TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL begins tomorrow! RND has a few (40) recommendations

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tribeca film festival 2015 logoThis year’s fest is bigger and better than ever! We’re very excited here at Reel News Daily to bring you the very best of what’s screening. Get ready for interviews, roundups, special events, and reviews coming your way. Here are the films we recommend… so far!

 

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Tribeca Film Festival 2015 MarqueeDocumentary Selections

INDIAN POINTIndian_POint_Press_3 Tribeca

TFF 2015 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 94 minutes
  • Directed By: Ivy Meeropol
  • Country: USA
Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant looms just 35 miles from Times Square. With over 50 million people living in close proximity to the aging facility, its continued operation has generated controversy for the surrounding community. In the brewing fight for clean energy and the catastrophic possibilities of complacency, director Ivy Meeropol weaves a startling portrait of our uncertain nuclear future. 

SCREENING TIMES

FRI 4/17 5:30 PM SVA Theater 2 Beatrice
SUN 4/19 3:45 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-1
WED 4/22 3:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 6
FRI 4/24 6:15 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 4

DREAM/KILLERDREAM KILLER_Press_1 Tribeca

TFF 2015 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 109 minutes
  • Directed By: Andrew Jenks
  • Country: USA
In the fall of 2005, 21-year-old Ryan Ferguson received a 40-year prison sentence for a murder that he did not commit. Over the next ten years, his father Bill engages in a tireless crusade to prove Ryan’s innocence. Interspersed with footage from the Ferguson family archive, Andrew Jenks’ film looks at the personal consequences of a wrongful conviction. 

SCREENING TIMES

SUN 4/19 6:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 6
MON 4/20 3:15 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 4
FRI 4/24 3:45 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-1
SAT 4/25 9:45 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 5

DEMOCRATSDemocrats still

TFF 2015 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2014
  • Runtime: 99 minutes
  • Directed By: Camilla Nielsson
  • Country: Denmark
North American Premiere. In the wake of Robert Mugabe’s highly criticized 2008 presidential win, a constitutional committee was created in an effort to transition Zimbabwe away from authoritarian leadership. With unprecedented access to the two political rivals overseeing the committee, this riveting, firsthand account of a country’s fraught first steps towards democracy plays at once like an intimate political thriller and unlikely buddy film. 

SCREENING TIMES

THU 4/16 6:45 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-1
FRI 4/17 7:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-9
SUN 4/19 3:45 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 5
THU 4/23 9:00 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-6

TOM SWIFT AND HIS ELECTRIC RIFLETOM SWIFT Tribeca

TFF 2015 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 95 minutes
  • Directed By: Nick Berardini
  • Country: USA
With more and more damaging reports of taser-related deaths at the hands of police officers, is it enough to blame the officials misusing the device or must we also start to question the technology itself? Filmmaker Nick Berardini poses this increasingly pertinent question and many more in his daring, vital, and carefully-constructed documentary Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle, which offers a sobering analysis of the ethical conundrum over this lethal weapon. 

SCREENING TIMES

FRI 4/17 8:30 PM SVA Theater 2 Beatrice
SAT 4/18 5:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 8
TUE 4/21 6:15 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 4
SUN 4/26 8:30 PM SVA Theater 2 Beatrice

AUTISM IN LOVEAutism In Love

TFF 2015 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 75 minutes
  • Directed By: Matt Fuller
  • Country: USA
What does it mean to love and be loved? With remarkable compassion, director Matt Fuller examines the reality of autistic adulthood and shows how the members of this often-misunderstood community cope with the challenge of keeping romance alive. Autism in Love is a celebration of accepting the differences in others, and in ourselves. 

SCREENING TIMES

THU 4/16 5:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-4
FRI 4/17 5:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 8
SAT 4/18 6:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 6
TUE 4/21 3:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 6

 

THE BIRTH OF SAKEBirth of Sake_Press_2

  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 94 minutes
  • Directed By: Erik Shirai
  • Country: USA
Traditional and labor-intensive, the production of Saké has changed very little over the centuries. Erik Shirai’s love song to the artisans who have dedicated their lives to carrying on this increasingly rare artform follows the round-the-clock process for six straight months, offering a rare glimpse into a family-run brewery that’s been operating for over 100 years. 

