Tribeca roundup, 4/22.

Stephen Holden is bullish on Tribeca: "In a few years, it could give that old French circus by the Mediterranean a run for its money. That would be good for movies, good for New York and maybe even good for Cannes." There's an audio slide show as accompaniment, and you know, Holden's got a damn fine voice.

Also in the New York Times, which is gathering its ongoing Tribeca coverage here, Leslie Kaufman tells the story behind the "feel-good" film set to debut at Tribeca, Mad Hot Ballroom.

Robert De Niro is lookin' at Brian Brooks as he snaps the photo to accompany Eugene Hernandez's report on the press conference that opened the festival. IndieWIRE's Tribeca blog has come alive.

Cinematical's Karina Longworth's been snapping shots, too. And reviews Sally Potter's Yes.

Filmmaker's Steve Gallagher is looking forward to TV Party, a doc on Glenn O'Brien's late-70s public access show that featured anybody who was anybody in NYC at the time (a very fine site, btw; makes you need to see this movie).

In Gay City News, Steve Erickson finds Claire Denis's dance doc Vers Mathilde "pretty disappointing."

The festival runs through May 1 and Aaron at Out of Focus has a reminder for New Yorkers: "Nothing is 'sold out' at the Tribeca Film Festival until the film starts. You can always get in a 'Door Sales' line, and if you're reasonably near the front, there's a better than not chance you'll get in."

Posted by dwhudson at April 22, 2005 11:44 AM