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Tribeca Festival · 2007

Tribeca Festival 2007

Midnight

The organisers said: "For those audiences in need of something left of center, the Midnight section offers the dark, the creative, the strange, and everything in between. From rat zombies and vampires to alien sex cults, a comedian’s criticism of critics to raunchy blokes doing unheard of stunts, this collection of films may be shocking, creepy, or gross but they’re always fun."

Programme

11 films · 5 reviews

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Black Sheep

Review preview for Black Sheep

Black Sheep has a certain charm which enables it to keep its one joke going all the way through.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
Genetic experiments aimed at producing the perfect sheep go horribly wrong...

(Country: New Zealand; Year: 2006; Director: Jonathan King; Writer: Jonathan King; Stars: Nathan Meister, Danielle Mason, Peter Feeney, Tammy Davis, Glenis Levestam, Tandi Wright, Matthew Chamberlain) , Official site , Trailer

New York Premiere

Dirty Sanchez: The Movie

Think Jackass on crack and you've got the boys of Dirty Sanchez-Great Britain's troupe of raunchy madmen on a world tour of depravity. With wicked nasty stunts such as liposuction drinking games, beer enema shotguns, things that shouldn't be done with male genitalia, and more, Dirty Sanchez should be viewed with a cast-iron stomach and a twisted sense of humor.

(Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Jim Hickey; Stars: Matthew Pritchard, Lee Dainton, Mike Locke, Dan Joyce, Myke Hawke Pierce, Howard Marks, Elizabeth Tan, Kasumi Kitano, , , )

North American Premiere

Heckler

Comedian Jamie Kennedy confronts hecklers and heckled alike in this wry, spirited documentary. With appearances from limelight veterans like Rob Zombie, Mike Ditka, George Lucas and Bill Maher, Heckler illuminates the often contentious relationship between those in the spotlight and the critics in the crowd.

(Country: US; Year: 2007; Director: Michael Addis; Stars: Louie Anderson, Dave Attell, Vince August, Al Berman, Lewis Black, Stephen Burrows, Christa Campbell, Paul Chilsen, David Cross, Bill Dawes, Mike Ditka)

World Premiere

In The Land Of Merry Misfits

A wrong turn lands a young college graduate in a colorful realm of seriously twisted fairytales and wacky ne'er-do-wells on noble quests. To escape and win back his girlfriend, this unlikely hero must help a whimsical group of madcap misfits thwart the accepted social order and capture "The Grail of Popularity".

(Country: US; Year: 2007; Director: Keven Undergaro; Writer: Keven Undergaro; Stars: Bob Backlund, Fred Berry, Brendon Blincoe, John Comerford, Lisa Cross, Josie Davis, Spencer Emmons, Kurt Engstrom, Ron Ford, Joe Gear, Dennis Gubbins)

World Premiere

The Matrimony (Xin Zhong You Gui)

Review preview for The Matrimony

Ghostly goings on have rarely looked so gorgeous as they do in this spooky little period story.

Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
A woman is haunted by the ghost of her husband's dead fiancee.

(Country: China; Year: 2007; Director: Teng Hua-Tao; Writer: Yang Qianling, Zhang Jialu; Stars: Fan Bingbing, Leon Lai, Rene Liu)

North American Premiere

The Poughkeepsie Tapes

When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence homicide detectives have ever seen. Brutal and engrossing, actual footage from these tapes mixed with interviews with FBI profiles and victims’ families begin to expose the many layers to this mystery.

(Country: US; Year: 2007; Director: John Erick Dowdle; Writer: Drew Dowdle, John Erick Dowdle; Stars: Stacy Chbosky, Ben Messmer, Samantha Robson, Ivar Brogger, Lou George, Amy Lyndon, Michael Lawson, Ron Harper, Kim Kenny, Iris Bahr, Scott Beehner)

World Premiere

Rise: Blood Hunter

Reporter Sadie Blake (Lucy Liu) awakens in a morgue and realizes she is no longer human. Trying to resist the thirst for blood, she vows to hunt down the sect responsible for her situation, and kill the vampire that changed her. Chalk fill of action, this slayer flick is sure to thrill.

(Country: US, New Zealand; Year: 2007; Director: Sebastian Gutierrez; Writer: Sebastian Gutierrez; Stars: Lucy Liu, Michael Chiklis, James D'Arcy, Carla Gugino)

World Premiere

Scott Walker: 30 Century Man

Review preview for Scott Walker: 30 Century Man

An affectionate, thoroughly enjoyable biography and tribute.

Leanne McGrath · 4.5 out of 5
Documentary about one of rock's most enigmatic and influential heroes.

(Country: USA, UK; Year: 2006; Director: Stephen Kijak; Stars: Damon Albarn, Dot Allison, Marc Almond, David Bates, Ed Bicknell, David Bowie, Al Clark, Jarvis Cocker, Cathal Coughlan, Rob Ellis, Brian Eno)

New York Premiere

Unearthed

Review preview for Unearthed

Unearthed doesn't have any real bite and could quite happily be re-interred.

Tony Sullivan · 1 out of 5
Creature feature sees a beastie escape from a burial ground.

(Country: USA; Year: 2007; Director: Matthew Leutwyler; Writer: Matthew Leutwyler; Stars: Emmanuelle Vaugier, Luke Goss, Beau Garrett, Tonantzin Carmelo)

World Premiere

The Workshop

A spiritual search for answers leads the filmmaker to a California workshop run by a guru who promotes sexual adventure-and the existence of aliens. In this amusing and emotional film, Jamie and his friends shed their clothes and inhibitions for a wild ride of sex, fear, love, anger, betrayal and joy. Mature audiences only.

(Country: UK; Year: 2007; Director: Jamie Morgan; Writer: Jamie Morgan; Stars: Jamie Morgan, Paul Lowe, Ryan Spielman, Madeleine Lowe, Laurel Sutherland, Brian Appleby)

World Premiere

Zombie Virus On Mulberry Street (Mulberry Street)

Review preview for Zombie Virus On Mulberry Street

The important thing is, thanks to a smart and involving script, we care about whether they make it until morning.

Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
Manhattan gets ratty.

(Country: US; Year: 2006; Director: Jim Mickle; Writer: Nick Damici, Jim Mickle; Stars: Nick Damici, Kim Blair, Vonia Arslanian, Laurel Astri, Ron Brice, Bo Corre, Larry Fessenden, Larry Fleischman, Adam Folk, Rodney Gray, Tim House) , Trailer

New York Premiere