SCREENING TIMES

THU 4/16 7:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-9
FRI 4/17 8:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 8
SAT 4/18 9:45 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 5
THU 4/23 5:00 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-3
SUN 4/26 3:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 6

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Artwork from "That Dragon, Cancer".Credit: That Dragon, Cancer

Artwork from “That Dragon, Cancer”.Credit: That Dragon, Cancer

TFF 2015 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 81 minutes
  • Directed By: David Osit and Malika Zouhali-Worrall
  • Country: USA
For the past two years, Ryan and Amy Green have been working on That Dragon, Cancer, a videogame about their son Joel’s fight against that disease. Following the family through the creation of the game and the day-to-day realities of Joel’s treatment, David Osit and Malika Zouhali-Worrall create a moving testament to the joy and heartbreak of raising a terminally ill child. 

SCREENING TIMES

FRI 4/17 5:45 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-10
SAT 4/18 6:15 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 4
TUE 4/21 6:45 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 5
THU 4/23 5:45 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-10

AMONG THE BELIEVERS

Among the Believers-00004 Tribeca

TFF 2015 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 84 minutes
  • Directed By: Hemal Trivedi and Mohammed Ali Naqvi
  • Country: Pakistan
An unsettling and eye opening exploration into the spread of the radical Islamic school Red Mosque, which trains legions of children to devote their lives to jihad, or holy war, from a very young age. With incredible access and chilling footage, Among the Believers is a timely and relevant look into the causes that have led to the growth of radical Islam in Pakistan and around the world. 

SCREENING TIMES

FRI 4/17 6:15 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 4
MON 4/20 7:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-9
TUE 4/21 6:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 6
FRI 4/24 5:45 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-10
SUN 4/26 3:45 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 5

 

CARTEL LANDCartel Land-#1 - Autodefensa member standing guard in Michoacán, Mexico, from CARTEL LAND, a film by Matthew Heineman

TFF 2015 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 100 minutes
  • Directed By: Matthew Heineman
  • Country: USA, Mexico
A portrait of two men, both leaders of small paramilitary groups that police different sides of the Mexican drug war: one in the southern US and the other in Michoacan, deep inside Mexico. With unprecedented access, this film brings forward deep questions about the breakdown of order and entanglement of modern-day vigilante movements at a time when the government cannot provide basic security for its people. In Spanish and English with subtitles. A release by The Orchard. 

SCREENING TIMES

WED 4/22 6:45 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-1
FRI 4/24 8:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 8
SUN 4/26 5:00 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-3

DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD: THE STORY OF THE NATIONAL LAMPOON

Drunk Stoned_Press_3 Tribeca
TFF 2015 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 95 minutes
  • Directed By: Douglas Tirola
  • Country: USA
Using rare, never-before-seen archival footage and in-depth interviews with fans and founders, Douglas Tirola traces National Lampoon’s evolution from underground countercultural movement to mainstream household brand. Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead is a riotous and revealing chronicle of a trailblazing comedic institution and a celebration of creative expression at its radical, envelope-pushing finest. 

SCREENING TIMES

THU 4/16 9:15 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-5
TUE 4/21 9:15 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-5
FRI 4/24 8:45 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-10

A COURTSHIP

Courtship_Press_1 Tribeca
TFF 2015 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 71 minutes
  • Directed By: Amy Kohn
  • Country: USA
Amy Kohn’s fascinating documentary offers a peek into the practice of Christian courtship, wherein a woman hands over the responsibility of finding a husband to her parents and the will of God. Such is Kelly’s path, enlisting her adopted spiritual family to find her Mr. Right. 

SCREENING TIMES

SAT 4/18 2:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-4
SUN 4/19 6:00 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-6
TUE 4/21 5:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 8
WED 4/22 3:00 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-6

THE WOLFPACK

Wolfpack_Press_1 Tribeca
TFF 2015 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 90 minutes
  • Directed By: Crystal Moselle
  • Country: USA
Everything the Angulo brothers know about the outside world they learned from obsessively watching movies. Shut away from bustling New York City by their overprotective father, they cope with their isolation by diligently re-enacting their favorite films. When one of the brothers escapes, the world as they know it will be transformed. 

