Tribeca X, the Tribeca Festival’s flagship program dedicated to brand-supported storytelling, has announced that A$AP Rocky will be honored with the inaugural Tribeca X Filmmaker of the Year Award, which recognizes the rapper for his work in music, fashion, film, design, and brand storytelling. Tribeca X will take place June 8–9 at Spring Studios during […]

On Friday night, Madonna and a dedicated legion of her fans descended upon the iconic Beacon Theater on Manhattan’s Upper West Side for the premiere of “Confessions II – The Film.” The screening was followed by a Q&A with the queen of pop herself, alongside directing duo TORSO, otherwise known as David Toro and Solomon […]

Tribeca Festival, which kicks off Wednesday, will be thumping to music from its opening moments. The 25th edition of the festival in Lower Manhattan debuts with the world premiere of Earth, Wind & Fire: To Be Celestial vs. That’s the Weight of the World, the latest documentary from Oscar winner Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson. It closes June 14 […]

Robert De Niro took a thinly veiled dig at Donald Trump at the opening night of Tribeca Festival on Wednesday. The Oscar-winner used his time at the podium to talk about Tribeca’s mission as a festival formed in the wake of 9/11 to shine a spotlight on a part of the city that had been […]

Questlove tells the band’s story, and Maurice White’s story, in a way that’s at once thrilling and haunting. He captures their rightful place in the pop cosmos.

In Memoriam, a new existential dramedy that premieres at the Tribeca Festival on Sunday, proves an ideal vehicle for Marc Maron to flex his acting chops. Mining the insecurities, anxieties and contradictions that have long animated his comedy, Maron here plays Langston, a veteran television actor who, after receiving a terminal diagnosis, becomes fixated with […]

The 25th Tribeca Festival sprang to life Wednesday night with the world premiere of Oscar and Grammy- winning Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s feature documentary on Earth, Wind & Fire. The legendary band played a short but boisterous set after with The Roots drummer joining. In opening remarks, Robert De Niro slammed the nation’s “monstrous” government. “We’ve […]

Sean Penn hates selfies and will not, under any circumstances, go to a public gathering with more than eight people — which is why he was noticeably absent from the recent 98th Academy Awards, where he won Best Supporting Actor (his third Oscar). The revelations came during a conversation between Penn and CNN anchor Kaitlin […]

Rose is a neurodivergent middle schooler living in a rural town with Wesley, a single father just barely hanging on but trying to do everything he can to raise her alone. He told her at a very young age that her mother abandoned the family, but that turns out to be not quite the truth […]

In Memoriam, which just had its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival this week, has a very funny premise. An egotistical, rather neurotic actor finds out he is dying and has only one goal left in life: to make sure he is included on the Oscars’ “In Memoriam” reel. Considering the pain that reel creates […]

They say that dance can be healing. But, when pro dancer Hayley Erbert underwent an emergency craniectomy to treat a life-threatening brain bleed in December 2023, the last thing anyone expected was for her to return to the stage four months later. And yet, that’s exactly what she did. “Honestly, it just strengthened my relationship […]

Writer-director Michael Gallagher, another filmmaker who got his start on YouTube with millions of followers for shows like TotallySketch, has always been a bit obsessed with the infamous Heaven’s Gate 1997 mass suicide in Rancho Santa Fe, CA, right outside where he grew up in San Diego. His interest in this horrific event and the […]