As part of my ongoing series on Women Filmmakers I got to meet Gillian Greene after the screening of her feature-length debut “Murder of a Cat." She proved to be as charming as her film was compelling and humorous.

Greene is the the wife of director Sam Raimi and the daughter of legendary actor Lorne Greene, so her connection to show-business is deep. But although she expresses some pride about it, she's clearly emerged as

The title goes right to the point, as does this movie shown at Tribeca last week, which deals with a nerdy oddball named Clinton (played brilliantly by Fran Kranz), who discovers that his cat has been killed. In attempting to solve the murder of his furry and only friend Clinton unwittingly stumbles onto a series of events which lead him deeper into chaos, until his own life is at stake. He teams up with fellow cat lover Greta, played by Nikki Reed, his mother Edie (Blythe Danner)

The last Tribeca Film Festival finished on a high note as Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese screened “King of Comedy” marking the thirtieth anniversary of the film’s release. With its knife-sharp commentary on celebrity and the vagaries of fandom "King of Comedy" not only still holds up thirty years later but is just as relevant today as it was then. In “King” stage-door autograph hound and aspiring comedian

The twelfth edition of the almost-venerable Tribeca Film Festival wrapped up last week, and left the impression women filmmakers figured higher than ever. Is this the signal of a paradigm shift? And yet, contrary to what many believe women have stood peering into a viewfinder ever since silent-film era actress/director Mabel Normand yelled “Action” to Charlie Chaplin on the Keystone lot ("Silent film star deserved")

Most people believe Tribeca is all about the big pictures. However what makes it fun and different is what I believe are the backbone of most film festivals, as they are both the stepping stone for filmmakers and the quicker way to see more entertainment in a minimal amount of time; the short films. There were several this year that not only had more production and entertainment value then the features but

If charming were a category at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, “The Pretty One” would be at the top of its list. The fact that the film could attain that term after overcoming an early, tragic event vital to the film's plot is a testament to the performances within. Any one genre is difficult to explore but “The Pretty One” manages to incorporate several. According to the film’s director, AFI graduate Jenee LaMarque, who

I recently caught up with Sharon Badal, Short Film Programmer of the Tribeca Festival, and what I learned in thirty minutes could land dozens of books on “How to Make Short Films” in the recycle bin. Sharon's information about this underrated and experimental format, which has long been a filmmaker’s stepping stone, both confirmed some festival dos and donts and disproved some long-held theories about the short film submission process. For instance, Tribeca loves comedies