Saturday, April 24, 2010

April Showers Bring...The Tribeca Film Festival



I love April in New York. The weather is unpredictable, trying to hold on to a winter that didn't really start until February. But every so often the sun breaks out and we get the perfect day. New Yorkers know not to waste this fleeting gift. The real gift of April? The Tribeca Film Festival, which started this past Tuesday. I try to take in every film I can. I'm looking forward to The Dinner Party, written and directed by Peter Glanz, and Nice Guy Johnny by New York's homegrown Edward Burns.


Nice Guy Johnny

Sure, she can be a little overbearing sometimes, but Johnny Rizzo loves his fiancĂ©e Claire, and he made her a promise: By the time he's 25, he'll trade his current dream job as a sports talk radio host (even if it is the 2 a.m. slot) for something that'll pay bigger bucks. And Johnny's nothing if not a man of his word. Now he's flying to New York to interview for some snoozeville job that Claire's well-to-do dad set up. Read More



The Dinner Party

Upon hearing a grim outlook from a psychic one morning, Zelda Pickford willingly sets in motion a series of humorous and harrowing events that unfold during the course of a New Year's Eve dinner party. A disastrous love triangle ensues in a story that raises the classic question—was it fate or was it folly? Read More

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