Tribeca 2022: Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz riff on their star personas in Official Competition

Tribeca 2022

Tribeca 2022: Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz riff on their star personas in Official Competition

Mariano Cohn and Gaston Duprat’s charming takedown of the movie industry features giddy turns from two of the world’s greatest stars. (This review is part of our coverage of the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival.) NOW STREAMING: Powered by JustWatch As comic premises go, the notion of portraying people in the movie industry as pretentious vain, ... Tribeca 2022: Antonio Banderas and Penélope Cruz riff on their star personas in Official Competition

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Tribeca 2022: Rudy! A Documusical can’t find a key for its odious subject

By: Peter Sobczynski

Jed Rothstein's mostly-conventional musical doc tries to lampoon the disgraced Trump lackey, but can't do either particularly well.

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Tribeca 2022: Lynch/Oz takes the Yellow Brick Road to the Black Lodge

By: Peter Sobczynski

Alexandre O. Phillippe's latest essay film shows the links between the Hollywood classic and Hollywood's greatest weirdo.

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Tribeca 2022: An Act of Worship is a striking look at life spent among intolerance

By: Lisa Laman

Nausheen Dadabhoy explores a wide array of Muslim-American experiences in this overstuffed, but impactful documentary.

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Tribeca 2022: All Man: The International Male Story is a fun skim through the cheeky past

By: Ashley Lara

The documentary about the famous mail-order clothing magazine is an enjoyable, if not mostly surface-level excursion through men’s evolution in fashion and sexuality.

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Tribeca 2022: Karaoke hits all the right notes

By: Ashley Lara

Moshe Rosenthal’s comedic cautionary tale on love, friendships, and the art of karaoke is worthy of applause.

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Tribeca 2022: Land of Dreams blurs the line between reality and fantasy

By: Ashley Lara

Directors Shirin Neshat and Shoja Azari present a zany sci-fi drama about the American Dream.

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Tribeca 2022: The Visitor is a melancholic tale of redemption

By: Ashley Lara

An estranged ex-convict father looks to reconnect with his teenage daughter in the world premiere of Martín Boulocq’s sensitive drama.

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Tribeca 2022: The Integrity of Joseph Chambers pits man against nature

By: Peter Sobczynski

Clayne Crawford stars as a man who puts his life at risk in the name of toxic masculinity

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Tribeca 2022: Wes Schlagenhauf is Dying is a shambling, unfunny exercise in meta-comedy

A self-reflexive indie comedy for the COVID-19 era, Wes Schlagenhauf is Dying fails to amuse or entertain.

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Tribeca 2022: Hommage is a haunting & uplifting look at female filmmakers

By: Ashley Lara

Writer & director Shin Su-won weaves an intimate, moving tale of of a filmmaker as she attempts to balance her family & career

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10 films we’re dying to see at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival

Some of the titles we're most looking forward to, from docs about pranksters to revivals of Abel Ferrara classics.

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