SCREENING TIMES

SAT 4/18 8:30 PM SVA Theater 2 Beatrice
MON 4/20 4:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-9
WED 4/22 6:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 6

MISERY LOVES COMEDY

Misery Loves Comedy Poster
TFF 2015 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 95 minutes
  • Directed By: Kevin Pollak
  • Country: USA
An insightful documentary that delves into the psyche of a comic to find out whether you must be miserable to be a comedian. With interviews with some of the biggest names in comedy, including Jimmy Fallon, Amy Schumer, Jim Gaffigan, and Judd Apatow. 

SCREENING TIMES

WED 4/22 7:30 PM SVA Theater 2 Beatrice (NOTE) ADD

Narrative Selections

THE ADDERALL DIARIES

Stephen Elliott (James Franco) and Neil Elliott (Ed Harris)Anna Kooris

Stephen Elliott (James Franco) and Neil Elliott (Ed Harris)Anna Kooris

TFF 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURE

  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 90 minutes
  • Directed By: Pamela Romanowsky
  • Country: USA
Elliott (James Franco), a once-successful novelist inflicted with writer’s block and an Adderall addiction strives to escape his problems by delving into the world of a high-profile murder case. Amber Heard, Ed Harris, and Cynthia Nixon co-star in this adaptation of Elliott’s best-selling memoir. 

SCREENING TIMES

THU 4/16 9:30 PM BMCC Tribeca PAC
FRI 4/17 6:15 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-5
MON 4/20 3:15 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-5
SAT 4/25 6:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-11
SUN 4/26 9:00 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 7 (NOTE)

BRIDGENDBridgend Tribeca

TFF 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 105 minutes
  • Directed By: Jeppe Rønde
  • Country: Denmark
Sara (Hannah Murray) and her dad arrive in a town haunted by a spate of teenage suicides. When she falls in love with Jamie (Josh O’Connor), she becomes prey to the depression that threatens to engulf them all. Jeppe Rønde’s debut is based on the real-life Welsh county borough of Bridgend, which has recorded at least 79 suicides since 2007. 

SCREENING TIMES

THU 4/16 9:00 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 7
FRI 4/17 9:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 6
SAT 4/18 2:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 8
FRI 4/24 9:45 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-1

MEADOWLANDMeadowland_Press_1 Tribeca

TFF 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 95 minutes
  • Directed By: Reed Morano
  • Country: USA
Sarah and Phil’s son goes missing, shattering their life together and forcing each to find their own way to cope. Cinematographer-turned-director Reed Morano presents a masterfully crafted contemplation on a relationship strained to the breaking point. Olivia Wilde and Luke Wilson capture the unraveling emotions with remarkable power, alongside Kevin Corrigan, John Leguizamo, Elisabeth Moss, Giovanni Ribisi, Juno Temple, and Merritt Wever. 

SCREENING TIMES

FRI 4/17 6:30 PM SVA Theater 1 Silas
SAT 4/18 9:15 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-5
MON 4/20 9:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-11
FRI 4/24 6:15 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-5

THE SURVIVALIST

Survivalist, Martin McCannPhotographer: Helen Sloan

Survivalist, Martin McCannPhotographer: Helen Sloan

TFF 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 109 minutes
  • Directed By: Stephen Fingleton
  • Country: U.K., Northern Ireland
Self-preservation takes on a new level of meaning in this organic post-apocalyptic drama, where the only way to get food is to farm it. A man is threatened when two starving women stumble across his cabin and demand to stay. Each new mouth to feed strains the limits of what the farm can produce and diminishes their chance for survival. 

SCREENING TIMES

THU 4/16 9:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 6
SAT 4/18 9:15 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 4
TUE 4/21 9:00 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-6
SAT 4/25 8:45 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-10

VIAJEVIAJE_Press_1 Tribeca

TFF 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 70 minutes
  • Directed By: Paz Fábrega
  • Country: Costa Rica
After meeting at a party, Luciana and Pedro spark up a spontaneous rendezvous when Luciana accompanies Pedro to a national forest on a work trip. Eschewing the fraudulent nature of traditional relationships, the pair explores the beauty in the nature that surrounds them as they indulge in the passions of their encounter and navigate the various meanings of commitment. 

