his job and becomes obsessed with terrorist plots and cable news propaganda. When an Islamic student moves next door, the accountant’s suspicions lead to shocking conclusions in this post- 9/11 thriller starring Six Feet Under’s Peter Krause.
View trailer (under the Discovery section)
Too Tough To Die
Synopsis: On September 12, 2004, just two-and-a-half days before Johnny Ramone’s death, a group of musicians and friends- among them Deborah Harry, Eddie Vedder, Henry Rollins, Pete Yorn, and The Red Hot Chili Peppers- staged a benefit concert to celebrate The Ramones’ 30th anniversary and to raise money for cancer research. Mandy Stein’s touching rockumentary captures that unforgettable evening.
View trailer (under the Midnight section)
For more info visit the Tribeca Film Festival site.
