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Tribeca 2016: “Detour”

By filmfestsalonMay 6, 2016Film Review BlogAlfred Molina, Bel Powley, Boogie Nights, Christopher Smith, classic, comatose, drug dealer, Film Festival, film noir, gangster, hooker, Las Vegas, oscars, Risky Business, Tom Cruise, Tribeca, Tye Sheridan, violence

British writer-director Christopher Smith knows his noir. He knows that when you watch his film, you will also be reminded of other movies when you see: a cop order the (anti)hero to open the trunk of his car: a hooker who is frantically packing to get out of Vegas before her pimp kills her, when there’s a […]

A Noteworthy Debut at Tribeca 2016

Simon Dixon sees nothing wrong with starting at the top, and he makes a good case for that with his first film as a director, Tiger Raid, which had its world premiere at Tribeca on April 17th. I interviewed him and his producer, Gareth Evans, soon after the premiere, and it was obvious they were […]