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.
Standard Operating Procedure: In his new documentary, director Errol Morris “looks outside the frame, interviewing the soldiers who went to jail, the brigadier general who was relieved of her command, and the military investigator who analyzed the photos. Morris looks at what was photographed, and what was not. Why were some acts criminal and others ‘standard operating procedure’? Were the abuses of Abu Ghraib the acts of a few ‘bad apples,’ or were those soldiers made scapegoats by an embarrassed military?”






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.