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Tribeca Interview: The Man Who Knew Infinity’s Writer-Director Matthew Brown

Interview: Actress Olivia Colman on The Night Manager

Tribeca Interview: Ingrid Jungermann on Women Who Kill

Brooklyn-based filmmaker Ingrid Jungermann has been one of the emerging voices in entertainment for the past five years. This year, she made her feature film with the debut, Women Who Kill, which won her the best screenplay award in the US Narrative Competition at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Tribeca Interview: Director Domenica Cameron-Scorsese on Her Feature Debut, Almost Paris

When it came time to find a director for this intimate family drama, Michael Sorvino, who co-produced with Wally Marzano-Lesnevich, thought of childhood friend Domenica Cameron-Scorsese. The actress-turned-director makes her feature film debut, receiving a world premiere tonight at the Tribeca Film Festival. We spoke about making an intimate family drama that still looks cinematic, humanizing the world of finance, and her experiences juggling a life as a working mom.

Tribeca Interview: Director Liza Johnson on Elvis & Nixon

Writer-director Liza Johnson's new movie, Elvis & Nixon, is a new kind of film for the writer-director. The story of the meeting of President Nixon and music icon Elvis has become almost mythical; the well-known photograph is the most requested in the history of the National Archive. Johnson spoke with me the night of the film's premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on how she came to direct, working with her impressive cast, and her close collaboration with Jerry Schilling.

Tribeca Interview: Actress Eve Lindley on All We Had

This year, the Tribeca Film Festival premiered the directorial debut of Katie Holmes with All We Had. Based on Annie Weatherwax’s novel, the film focuses on Rita (Holmes), a broke single mother, and her teenage daughter, Ruthie, who end up working at a small town diner alongside owner Mel and his transgender niece Pam (Eve Lindley), who works as a waitress and becomes Ruthie’s closest friend.

Tribeca Interview: Filmmaker Lorene Scafaria on Her Personal Comedy, The Meddler

Filmmaker Lorene Scafaria premiered her new comedy, The Meddler, last September at the Toronto Film Festival, but the week before it began its theatrical run, Scafaria was still nervous about premiering it in New York at the Tribeca Film Festival. The New Jersey native claimed the build up was killing her, and considering the premiere would include most of her family in the audiences, it's understandable why she would have been nervous about publicly sharing such a personal film.

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Rachel Tunnard Wins 4th Annual Nora Ephron Prize for Her Movie Adult Life Skills

Thursday night the juried award winners for the 15th Annual Tribeca Film Festival. For the fourth year, the Nora Ephron Award was announced, the annual award given to a female filmmaker with a narrative film in the festival. This year Rachel Tunnard, a professional editor making her feature debut, won for her comedy Adult Life Skills, a very funny and surprisingly uplifting story about a woman on the verge of turning 30 overcome by grief after the death of her twin brother.

Tribeca Interview: Documentary Filmmaker Lydia Tenaglia

Emmy and Peabody Award winner Lydia Tenaglia has been at the forefront of recording the 21st century’s rise of food TV. Co-creating food/travel shows with her husband/producing partner Chris Collins and chef-turned-host Anthony Bourdain, they are responsible for Parts Unknown, The Mind of the Chef, and No Reservations. The three collaborated once again on Tenaglia’s new documentary, a biopic profiling Jeremiah Tower.

Review: Visually Stunning The Jungle Book Is a Must-See

When The Jungle Book first took off, I’ll admit to feeling a bit out of sorts, thinking about the effects rather than just giving into the world presented. It took a few minutes for me to settle in before I gave in and let the visuals just wash over and immerse me in this not-quite-real, not-quite-fantastical world, but once I my head settled and I felt acclimated, I found myself totally elated by what I’d just seen and eager to go back and see what I might have missed.