Tribeca, 5/5.

Filmbrain turns in a first report from the Tribeca Film Festival: "I'd have to say the docs have an edge over the narratives, many of which were disappointing, or downright awful. That said, there have been a few strong narrative features," and he writes up two: The Free Will and Backstage.

IndieWIRE's Eugene Hernandez listens in as a "panel discussion aimed at exploring the changing distribution platforms for movies quickly expanded into a talk about some of the challenges facing the future of the film industry, from day-and-date distribution to rising star salaries."

Jason Silverman (Wired News) was there; Premiere's Aaron Hillis was there, too, which brings us to:

• Round 6: The evidently enjoyable I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With; Colour Me Kubrick, "[b]est appreciated as a rather amusing farce called The John Malkovich Show"; and Comeback Season, "a crowd-pleaser that won't insult your intelligence."

• Round 7: "Spoofing celebrity relationships, Hollywood management, and even himself, Jeff Goldblum fulfills a personal dream in Pittsburgh, an amusing backstager that smudges the line between documentary and poker-faced mockumentary." Also, The TV Set.

• Round 8: Emmanuelle Bercot's "undeniably rousing" Backstage, the "outlandishly sinister gut-punch," Sheitan, and Chabrol's Comedy of Power.

• Round 9: Guy Maddin and Isabella Rossellini's My Dad is 100 Years Old; the "devastatingly autobiographical" Kill Gil (Volume 1), by Roberto Rossellini's adopted son, Gil Rossellini; and Matt Tauber's The Architect, starring, among others, Isabella Rossellini.

Alison Willmore has sharp and succinct takes on five entries at the IFC Blog.

"The Reeler caught up with the press corps covering popular titles like The Bridge, Lonely Hearts and Colour Me Kubrick."

Cinematical's reviews:

• Christopher Campbell on Sounds of Silence, Driving Lessons and Mee-Shee: The Water Giant.

• Martha Fischer on Journey to the End of the Night, Pittsburgh, Lonely Hearts and Colour Me Kubrick.

• Karina Longworth on The Yacoubian Building.

IndieWIRE's Brian Brooks reviews The Flock of Dodos, the film and the event.

Michael Buening has a roundup on the first week at PopMatters. Andrew O'Hehir has one on more recent screenings in Salon.

At Cinema Strikes Back, Charlie Prince reviews Alone With Her, Toots and Street Thief.

At Not Coming to a Theater Near You, Leo Goldsmith reviews Jan Svankmajer's Lunacy, "the apotheosis of his career, if not his masterpiece."

Online viewing tip. Austin at Esoteric Rabbit Blog.

Posted by dwhudson at May 5, 2006 7:24 AM