by Ellen Johnson | Jun 6, 2017 | Culture, Events, Movies, Uncategorized
Amit Masurkar “I’m not here to seek your votes.” A fat man festooned in bright orange garlands proclaims to the crowd gathered bellow the carnival-float podium he rode in on. He’s just there to stand up for the people, and to take care of the children, he says....
by Eva Troester | May 5, 2017 | Culture, Movies
Dispatches from the Tribeca Film Festival: A look through the lens of films to see ourselves in the other, and the other in ourselves. “It’s a little bit painful to watch at times, in the best way possible. It’s very gritty and raw”, Eliza Taylor tells me of her new...
by Eva Troester | May 2, 2017 | Culture, Events, Movies
Dispatches from the Tribeca Film Festival: A look through the lens of films to see ourselves in the other, and the other in ourselves with Russell Peters. Russell Peters generously breaks the ice by mimicking farting sounds as he settles into an armchair,...
by Eva Troester | May 1, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment, Movies
Dispatches from the Tribeca Film Festival: A look through the lens of films to see ourselves in the other, and the other in ourselves with Pablo Schreiber. I am sitting on a stoop having a coffee and a croissant when a very tall Pablo Schreiber crosses the street in...