All posts tagged: Tribeca 2026

Lasers From Girls, Julia Garner

Lasers From Girls, Julia Garner

Fans might have to wait a little longer to see if Julia Garner ends up playing Madonna in a biopic, but they don’t have to wait to see Garner and Madonna collaborate on film. The Ozark and Americans alum has a quick cameo in a club scene in Madonna’s star-studded Confessions II visual album, which premiered Friday night to a theater full of screaming fans at the Tribeca Festival in New York. The more-than-10-minute short film, which is set to the first six songs on Madonna’s upcoming Confessions II album sees the Queen of Pop being chased by a SWAT team of robot-like women carrying cameras as she moves from an apartment (hiding “in the shadows” as she sings on “I Feel So Free”) to a forest, where she dances with a number of scantily clad women and men with “lasers coming out of every orifice” (indeed, thin green lights shoot out from between their legs), to driving a car, to a nightclub to a very crowded bathroom, where Madonna and her celebrity friends (she …

Emilia Clarke, Edgar Ramirez Lead Romantic Drama

Emilia Clarke, Edgar Ramirez Lead Romantic Drama

Ivy Bettencourt (Emilia Clarke), the heroine of writer-director Drake Doremus‘ latest romantic navel-gazer, is a little bit of a mess. We know this because the first time we see her, she’s oversleeping her alarm by so much that she barely makes her train — at which point she promptly spills coffee all over a handsome stranger, Edgar Ramírez’s Diego. We also know this because one of the next times we see her, she’s getting smashed at her goddaughter’s christening, having just reconnected with Noah (Jack Farthing), the ex-boyfriend and ex-boss who’d so recently broken her heart. Next Life The Bottom Line Plenty of sugar but not enough flavor. Venue: Tribeca Festival (Spotlight Narrative)Cast: Emilia Clarke, Edgar Ramírez, Jack FarthingDirector-screenwriter: Drake Doremus 1 hour 52 minutes This is a woman who doesn’t quite know what she wants, what she’s missing or how to find it. Premiering at Tribeca, Next Life tries to embrace her in all that uncertainty, giving her two entire realities in which to try things out or make mistakes and try again. But …

‘Earth, Wind & Fire’ Review: Questlove’s Vibrant Tribeca Opener

‘Earth, Wind & Fire’ Review: Questlove’s Vibrant Tribeca Opener

The expansiveness of Questlove’s contact list is in full evidence in his new documentary chronicling the lengthy career of the legendary band Earth, Wind & Fire. Besides the many past and present band members on display, the film includes commentary by such figures as Stevie Wonder, Lionel Richie, H.E.R. and Flea, among others, all attesting to the band’s lasting influence. Oh, and there’s also Barack and Michelle Obama, commenting on such weighty issues as the intricacies of slow dancing to the band’s love songs. The musician/filmmaker — who has demonstrated his cinematic bona fides with his Oscar-winning Summer of Soul and Sly Lives! — delivers another superb effort with the colorfully titled Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That’s the Weight of the World), receiving its world premiere as the opening night film of the Tribeca Film Festival days before airing on HBO.  Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That’s the Weight of the World) The Bottom Line A shining star of a music documentary. Venue: Tribeca Film Festival (Gala)Director: Ahmir …