The 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, one of New York's best showcase for new independent cinema which has expanded to include the latest in television, video games, online film-making and virtual reality, is set to begin on April 18th and concludes on April 29th.
The fest kicks off with the world premiere of the documentary, "Love, Gilda" which examines the life of the beloved comedian, Gilda Radner who rose to fame as one of the original cast members of "Saturday Night Live" and brought to life such characters as Roseanne Roseannadanna and Emily Litella. The film reveals her struggle with success, relationships and her battle with ovarian cancer which ended her life in 1989. But it also is a loving tribute to a tremendous talent who remains an inspiration of many comedians.
Some of the other documentary highlights include "Horses: Patti Smith and Her Band", a music doc about the fortieth anniversary concerts of the legendary rocker's classic album "Horses" which was performed in sequence and filmed at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles; "The Gospel According to André", a look at the glamorous life of André Leon Talley, the regal fashionista who worked at Vogue magazine for over forty years and "McQueen", a vivid portrait on the life of the British fashion designer, Alexander McQueen who rose quickly as a major young talent but burned out just as fast.
A few of the Spotlight Narrative films to be screened include "Back Roads", the directorial debut by actor, Alex Pettyfer which he stars as an uneducated man who is left to raise his three younger sisters after his mother (Juliette Lewis) goes to jail after murdering their abusive father; Sebastián Lelio, who just recently won the Best Foreign Language Film award for "A Fantastic Woman" returns with his latest, "Disobedience" which stars Rachel Weisz as a New York photographer who returns to her North London Orthodox Jewish community to attend the funeral of her estranged Rabbi father and renews her close relationship with a childhood friend (Rachel McAdams); In "Mary Shelley", Elle Fanning plays the future writer of "Frankenstein" and focuses on her whirlwind romance with poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (Douglas Booth) and "The Seagull" an adaption of Anton Chekhov's classic play that stars Annette Bening, Saoirse Ronan, Corey Stoll and Elizabeth Moss.
"Schindler’s List", Steven Spielberg’s 1993 masterpiece that went on to win seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, will be screened on April 26th with a new restoration of the film and will be followed by a discussion with the director and the actors, Liam Neeson, Sir Ben Kingsley and Embeth Davidtz. Other retrospective screenings include "In The Soup", Alexandre Rockwell's indie comedy that featured one of the first major film roles by Steve Buscemi and won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 1992. With only a damaged archive copy available, a Kickstarter campaign was started to restore the film and that will be screened to celebrate it's 25th anniversary. And the restoration of the 1983 remake of "Scarface" will be shown with director, Brian DePalma and the film's stars, Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer and Steven Bauer in attendance after the screening.
The Tribeca Talks: Storytellers will feature interesting discussions by many creative individuals working in cinema. Some of the scheduled guests are Oscar-winner, Jamie Foxx, Alec Baldwin with Spike Lee, Robert DeNiro with Bradley Cooper and filmmaker, Alexander Payne.
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The 2018 Tribeca Film Festival
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