The out of competition films have been announced for the Tribeca Film Festival and the movie selections feature Tribeca debuts from Sundance alums like  Steven Soderbergh, Raymond De Filleta and  Melissa Leo. Tribeca is starting to appear more like Sundance after Geoffrey Gilmore left the film fes...

By Steven Zeitchik It's a little easier to sort through the Tribeca films now that there aren't 3,626 of them. But there are still a lot. So we'll filter them ever further and offer some of the more intriguing among the latest wave of announcements today (the fest unveiled its celeb-heav...

That was fast! The ink is barely dry on yesterday's post and the Tribeca Film Festival has already announced the rest of their feature film lineup for this year's edition, which runs from April 22-May 3. A few quick picks: Blank City . Celine Danhier's doc examines "the DIY independent film movement...

On Monday, the in-transition Tribeca Film Festival announced its World Competition and Discovery sections, 38 films from what will be a slimmed-down 86 feature line-up. That's down from 174 films just three years ago.But amongst those 3 dozen-plus films are......

The 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, presented by American Express, the founding sponsor of the Festival, today announced the first 38 films to be presented among the 86 feature length and 46 short films at this year’s Festival. The titles unveiled include 24 World Narrative and Documentary Competition...

Click the image above to view the full photogallery. The intel on new developments keeps piling up, so now that we're snowed in, let's clean out the closet a bit, shall we? 1) William Beaver House: Closings in André Balazs's once-sexy FiDi condo tower commenced in December. So far, per Street...

Cinematical has just learned that Woody Allen's Whatever Works will open the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, marking Allen's return to New York (and New York filmmaking) since shooting his last few films in Europe (he last shot in NY back in 2004). On debuting his new movie in NYC, the always-brief Alle...

Oobject lists "15 skyscrapers on hold," which is heavy on Dubai, but does contain one NYC project (56 Leonard, holla!). Not shy about kicking a guy when he's down, Oobject adds: "The disappointing reality is that almost none of them have any particular architectural merit, apart from Calatrava's Chi...

I debated on if I should even write this story. I mean, how many readers out there even know who Geoffrey Gilmore is, or why he is important to the landscape of independent film? Followers on Twitter encouraged me to write the piece anyway, and try to explain the significance. Many people believe th...

PLEASE tell anyone who wants to know more about erotica writing - I definitely love to publish the work of people who take my classes, and it's only $12, and I have handouts, and...it'll be good, I promise. February 12, 7-9 pm Erotic Love Letter/Erotica 101 Workshop by Rachel Kramer Bussel Express y...