SCREENING TIMES

THU 4/16 6:00 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-6
FRI 4/17 9:45 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 5
SUN 4/19 5:45 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-10
SAT 4/25 5:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 8

VIRGIN MOUNTAINVirgin Mountain Tribeca

TFF 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 94 minutes
  • Directed By: Dagur Kári
  • Country: Denmark, Iceland
Fúsi is a mammoth of a man who at 43-years-old is still living at home with his mother. Shy and awkward, he hasn’t quite learned how to socialize with others, leaving him as an untouchable inexperienced virgin. That is until his family pushes him to join a dance class, where he meets the equally innocent but playful Sjöfn.

SCREENING TIMES

SAT 4/18 7:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-9
SUN 4/19 2:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 8
TUE 4/21 8:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 8
WED 4/22 5:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 8

WEDNESDAY 04:45Wednesday 4:45

TFF 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 117 minutes
  • Directed By: Alexis Alexiou
  • Country: Germany, Israel, Greece
A life’s work becomes a prison for jazz club owner Stelios when a shady Romanian gangster calls in his debts. This gripping, underworld drama is a parable on the perils of accumulated debt, and a depiction of the descent of a mostly decent man. Director Alexis Alexiou perfectly balances the complex emotions that drive a man to take the most drastic measures available. 

SCREENING TIMES

FRI 4/17 8:00 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-3
SUN 4/19 9:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 6
MON 4/20 9:45 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 5
TUE 4/21 6:00 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-6

ANESTHESIAANESTHESIA_Press_2 Tribeca

TFF 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 95 minutes
  • Directed By: Tim Blake Nelson
  • Country: USA
On a snowy night in New York City, a Columbia professor is brutally mugged on the doorsteps of an apartment building. Director Tim Blake Nelson’s haunting meditation of city life traces the chain of events that precipitate the attack, examining the inextricable and unforeseen forces that bring a group of disparate individuals together. Featuring a star-studded ensemble including Sam Waterston, Kristen Stewart, Glenn Close, and Cory Stoll. 

SCREENING TIMES

WED 4/22 9:00 PM BMCC Tribeca PAC
THU 4/23 3:15 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-5
FRI 4/24 3:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-11
SAT 4/25 11:45 AM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-10
SUN 4/26 9:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 6

ASHBYASHBY_Press_1 Tribeca

TFF 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 103 minutes
  • Directed By: Tony McNamara
  • Country: USA
Awkward Ed Wallis (Nat Wolff) needs help fitting in and turns to his neighbor Ashby Holt (Mickey Rourke) for help. Ashby’s unforgiving brand of tough love soon tests their friendship, and it hardly helps when Ed learns that Ashby is a former CIA assassin. Peppered with upbeat music and standout performances, Ashby is a spirited, self-referential update on Harold and Maude for a John Wick generation. With Emma Roberts and Sarah Silverman. 

SCREENING TIMES

SUN 4/19 9:30 PM SVA Theater 1 Silas
MON 4/20 5:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-4
WED 4/22 3:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-11
FRI 4/24 6:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-11

BACKTRACKBacktrack_Press_2 Tribeca

TFF 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 90 minutes
  • Directed By: Michael Petroni
  • Country: Australia
In this spine-tingling supernatural thriller, troubled psychotherapist Peter Bowers (Adrien Brody) is suffering from nightmares and eerie visions. When he uncovers a horrifying secret that all of his patients share, he is put on a course that takes him back to the small hometown he fled years ago. There he confronts his demons and unravels a mystery 20 years in the making. 

SCREENING TIMES

SAT 4/18 8:45 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-10
SUN 4/19 9:00 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 7
WED 4/22 9:15 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 4
FRI 4/24 9:15 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 4
SUN 4/26 6:15 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 4 (NOTE)

DIRTY WEEKENDDirty-Weekend_Press_1 Tribeca

TFF 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 94 minutes
  • Directed By: Neil LaBute
  • Country: USA
Neil LaBute returns to Tribeca with this sharp-edged comedy treat about the ripple effects of desire, whether it’s followed or left unredeemed. Matthew Broderick and Alice Eve are wonderful together as colleagues with secrets who come to depend on each other for understanding as they go to find a spark of excitement in Albuquerque, after dark. 

