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Tribeca Festival · 2015

Tribeca Festival 2015

Special Screenings

In addition, there will be a live event during which the Rifftrax gang will unleash their signature comedic chops on Tommy Wiseau's modern masterpiece, The Room.

Programme

11 films · 5 reviews

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A Ballerina's Tale

Behind-the-curtain documentary about the daily routine of Misty Copeland, the first African-American female soloist at New York’s American Ballet Theatre in two decades.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Nelson George; Stars: Susan Fales-Hill, Misty Copeland, Raven Wilkinson)

World Premiere. Documentary.

High Society

A musician enlists a tabloid reporter to help him win back the heart of his ex-wife.

(Country: US; Year: 1956; Director: Charles Walters; Writer: John Patrick, Philip Barry; Stars: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Celeste Holm, John Lund, Louis Calhern, Sidney Blackmer, Louis Armstrong, Margalo Gillmore, Lydia Reed, Gordon Richards, Richard Garrick, Louis Armstrong and His Band, Don Anderson, Hugh Boswell)

Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck

Review preview for Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck

Morgen creates a vivid, colourful and quite poignant rush through a life that was, at once, explosively creative and deeply troubled.

Owen Van Spall · 4 out of 5
Portrait of the Nirvana frontman, featuring home video footage.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Brett Morgen; Writer: Brett Morgen; Stars: Courtney Love, Dave Grohl, Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic)

Full review

Life Of Brian (Monty Python's Life Of Brian)

Review preview for Life Of Brian

Life Of Brian manages to go beyond mere satire and silliness and tell a story that has power of its own.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
Inadvertently mistaken for Jesus at his birth, the innocent Brian is doomed to a lifetime of misunderstandings.

(Country: UK; Year: 1979; Director: Terry Jones; Writer: Graham Chapman, John Cleese; Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Sue Jones-Davies, Terence Bayler, Carol Cleveland, Kenneth Colley) , Official site , Trailer

Full review

Mary J Blige - The London Sessions

A behind-the-scenes look at Mary J Blige recording her 13th studio album in London.

(Country: US, UK; Year: 2015; Director: Sam Wrench; Stars: Steve Barnett, Mary J Blige, Sam Smith)

World Premiere. Documentary.

MA

Review preview for MA

Director Celia Rowlson-Hall, a dancer and choreographer, is able to make visible through movement what harms the soul.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
In this modern-day vision of Mother Mary’s pilgrimage, a woman crosses the American Southwest, deconstructing the world around her.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Celia Rowlson-Hall; Writer: Celia Rowlson-Hall; Stars: Celia Rowlson-Hall, Andrew Pastides, Amy Seimetz, Jason Kittelberger, Neal Bledsoe, Matt Lauria, Kentucker Audley, Peter Vack, William Connell, George McArthur, Gabrielle Vance, Bobbi Jene Smith, Emma Ruth Quigley)

Full review See: Celia Rowlson-Hall, Ian Bloom and Iva Radivojevic in conversation on MA , A conversation with Frédéric Boyer about the Tribeca Film Festival , Interview with Celia Rowlson-Hall about MA and Derek Lam's 10 Crosby Fragrance And Film , Derek Lam and Henry Joost on 10 Crosby Fragrance And Film

Preview screening.

Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life

Review preview for Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life

In terms of comedy, belly laughs and unfortunate little accidents making a mess of the sofa, the Pythons has never been better.

Keith Dudhnath · 4.5 out of 5
A sketch show on film from the makers of Life Of Brian.

(Country: UK; Year: 1983; Director: Terry Jones; Writer: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin; Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin)

Full review

Monty Python And The Holy Grail

Review preview for Monty Python And The Holy Grail

Overall, this is a silly romp through some of the best legends medieval Britain has to offer, intercut with some fabulously surreal animation.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
King Arthur and his Knights go on a much-interrupted and humorous search for the Holy Grail. Out on re-release.

(Country: UK; Year: 1975; Director: Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam; Writer: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin.; Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Neil Innes, Carol Cleveland, Connie Booth, Iain Banks)

Full review

Monty Python: The Meaning Of Live

Documentary about the comedy outfit's stage work.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Roger Graef; Stars: John Cleese, Brian Cox, Terry Gilliam, Stephen Hawking, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin)

Most Likely To Succeed

The current US education system is attempting to teach and test skills, that even when mastered, leaves graduates woefully unprepared for the 21st century. This feature-length documentary examines what sort of educational environment is most likely to prepare students for a world changing exponentially.

(Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Greg Whiteley)

Speedy

Daredevil silent comedy about a bold New yorker battling to save his city's last horse-drawn tram.

(Country: US; Year: 1928; Director: Ted White; Stars: Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy, Babe Ruth)

Newly restored print from the Criterion Collection, Narrative.