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

I tried really really hard to get through Steven Soderbergh's "state of cinema" address which he gave at the San Francisco Film Festival a couple of days ago. I figured, there's an American filmmaker who portrays himself an intellectual, and has made cerebral films in the past, and now he's giving an address about cinema and maybe it's going to grab me and elevate the senses. So I read on, and pretty soon ran

Her voice is hoarse and she exudes a dramatic and [...]

During the 2013 edition of the Tribeca Film Festival which [...]

Italian, sybarite, lover of beauty, jaded, intellectual, addicted to work, professional, charismatic. I picture myself shaking these words in a tumbler and throwing them onto the rug to see how they will land.

Asia Argento's influences, whether in music or in film, run the gamut, but only insofar as it is worthy of being called art. She's stuck to her guns, having appeared in films by Gus Van Sant, Sofia Coppola

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