SCREENING TIMES

SUN 4/19 6:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-11
MON 4/20 9:15 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-5
WED 4/22 3:15 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-5
SAT 4/25 8:30 PM SVA Theater 2 Beatrice

THE DRIFTLESS AREAThe Driftless Area

TFF 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 95 minutes
  • Directed By: Zachary Sluser
  • Country: USA, Canada
Pierre Hunter (Anton Yelchin), a bartender with unyielding optimism, returns to his tiny hometown after his parents’ death. When he falls for the enigmatic Stella (Zooey Deschanel), Pierre is unknowingly pulled into a cat-and-mouse game that involves a duffel bag full of cash, a haphazard yet determined criminal (John Hawkes), and a mystery that will determine all of their fates. With Alia Shawkat, Frank Langella, Aubrey Plaza, and Ciarán Hinds. 

SCREENING TIMES

SAT 4/18 9:30 PM BMCC Tribeca PAC
SUN 4/19 8:45 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-10
TUE 4/21 3:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-11
SAT 4/25 3:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-11

FAR FROM MENFar From Men_press_1 Tribeca

TFF 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 102 minutes
  • Directed By: David Oelhoffen
  • Country: France
During the height of the Algerian War, an unlikely bond forms between a reserved French teacher (Viggo Mortensen) and the elusive dissident (Reda Kateb) he must turn over to the authorities. Based on a short story by Albert Camus, David Oelhoffen’s classically conceived period Western is a tense and timely study of war’s political and personal sacrifices. 

SCREENING TIMES

TUE 4/21 8:30 PM SVA Theater 2 Beatrice
FRI 4/24 9:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 6
SAT 4/25 3:45 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 5

GOOD KILLGood Kill

TFF 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2014
  • Runtime: 103 minutes
  • Directed By: Andrew Niccol
  • Country: USA
Academy Award®–nominee Ethan Hawke plays Major Tommy Egan, a drone pilot fighting a war from the safety of a Nevada trailer, who soon realizes that his commitment to the mission comes at a direly personal price. Acclaimed director Andrew Niccol reunites with his Gattaca leading man for this tense, timely, and thrillingly white-knuckle drama about the human costs of a technologically-advanced war. An IFC Films Release. 

SCREENING TIMES

SUN 4/19 9:30 PM BMCC Tribeca PAC
WED 4/22 6:15 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-5
THU 4/23 9:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-11

HUNGRY HEARTSHungry Hearts_0341

TFF 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2014
  • Runtime: 113 minutes
  • Directed By: Saverio Costanzo
  • Country: Italy
After a chance meeting and a whirlwind romance in New York City, Jude (Adam Driver) and Mina (Alba Rohrwacher) become pregnant. Convinced their child will be harmed by the pollutions in the outside world, Mina becomes consumed by protecting her baby, forcing Jude to recognize a terrible truth about why his son’s life could be in danger. A Sundance Selects Release 

SCREENING TIMES

THU 4/23 9:30 PM SVA Theater 1 Silas
FRI 4/24 9:00 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 7
SAT 4/25 2:30 PM SVA Theater 2 Beatrice

MAGGIEMaggie-1

TFF 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 95 minutes
  • Directed By: Henry Hobson
  • Country: USA
There’s a deadly zombie epidemic threatening humanity, but Wade (Arnold Schwarzenegger), a small-town farmer and family man, refuses to accept defeat even when his daughter Maggie (Abigail Breslin) becomes infected. As Maggie’s condition worsens and the authorities seek to eradicate those with the virus, Wade is pushed to the limits in an effort to protect her. Joely Richardson co-stars in this post-apocalyptic thriller. Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions release. 

SCREENING TIMES

WED 4/22 6:00 PM BMCC Tribeca PAC
THU 4/23 9:15 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-5
SAT 4/25 9:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-11

MAN UPJack (Simon Pegg) and Nancy (Lake Bell) in Ben Palmer’s Man Up

TFF 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 88 minutes
  • Directed By: Ben Palmer
  • Country: U.K.
When perpetually single Nancy (Lake Bell) is mistaken for a charming stranger’s (Simon Pegg) blind-date, she just goes with it, leading to a series of escalating adventures for the two mismatched lovebirds in Ben Palmer’s hilarious romantic comedy. 

