Interviews
Born In the USA
Director and producer Abby Epstein speaks about her new documentary The Business of Being Born, co-produced with actress Ricki Lake, which explores the childbirth industry in America today.
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Tribeca Tribute: Bahman Ghobadi
Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi got the world's attention in 2000 with A Time for Drunken Horses, the first Kurdish-language feature film ever made. His newest film, Half Moon (TFF '07), is banned in his native Iran, but out in the US.
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Conversation: Uncharted Waters
With her first documentary, A Walk into the Sea, director Esther Robinson exhumes the legacy of her late uncle Danny Williams, while offering a fresh take on Andy Warhol’s Factory.
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Chasing the Devil
Directors Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern discuss their powerful documentary The Devil Came on Horseback, an account of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Darfur and the one man who felt he had to do something about it. The film is now available on DVD.
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In View: The Improbable Lightness of GJ Echternkamp
The first-time filmmaker recounts the trying odyssey of making Frank and Cindy, his unflinching new documentary about his own parents.
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Conversation: A Portrait of the Art Collector, and the Young Man
First-time director James Crump reflects on his new documentary, Black White + Gray: A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe, which explores middle-aged art collector Sam Wagstaff’s complex relationship with superstar photographer Robert Mapplethorpe during the 1970s and ‘80s.
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Nanking
Direct Bull Guttentag and Dan Sturman discuss their documentary Nanking, which examines an unlikely alliance during Japan's WWII occupation of China.
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I'm Not There
Todd Haynes discusses Dylan with legendary critic Greil Marcus after a screening of his upcoming film I'm Not There.
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Patrice Leconte
Director Patrice Leconte (My Best Friend, TFF '07) discusses his long-time love of filmmaking and the inspiration he finds from every step of the process.
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Getting to Know… Benten Films
The fledgling New York DVD label Benten Films issued its first release, Joe Swanberg's LOL, last August, and has several other compelling titles in the pipe for 2008. Benten's principals shared their thoughts on acquiring films, cultivating a curatorial i
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An Interview with Eytan Fox, director of The Bubble
Eytan Fox’s controversial film, The Bubble (TFF '07), makes its way to theaters this week. While preparing for the debut, he shared some insight into the power of a good love story, the importance of demystifying politics and why making films is like dati
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An Interview with Kristi Jacobson, director of Toots
Kristi Jacobson’s Toots, an affectionate documentary portrait of her late grandfather Toots Shor’s seminal midtown bar, opens September 14. We spoke to Jacobson about nostalgia, laughter, and the importance of storytelling.
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An Interview with Griffin Dunne, director of Fierce People
In anticipation of the theatrical release of Fierce People (TFF ’05), we spoke with director Griffin Dunne about adapting literature for the screen, his love of New York, and why he’s so excited to be a judge at this year’s Tropfest@Tribeca.
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An Interview with Jeff Garlin
Jeff Garlin vents on Tribeca’s red carpet about the making of his 2006 improv comedy, I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With, opened in theaters Sept. 5th, and offers an unsolicited (albeit fascinating) Top 5 list for eating cheese at all.
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Becoming Jane Panel
Prior to this week’s Tribeca Cinema Series screening of Becoming Jane Anne Hathaway and director Julian Jarrold discussed the pressures of depicting one of literature’s most celebrated and controversial romantics and the scandalous nature of a romance re-
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