Morgan Neville and Jeff Malmberg team up to bring audiences the Veeck baseball family story in The Saint of Second Chances. I love a good baseball movie. Let me tell you, this is a good baseball movie. You’ll have all the feelings while watching it. I suppose that’s to be expected when the Won’t You Be My Neighbor? filmmaker decides to co-direct a baseball documentary with Malmberg. But anyway, I love what the two of…
"The Saint of Second Chances – Tribeca 2023"Author: Danielle Solzman
Danielle Solzman
Chelsea Peretti hits it out of the park on the first try as the multi-hyphenate directs the superb First Time Female Director. The film was my most anticipated narrative going into Tribeca. When one comes from improv and sketch comedy, they gravitate towards the comedies in the festival program. A comedy having this sort of pedigree means it is arriving with high expectations. It lived up to them but I also expected it would. Make…
"First Time Female Director – Tribeca 2023"
Jon Hamm makes his return to Tribeca for the second year in a row in Maggie Moore(s) as a small-town police chief investigating murders. Some of this actually happened… Two women with the same name just happened to be murdered a few days apart. Is there any particular thing that ties the murders together or is it just purely a coincidence. That’s what police chief Jordan Sanders (Jon Hamm) has the responsibility of figuring out.…
"Maggie Moore(s) – Tribeca 2023"
I.S.S. isn’t much of a stretch as tensions flare on the International Space Station as war breaks out between the United States and Russia. Gabriela Cowperthwaite directs a tense thriller that will have audiences sitting on the edge of their seats. I.S.S. feels like one of those films that could have been ripped from the headlines. Interestingly enough, the film’s production notes point out that the Russian invasion of Ukraine started after they went into…
"I.S.S. – Tribeca 2023"
Pike’s Peak is back and so is the rest of the crew as Star Trek: Strange New Worlds returns for its second season on Paramount+. The studio sent the first six episodes of the season to press. Unfortunately, the Star Trek: Lower Decks crossover is later in the season. If the first six episodes are indication, this season has no shortage of thrills and entertainment. I know streaming offers a chance at driving in subscriptions…
"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Season 2"
We Dare to Dream puts the spotlight on the Refugee Olympic Team as they prepare to compete during the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. We’re living through the worst refugee crisis in decades. People might think about the crisis as just being something that saw in the news. But for this film, it humanizes the Refugee Olympic Team athletes. It tells us their stories at a personal level. Who are they? Why did they leave? What…
"We Dare to Dream – Tribeca 2023"
Filmmaker Stephen Kijak delivers an intimate portrait of Rock Hudson and adds to his legacy in Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed. Rock Hudson came up through the Hollywood studio system at a time when it was not safe to be openly gay. I mean, sure, it could be an open secret among friends in the industry. To come out in the open and still take on macho roles would have been unheard of. However,…
"Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed – Tribeca 2023"
Kris Bowers and Dahi travel the country in Anthem to find out what the national anthem would sound like if it were American-based. In watching the film, it marks the first time that I learned that “The Star-Spangled Banner” uses a British tune for the music. Now, I know that it was a very different time when Francis Scott Key penned the lyrics in 1814. But still, it just sounds really wrong for the American…
"Anthem – Tribeca 2023"
While focusing on three intersex individuals, Every Body digs deep into the archives but is an eye-opening look at the lives of intersex people. I’m so used to watching Julie Cohen co-direct with Betsy West so to see her on a solo venture just feels different. Regardless, Cohen uses her platform to lift up a community that needs to lifting up. It comes at a time when transgender people are already marginalized. Intersex people might…
"Every Body – Tribeca 2023"
Richland is a documentary that explores the Washington state town next to the Hanford Nuclear Site and reckoning with the mushroom cloud. To say that this documentary is heartbreaking would not be an understatement. Say what you will about the Manhattan Project and its role in ending World War II in Japan. However, we as Americans need to reckon with the fallout on U.S. soil. Families in this Washington town were exposed to plutonium, killing…
"Richland – Tribeca 2023"