The Tribeca Film Festival, founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff in 2002, has announced it will return with film screening in 2021 in outdoor venues across New York City. The initiative for the festival when it first started was to revitalize lower Manhattan post 9/11. In the 19 years it has existed, it hosts about 600 screenings every year, with an … Continuar lendo Tribeca Film Festival Will Be Back In 2021
In May and June of 2020, we are witnessing an uprising of civil rights protests all across the country. The deadly encounter of George Floyd, an African American living in Minneapolis, MN, with the police highlighted the conflicting relation between law enforcement and the African American community, which had been denounced by NFL players since 2016, most notably Colin Kaepernick and has been the topic … Continuar lendo Black Films Matter
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Every year pet lovers have one more chance to demonstrate their love for their canine and fury friends. It’s the Tracie Hotchner’s Dog and Cat Film Festival. This year, the festival occurred on November 3rd at the SVA Theater in Chelsea. What’s Up New York only attended the Cat Film Festival, which is on its third edition. It was composed of two programs. The first … Continuar lendo Life According to Felines
Ahead of its release on Netflix on May 1st, the documentary “Knock Down the House”, by filmmaker Rachel Lears, the Rooftop Films and the Museum of Moving Image partnered to put together an outside screening of the film at the Windmuller Park, in Woodside on April 27. It was a chilly evening. The park is the Queens neighborhood of Woodside, which is part of 14th … Continuar lendo Social Revolution on Netflix
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For those of you who are fans of Sci Fi, the Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival is on its sixth year. The festival was created to honor one of the greatest authors of the genre. Titles like “Blade Runner”, “Total Recall”, and “The Man in the High Castle” are inspiration for the works submitted for this festival. Last Thursday, the Museum of the … Continuar lendo Seeking Optimism, Finding Reality, Hoping for Hope
It has been eight days since “The Green Book” won the 2019 Oscar for Best Picture. This controversial choice has raised a lot of backlash in the film community and American society at large. I am not here to judge if the Academy is fair or not. However, I want to share my experiences with the Oscars and other top awards. First, the 2019 Oscars … Continuar lendo On the Oscars and Other Top Awards
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