TFF 2019: VR Arcade Review

TFF 2019: VR Arcade Review

Tribeca’s annual Virtual Arcade Featuring Storyscapes is back with another diverse assortment of VR experiences.  I got the chance to experience four, including the remarkable Another Dream, second in the transmedia series Queer In A Time of Forced...
TFF 2019 Review: Bliss

TFF 2019 Review: Bliss

Dora Madison as Dezzy I always consider it a point of pride when I see a film people walk out of.  At House of 1000 Corpses, a couple walked out as the woman loudly declared “let’s get the FUCK out of here!”; another pair fled Suspiria (2018) after a nasty bit of...
TFF 2019 Review: You Don’t Nomi

TFF 2019 Review: You Don’t Nomi

Elizabeth Berkley as Nomi in Showgirls For camp movie fans, the existence of a documentary about the Showgirls cult is both remarkable and unsurprising.  It’s unlikely subject matter in some ways, but if you saw Paul Verhoeven’s notorious 1995 flop for the first...
Tribeca Film Festival Preview

Tribeca Film Festival Preview

The Tribeca Film Festival returns this week for its eighteenth edition.  Always inclusive, this year’s fest (running now through May 5) boasts films largely directed by women (40%), people of color (29%), and/or LGBTQIA folks (13%).  Here are some titles to...
Review: Pet Sematary

Review: Pet Sematary

Church the cat Pet Sematary is probably Stephen King’s most notorious novel, famed for its dark and disturbing subject matter—especially child death— and its power to scare.  The 1989 film, scripted by King and directed by Mary Lambert, was fairly trashy but...