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Courtesy Tribeca Film Festival
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Apr 20, 2011 – May 1, 2011
Daily (schedule)
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- Price
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$8 - 25
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It's hard to believe, but the festival launched by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal to bring life to lower Manhattan is about to serve up its tenth edition. A perpetually ambitious endeavor, Tribeca tries to cast a wide net with its panels, various free outdoor activities, and film programming. The daunting 12-day schedule spotlights a global assortment of over 90 features and 60 shorts in genres ranging from social issue to softcore "pink." The documentary slate is typically strong and this year look out for films on A Tribe Called Quest, Yves Saint Laurent, and 85-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono. Other non-fiction standouts include The Bully Project, Donor Unknown,Koran by Heart, Bombay Beach, which captures and choreographs the community living near the Salton Sea set to music by Beirut and Bob Dylan. The most creative and risky films are to be found in the Cinemania section, so b-line there if that's your inclination. In the more narrative, commercial realm, Michael Winterbottom's The Trip, a condensed version of the six-part BBC series starring Steve Coogan, is deliciously funny, and we have our eye on The Guard, a comedy starring Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle. Rarely are films "sold out," so the standby line is usually a good bet.
Mindy Bond, Flavorpill
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For those who can't make it out, the festival has an online streaming component and a selection of VOD features available.
