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Tribeca Festival · 2018

Tribeca Festival 2018

US Narrative Competition

Programme

10 films · 3 reviews

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All About Nina

Review preview for All About Nina

This was raw, visceral stuff, for which we have writer/director Eva Vives to thank.

Jane Fae · 3.5 out of 5
A woman wrestles with difficult issues in her personal life as she strives to become a successful comedian.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Eva Vives; Writer: Eva Vives; Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Sonoya Mizuno, Clea DuVall, Chace Crawford, Camryn Manheim, Melonie Diaz, Common, Angelique Cabral, Beau Bridges, Ramona Young, Mindy Sterling, Jay Mohr, Andree Vermeulen, Kate del Castillo, Victor Rasuk)

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Diane

Review preview for Diane

Place, who appears in almost every scene, has never been better.

Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
Diane is a devoted friend and caretaker, particularly to her drug-addicted son. But as those around her begin to drift away in the last quarter of her life, she is left to reckon with past choices.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Kent Jones; Writer: Kent Jones; Stars: Jake Lacy, Mary Kay Place, Phyllis Somerville, Kerry Flanagan, Ray Iannicelli, Jennifer Delora, Joe James, Crystal Tweed, Ann Osmond, Ann Lucente, David Tuttle, Patrick Husted, Lorenzo Beronilla, Dierdre Friel, Jenny Kirlin)

Full review See: ‪Kent Jones in conversation on Mary Kay Place, the power of ellipsis in cinema, and the objects in Diane , Kent Jones in conversation on the road, costume design, and passports to another universe in Diane

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Duck Butter

Two women, jaded by dishonest and broken relationships, make a pact to spend 24 uninterrupted hours together, having sex on the hour... but not everything goes as planned.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Miguel Arteta; Writer: Miguel Arteta, Alia Shawkat; Stars: Mae Whitman, Alia Shawkat, Laia Costa, Kumail Nanjiani, Hong Chau, Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass, Lindsay Burdge, Kate Berlant, Wolf Fleetwood-Ross, Mel Eslyn, Pamela Drake Wilson, Michele Williams, Rhoda Pell, Chandra Gerson)

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Ghostbox Cowboy

Tech entrepreneur Jimmy Van Horn arrives in China armed with an invention and confidence, only to learn that being American is not enough to succeed.

(Country: China, US; Year: 2018; Director: John Maringouin; Writer: John Maringouin, Specialist, David Zellner; Stars: David Zellner, Specialist, Robert Longstreet, Vincent Xie, JR Cazet, Carrie Gege Zhang, Steve Musselman, Tax Ninja, Angelina Liu, James Nan Lin, Christopher Fung, Larry Kitagawa, David Zellner, Specialist, Robert Longstreet)

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Little Woods (Crossing The Line)

Review preview for Little Woods

Thompson's forceful, charismatic performance brings life to what could have been a relentlessly grim film, but it also unbalances the drama somewhat.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
Two estranged sisters are driven to extremes when their mother dies, leaving them with one week to pay back her mortgage.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Nia DaCosta; Writer: Nia DaCosta; Stars: Tessa Thompson, Lily James, James Badge Dale, Lance Reddick, Luke Kirby, Elizabeth Maxwell, Luci Christian, Jeremy St. James, Joe Stevens, Morgana Shaw, Lawrence Varnado, Alexis West, Charlie Ray Reid, Gary Teague, Jason Newman)

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Maine

A married woman’s journey of self-discovery and introspection while solo-hiking the Appalachian Trail ends up sidetracked when she encounters a lone hiker.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Matthew Brown; Writer: Matthew Brown; Stars: Pete Burris, Laia Costa, Thomas Mann, Yossie Mulyadi, Pete Burris, Laia Costa, Thomas Mann, Yossie Mulyadi)

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Mapplethorpe

In the late Sixties, art-school dropout Robert Mapplethorpe moves into the Chelsea Hotel with dreams of stardom.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Ondi Timoner; Writer: Mikko Alanne, Ondi Timoner; Stars: Matt Smith, Marianne Rendón, Mark Moses, John Benjamin Hickey, Carolyn McCormick, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Tina Benko, Hari Nef, Mickey O'Hagan, Kerry Butler, McKinley Belcher III, Karlee Perez, Kenya Brome, Karan Oberoi, John Bolton)

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O.G.

An inmate entering the final weeks of a 20-plus year sentence must navigate between old loyalties and a new protégé, while he also grapples with the looming uncertainty of life on the outside.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Madeleine Sackler; Writer: Stephen Belber; Stars: Jeffrey Wright, William Fichtner, Boyd Holbrook, Mare Winningham, David Patrick Kelly, Yul Vazquez, Bahni Turpin, Ryan Cutrona, Ato Essandoh, Kevin Jackson, Jeffrey Wright, William Fichtner, Boyd Holbrook, Mare Winningham, David Patrick Kelly)

World premiere

Song Of Back And Neck

A hapless man seeking treatment for his crippling back pain discovers a very unusual talent and unexpected love.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Paul Lieberstein; Writer: Paul Lieberstein; Stars: Paul Feig, Rosemarie DeWitt, Nora Kirkpatrick, Paul Lieberstein, Clark Duke, Robert Pine, Ryan Lee, Brian d'Arcy James, Sam Anderson, Chelsea Cook, Luke Spencer Roberts, Jennifer Prediger, Paul Kwo, Raymond Ma, Treisa Gary)

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State Like Sleep

Following the death of her husband, Katherine travels to Brussels, where a few loose ends become a web of secrets as she untangles her late spouse’s mysterious last days alive.

(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Meredith Danluck; Writer: Meredith Danluck; Stars: Katherine Waterston, Michael Shannon, Luke Evans, Michiel Huisman, Mary Kay Place)

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