April 10, 2008
Tribeca Film Festival 2008 Mini-Preview
The 2008 Tribeca Film Festival begins April 23rd and runs through May 4th, with over 200 feature length narrative films, documentaries and shorts from around the world. This year also features discussions with filmmakers, music events, a family film series, an ESPN Sports Film Festival and other special presentations. (Peruse the entire selection of films.)
American Express cardholders will be able to buy tickets starting this Saturday April 12th. On Friday April 18th, tickets will be available to downtown residents who can show proof of residency at the Tribeca Film festival box office at 15 Laight Street. On Saturday April 19th tickets go on sale to everyone.
Here are a handful of potential highlights from the hundreds of narrative features to choose from; next week we'll glance at some of the documentary features.
Baby Mama: The Tribeca Film Festival opens on April 23rd with the premiere of Baby Mama. "Successful and single businesswoman Kate Holbrook (Tina Fey) has long put her career ahead of a personal life. Now 37, she’s finally determined to have a kid on her own. But her plan is thrown a curve ball after she discovers she has only a million-to-one chance of getting pregnant. Undaunted, the driven Kate allows South Philly working girl Angie Ostrowiski (Amy Poehler) to become her unlikely surrogate."
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that movie looks terrible.
Wow, Tina Fey looks really hot in that photo.
what happened to the descriptions for photos 4-9, 12, and 14?
I saw 2 films last year at the festival and was surrounded by unbearable twats both times
If I submit a canceled check to Con Ed will that be sufficient to make me eligible for a discount?
Will Bobbie DeNiro also give me free eats at Agro?
The fucking asshole doesn't even live down here anymore with his ugly blackamore wife. WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?
Has the TFF gotten too big? Has it become too mainstream? Trying to score tickets to any film but the smallest indie is difficult. The number of seats reserved for industry-types, VIPs and press belie the image of this festival as "new york's" festival.
And then there's all the festival volunteers and assistants, acting self-important and just making it tough for attendees to get into venues and see the films. In many cases, it's not worth the effort...most of the big films have already been picked up for distribution and those indies which deserve to be seen will be seen...elsewhere.
Babys Mama looks like its a played out SNL joke. Maybe it will fair better than Return Of Jezebel James.
this coverage is so predictable, totally ignoring smaller films that are actually worth watching. Baghead, The Auteur, The Cottage, movies that will actually entertain you rather than an expensive ticket to an industry jizfest.
Judidench...you're so right. Saw the trailer for The Auteur and it looks hilarious. Also, saw this on youtube about The Auteur.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5DLj8R6gDM
I just hope the screenings aren't all sold out by the time the rest of us can buy tix (non-amex holders).