Tribeca 2025 Review: Isabel Hagen’s Sharp Quarterlife Crisis Comedy “On a String” Doesn’t Fiddle Around
A musician can't avoid the wrong notes in her life, but a first-time writer/director hits all the right ones in this playful comedy.
Tribeca 2025 Review: A Walkabout Takes Some Lovely Turns in Paula González-Nasser’s Transporting “The Scout”
A location scout confronts not feeling as if she's in the right place in her life in this elegant and transfixing character study.
Tribeca 2025 Interview: Chris Merola on Dropping Acid Into the Coming-of-Age Tale “Lemonade Blessing”
The director discusses taking control over a time where it feels like there is none in this deliciously tart Catholic School-set comedy.
Tribeca 2025 Interview: Sam Davis on Bringing Out the Soul of “The Singers”
The director discusses bringing people together – and formal ideas – in this stirring musical short where a night at a bar reveals a lifetime.
LALIFF 2025 Interview: Sophia Stieglitz and Constanza Castro on the Modern Family in “Papá Melissa”
The filmmakers discuss how their own lives changed in the process of telling the story of a family constantly understanding each other anew.
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