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Tribeca Festival

7 June – 18 June 2023

Eric LaRue
Eric LaRue

The festival will hold its 22nd edition from June 7 to 18. This year's line-up includes several titles from directors who are stepping behind the camera, including John Slattery's Maggie Moore(s) and Michael Shannon's Eric LaRue.

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  • The Secret Art Of Human Flight
    Review preview for The Secret Art Of Human Flight

    There’s a deep understanding of the ways that people can be affected by grief underlying the gentle, quirky comedy of this tale.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    While mourning the death of his wife and fending off an ambitious detective who thinks he killed her, Ben encounters a man who claims that he can teach him to fly.
  • Your Fat Friend
    Review preview for Your Fat Friend

    Viewers are likely to go away appreciating Aubrey’s frustrations and perhaps, if they share them, feeling validated, but without the tools to do anything about them.

    Jennie Kermode · 2.5 out of 5
    Popular anonymous blogger Aubrey Gordon spent five years writing about the realities of living as a self-described “very fat person.” Now, she is about to face the public for the very first time.
  • The Lesson
    Review preview for The Lesson

    The Lesson is a treat. It's properly constructed, beautifully played. It might not quite cleave to classical unities but it knows enough to weave its course among them.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    A young novelist eager to make a name for himself begins tutoring the son of one of the most influential writers in the world. Good intentions soon give way to suspicion as darker motivations surface and the lines of master and protégé are blurred.
  • Perpetrator
    Review preview for Perpetrator

    Perpetrator heralds the joyous rising up of a regiment of monstrous women.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    On her 18th birthday, tough-girl Jonny eats a cake baked by her aunt according to a magical family recipe and undergoes a radical metamorphosis.
  • Bad Things
    Review preview for Bad Things

    It’s in this fracturing of feminine figures within a familial, uterine space that Thorndike finds the unsettling kind of horror she’s looking for.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A weekend getaway for four friends at a snowy resort turns into a psychological tailspin and bloody nightmare.
  • Afire
    Review preview for Afire

    Petzold’s most literary film to date.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    Tensions and desire bloom among five people at a holiday home by the Baltic Sea.
  • Between The Rains
    Review preview for Between The Rains

    There’s a lack of depth in general.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
    A coming-of-age documentary following a young member of a formerly nomadic northern Kenyan community as they deal with the environmental and psychological effects of climate change.
  • Lost Soulz
    Review preview for Lost Soulz

    It’s a story which invites trust and faith in humanity even as it acknowledges that life involves risks.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A young rapper leaves behind his surrogate family and sets out on an expedition across Texas, contemplating new and old friendships.
  • Let Liv
    Review preview for Let Liv

    Liv and her mother are at different stages in battling their addiction and that’s a tangible thing in the way they are realised, as important in what it has to say as anything delivered directly by the dialogue.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    A young alcoholic woman agrees to attend an AA meeting with her partner. When she unexpectedly runs into her estranged mother, she's forced to confront demons from her past.
  • Enter The Dragon
    Review preview for Enter The Dragon

    Lee is terrific and his natural charisma gives the film the energy it needs.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A Shaolin martial artist travels to an island fortress to spy on an opium lord - who is also a former monk from his temple - under the guise of attending a fighting tournament.

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