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.
Pray the Devil Back to Hell: "The civil and clan wars that ravaged Liberia from 1989-2003 accounted for over 250,000 deaths, one million displaced persons, and a malignancy of unspeakable atrocities often committed by child-soldiers, that left the country in a dire state of hopelessness. Out of this despair rose a group of women; mothers, grandmothers, aunts and daughters, led by Leymah Gbowee, a mother who dared to dream that the wars could end. This documentary tells their extraordinary story. "






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.