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. Check out last week's preview of some of the narrative feature films in the festival, or brave the entire program of films.)
American Express cardholders have been buying tickets since last weekend; on this Friday 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.
Man on Wire: “On August 6, 1974, an international group of conspirators, disguised as construction workers and armed with fake IDs, snuck into the World Trade Center to perpetrate what would be called ‘the artistic crime of the century.’ The following morning, a young French daredevil named Philippe Petit walked on a cable strung between the Twin Towers – not once but eight times over a 45-minute period. Man on Wire follows the irrepressible Petit as he recalls his early exploits walking on a high wire between the towers of Notre Dame – while juggling! – and across the summit of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, and features the friends who helped Petit rig the cable and smuggle almost a ton of equipment into the freight elevator of the WTC's South Tower.”






The New York Road Runners Club should change it's name to The New York Sidewalk Runners club. Rarely do I ever see a runner in the street.
It's interesting that when an actor or an actress get to a higher level they become less believable in a role. Take Meryl Streep as an example. When one see's her either on stage or in film, she is seen as Meryl Streep first and then the character she portrays.