SCREENING TIMES

SUN 4/19 5:00 PM SVA Theater 2 Beatrice
MON 4/20 5:00 PM SVA Theater 2 Beatrice
WED 4/22 3:45 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-1
THU 4/23 8:00 PM SVA Theater 2 Beatrice
SUN 4/26 6:30 PM SVA Theater 1 Silas

THE OVERNIGHTOVERNIGHT_Press_2 Tribeca

TFF 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 79 minutes
  • Directed By: Patrick Brice
  • Country: USA
Alex and Emily have just moved to LA with their young son. Eager to make new friends, they accept an invitation to a party from the father of their son’s playground mate. After the kids fall asleep, the “playdate” takes a bizarre turn in this racy and hilarious romp. Featuring Judith Godrèche, Taylor Schilling, Jason Schwartzman, and Adam Scott. A release by The Orchard. 

SCREENING TIMES

TUE 4/21 9:30 PM BMCC Tribeca PAC
WED 4/22 9:15 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-5
THU 4/23 9:00 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 7

SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLESleeping With Other People_Press_1 Tribeca

TFF 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 101 minutes
  • Directed By: Leslye Headland
  • Country: USA
Jason Sudeikis and Alison Brie star as two romantic failures whose years of serial infidelity and self-sabotage have led them to swear that their relationship will remain strictly platonic. But can love still bloom while you’re sleeping with other people? Writer/director Leslye Headland’s (Bachelorette) sexy romantic comedy co-stars Amanda Peet, Adam Scott, and Natasha Lyonne. An IFC Films Release. 

SCREENING TIMES

TUE 4/21 6:00 PM BMCC Tribeca PAC
WED 4/22 9:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-11
SAT 4/25 3:15 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-5

SLOW WEST

Silas Selleck (Michael Fassbender) and Jay Cavendish (Kodi Smit-McPhee) in SLOW WEST, an A24 release. Photography by Robbie Ryan

Silas Selleck (Michael Fassbender) and Jay Cavendish (Kodi Smit-McPhee) in SLOW WEST, an A24 release.
Photography by Robbie Ryan

TFF 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURE

  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 84 minutes
  • Directed By: John Maclean
  • Country: U.K., New Zealand
At the end of the nineteenth century, 16-year-old Jay Cavendish (Kodi Smit-McPhee) journeys across the American frontier in search of the woman he loves. He is joined by Silas (Michael Fassbender), a mysterious traveler, and hotly pursued by an outlaw (Ben Mendelsohn) along the way. Sundance 2015 World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic. An A24/DIRECTV release. 

SCREENING TIMES

SAT 4/18 5:30 PM SVA Theater 2 Beatrice
WED 4/22 8:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-4
FRI 4/24 9:30 PM SVA Theater 1 Silas

TUMBLEDOWN

Tumbledown_Press_1 Tribeca
TFF 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 103 minutes
  • Directed By: Sean Mewshaw
  • Country: USA
Years after the accidental death of her folk-singer husband, Hannah (Rebecca Hall) has yet to fully accept her small-town life without him. Then she is approached by a charming New York writer (Jason Sudeikis) intent on penning a biography of her late husband’s life, and Hannah finds herself opening up again. Also featuring performances by Dianna Agron, Blythe Danner, Griffin Dunne, Joe Manganiello, and Richard Masur. 

SCREENING TIMES

SAT 4/18 6:00 PM BMCC Tribeca PAC
SUN 4/19 9:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-11
MON 4/20 3:00 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 7
THU 4/23 3:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-11

COME DOWN MOLLYCome Down Molly_Press_4 Tribeca

TFF 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 81 minutes
  • Directed By: Gregory Kohn
  • Country: USA
In this expressionist odyssey exploring the lonely side of entering adulthood, struggling new mother Molly (Eléonore Hendricks) joins her old high school group of guy friends at a secluded mountain home. Amidst tears, laughter, and mushrooms, they connect with nature, one another, and themselves. 

