ReviewsTribeca 2020 Review: A Family Grapples With Their Peculiar Bloodline in “My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To”A pair of siblings' care for their younger brother puts their own health at risk in Jonathan Cuartas' intense feature debut. byStephen SaitoMay 19, 2020
ReviewsTribeca 2020 Review: Studying an Iceberg Yields Revelations About Gender Parity in “Picture a Scientist”Sharon Shattuck and Ian Cheney's provocative doc details the inequities that have plagued the scientific community from making real advances...byStephen SaitoMay 18, 2020
ReviewsTribeca 2020 Review: A Boy’s Search for Identity Calls His Community’s Into Question in Takeshi Fukunaga’s “Ainu Mosir”Although the lakeside village of Akan Ainu Kotan in northern Japan lures tourists from cities across the country, the 14-year-old Kanto (Kan...byStephen SaitoMay 17, 2020
Tribeca Film FestivalTribeca 2020 Interview: Matt Vesely on the Human Comedy of “System Error”The writer/director talks about getting into the nuts and bolts of forging a connection in an increasingly isolated world with this enchanti...byStephen SaitoMay 12, 2020
ReviewsTribeca 2020 Review: A Mother and Daughter Redefine Their Relationship on Their Terms in Ruthy Pribar’s Exquisite “Asia”Alena Yiv and Shira Haas give striking performances in this moving drama about a parent letting go of her child in more ways than one.byStephen SaitoMay 11, 2020
ReviewsTribeca 2020 Review: The Justice System Goes on Trial in “The State of Texas vs. Melissa”An unthinkable death leads to an unconscionable sentence in Sabrina van Tassel's chronicle of a capital punishment case.byStephen SaitoMay 11, 2020
ReviewsTribeca 2020 Review: A Community Threatened to Be Erased is Committed to Film in Michèle Stephenson’s “Stateless”A citizenship purge in the Dominican Republic is brought to light in this compelling doc.byStephen SaitoMay 11, 2020
ReviewsTribeca 2020 Review: A Place of Opportunity — Except for Its Citizens — is Brought to Light in Cecilia Aldarondo’s Stunning “Landfall”An exercise in disaster capitalism in Puerto Rico offers a preview of what's to come for the rest of the world in this striking doc.byStephen SaitoApr 28, 2020
ReviewsTribeca 2020 Review: The Unseen Costs of Labor Are Richly Observed in Loira Limbal’s “Through the Night”A woman's work is never done in this remarkably compassionate portrait of a 24-hour childcare center and its clientele.byStephen SaitoApr 27, 2020
ReviewsTribeca 2020 Review: Revenge is Served Cold in Bo McGuire’s Bold, Bewitching “Socks on Fire”A filmmaker reconciles the good and bad traditions of where he comes from in fascinating ways in this distinctive feature debut.byStephen SaitoApr 26, 2020