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Tribeca Festival · 2021

Tribeca Festival 2021

Spotlight Narrative

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7 films · 3 reviews

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False Positive

After fertility struggles, a couple seem to have found their saviour in a celebrated reproductive specialist. But as hope transforms to happiness, the now-expectant mother is thrown into a spiral of suspicion, threatening her grasp on reality.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: John Lee; Writer: Ilana Glazer, John Lee; Stars: Ilana Glazer, Justin Theroux, Gretchen Mol, Sophia Bush, Zainab Jah, Pierce Brosnan)

World premiere

How It Ends

Review preview for How It Ends

The end result is sweet but its best ideas are underdeveloped, leaving it with the slightness of something conceived on the hoof.

Amber Wilkinson · 2.5 out of 5
A woman and the embodiment of her younger self try to find closure on the day before the Apocalypse.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Zoe Lister-Jones, Daryl Wein; Writer: Zoe Lister-Jones, Daryl Wein; Stars: Zoe Lister-Jones, Cailee Spaeny, Whitney Cummings, Tawny Newsome, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Logan Marshall-Green, Bobby Lee, Fred Armisen, Glenn Howerton, Bradley Whitford, Ayo Edebiri, Sharon Van Etten, Olivia Wilde, Paul W. Downs)

Full review

New York premiere

India Sweets And Spices

A college freshman confronts her parents’ values in order to understand her own evolving identity.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Geeta Malik; Writer: Geeta Malik; Stars: Sophia Ali, Manisha Koirala, Adil Hussain, Deepti Gupta, Rish Shah)

World premiere

Italian Studies

A mysterious woman wanders the streets of Manhattan in a confused state. Finding herself inexplicably drawn to a charismatic teenager, she embarks on an adventure with him.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Adam Leon; Writer: Adam Leon; Stars: Vanessa Kirby, Simon Brickner, Annika Wahlsten, Annabel Hoffman)

World premiere

The Last Film Show

A nine-year-old boy in a remote village in India begins a lifelong love affair with cinema when he bribes his way into a rundown movie palace and spends a summer watching movies from the projection booth.

(Country: India, US, France; Year: 2021; Director: Pan Nalin; Writer: Pan Nalin; Stars: Bhavin Rabari, Vikas Bata, Richa Meena, Bhavesh Shrimali, Dipen Raval, Rahul Koli)

World premiere

No Man Of God

Review preview for No Man Of God

One of the finest films of the year.

Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
To better understand the infamous serial killer’s crimes, FBI investigator Bill Hagmaier sits down with Ted Bundy for multiple jailhouse interviews over five years. Their conversations lead to unexpected results.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Amber Sealey; Writer: C Robert Cargill; Stars: Elijah Wood, Luke Kirby, Aleksa Palladino, Robert Patrick)

Full review See: Interview with Amber Sealey about No Man Of God

World premiere

Werewolves Within

Review preview for Werewolves Within

A cheerfully silly whodunnit, this film has more twists and turns than it can really sustain but enough entertaining characters and fully engaged performances to see it through.

Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
A newly assigned forest ranger checks into a quaint Vermont inn just as a snowstorm cuts him and the eccentric townsfolk off from civilization. Yet frigid weather isn’t their biggest concern - that’d be the bloodthirsty creature picking them off one by one.

(Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Josh Ruben; Writer: Mishna Wolff; Stars: Sam Richardson, Milana Vayntrub, Michaela Watkins, Cheyenne Jackson, Glenn Fleshler)

Full review

World premiere