SCREENING TIMES

THU 4/16 8:15 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-10
SAT 4/18 5:00 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-3
THU 4/23 9:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 6
SAT 4/25 2:45 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-10

KING JACKKingJack_press_1 Tribeca

TFF 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 81 minutes
  • Directed By: Felix Thompson
  • Country: USA
Growing up in a rural town filled with violent delinquents, Jack has learned to do what it takes to survive, despite having an oblivious mother and no father. After his aunt falls ill and a younger cousin comes to stay with him, the hardened 15-year-old discovers the importance of friendship, family, and looking for happiness even in the most desolate of circumstances. 

SCREENING TIMES

FRI 4/17 5:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-4
SAT 4/18 8:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 8
SUN 4/19 3:00 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-6
FRI 4/24 7:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-9
SUN 4/26 2:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 8

SLOW LEARNERSSLOW-LEARNERS_Press_1 Tribeca

TFF 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 96 minutes
  • Directed By: Don Argott and Sheena M. Joyce
  • Country: USA
High school teachers Jeff and Anne (Adam Pally and Sarah Burns) are work BFFs all too familiar with the woes of romance. Desperate to turn their luck around they take on new personas and embark, with gusto, on an adventurous summer of uncharacteristic encounters. Slow Learners is a charming, comedic crash course in discovering who you really are. 

SCREENING TIMES

MON 4/20 8:00 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-3
WED 4/22 9:45 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-1
THU 4/23 9:15 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 4
FRI 4/24 6:00 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 7

TENUREDTenured_Press_1 Tribeca

TFF 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 82 minutes
  • Directed By: Chris Modoono
  • Country: USA
In Christopher Modoono’s hilarious directorial debut, a broody and foul-mouthed elementary school teacher, Ethan Collins, finds his life turned upside down when his wife leaves him. Stuck with a group of precocious fifth graders, and fraught with fizzling writing aspirations, Ethan uses the school play as a last-ditch effort to fix his marriage. Will this be his greatest accomplishment or his most misguided lesson to date? 

SCREENING TIMES

FRI 4/17 8:45 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-10
SAT 4/18 9:00 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-6
SUN 4/19 9:15 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 4
FRI 4/24 9:00 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-6
SUN 4/26 3:15 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 4

EMELIEEmelie_Press_1 Tribeca

TFF 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 80 minutes
  • Directed By: Michael Thelin
  • Country: USA
After their regular babysitter can’t make it, the Thompson family turns to her substitute Anna to supervise the children while they go out to celebrate their anniversary. At first Anna seems like a dream come true for the kids, as she allows them play with things that are usually off-limits, but as the night creeps along they soon find out that she is not who she seems to be. 

SCREENING TIMES

THU 4/16 6:15 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 4
SAT 4/18 10:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-9
FRI 4/24 10:30 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-9
SUN 4/26 9:45 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 5

SCHERZO DIABOLICOScherzo Diabolico_Press_1 Tribeca

TFF 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURE
  • Release Year: 2015
  • Runtime: 91 minutes
  • Directed By: Adrián García Bogliano
  • Country: USA, Mexico
Armed with a fine-tuned chokehold and penchant for piano sonatas, a wearied accountant breaks his mild-mannered routine when he kidnaps a young woman. What starts as a carefully calculated plan soon crescendos into his worst nightmare. A delightfully twisted black comedy, Scherzo Diabolico is the latest opus from director Adrián García Bogliano. 

SCREENING TIMES

THU 4/16 9:45 PM Regal Cinemas Battery Park 11-1
FRI 4/17 11:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 8
SAT 4/25 11:30 PM Bow Tie Cinemas Chelsea 8
You can find a full list of all the films at the festival- times, ticket availability, Special Events, and full descriptions here: Tribeca Film Festival Guide 2015

Stayed Tuned for RND’s coverage throughout the fest. We’ll tell you what we think of these films and much, much more!

About Liz Whittemore

Liz grew up in northern Connecticut and was memorizing movie dialogue from Shirley Temple to A Nightmare on Elm Street at a very early age. She will watch just about any film all the way through (no matter how bad) just to prove a point. A loyal New Englander, a lover of Hollywood, and true inhabitant of The Big Apple.

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