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It’s been a doc-heavy year here at the Tribeca Film Festival with 51 titles programmed, and it stands to reason given the non-fiction boom at the box office and on Netflix. Don Argott and Sheena M. Joyce’s Framing John DeLorean, along with Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, are…

The stars of the Fox sketch comedy series In Living Color took a walk back in time Saturday, to share details on how the 1990s hit came about during a special screening at the Tribeca Film Festival. The hit comedy was a result of the then-fledgling Fox network’s desire to "push the envelope," said Keenan Ivory Wayans…

Jennifer Lawrence and David O. Russell took a walk down memory lane with Tribeca Film Festival attendees to discuss their trio of pics together —Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle and Joy, with the five-time Oscar nominated filmmaker telling the actress at the end of tonight’s talk, “I’m writing something for…

Despite high-profile projects crowding her filmography of late, Margot Robbie still is finding time to return to the indie filmmaking world, not only starring in but also as one of the producers of Dreamland, which has its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on Sunday night. It is something her star power and…

EXCLUSIVE: A new teaser (watch it below) for A Taste of Sky, a feature documentary about an unusual food venture by NOMA restauranteur Claus Meyer, is whetting appetites ahead of its U.S. premiere at this month’s Tribeca Film Festival. The film chronicles the goings-on at Gustu, a restaurant and cooking school for the…

The Tribeca Film Festival’s speaker lineup will feature collaborators Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, as well as directors Guillermo del Toro, David O. Russell and Dee Rees, producer Irwin Winkler and performers including Michael J. Fox and Queen Latifah. Tribeca Talks, as the roster of discussions is known, will…

The Tribeca Film Festival has announced its slate of TV offerings, including world premieres of HBO’s Chernobyl and Amazon Prime Video’s The Boys. The lineup also includes an event marking the final season of USA’s Mr. Robot, including a screening and a farewell conversation with the show’s star, newly minted Oscar…

The Tribeca Film Festival will close with Universal/Working Title’s Danny Boyle-directed Yesterday, a Beatles-themed comedy scripted by Richard Curtis. Festival organizers also have slotted gala screenings of Apocalypse Now, which has been restored for its 40th anniversary, as well as 35-year-old Cameron Crowe comedy S…

The 18th Tribeca Film Festival will kick off April 24 with the world premiere of HBO’s The Apollo, a documentary portrait of the famed Harlem theater. Directed by Roger Ross Williams, the film blends archival and performance footage with interviews with celebrities and theater staffers to chronicle the history and…

ReachTV is debuting the first short films from its partnership with the Tribeca Festival, and is partnering with two other companies to support new documentary and performing arts channels. With access to more than 100 million viewers in places like airports and hotels, ReachTV (formerly ReachMe.TV draws a mass…

Tonight’s Schindler's List retrospective event at the Tribeca Film Festival yielded more than a few familiar stories. But it also brimmed with unchecked emotion from director Steven Spielberg and four of his cast members, including Liam Neeson and Ben Kingsley, who all watched the film with a theatrical audience for…

Top honors at the 17th annual Tribeca Film Festival have gone to Diane for the Founders Award for Best U.S. Narrative Feature, Smuggling Hendrix for Best International Narrative Feature, and Island of the Hungry Ghosts for Best Documentary Feature. On the acting side, Alia Shawkat won Best Actress in a U.S. Narrative…