2025 Tribeca Festival Preview: Part One
The 2025 Tribeca Film Festival is right around the corner, and Beyond the Cinerama Dome will be covering it from the comfort of home. I may not be sweating on the streets of New York, but that doesn’t mean I’ll be missing out on the great films this year’s festival has in store. Here is part one of some of my most anticipated movies (and one TV series).
OH, HI!
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There are a few actors whose mere presence makes me interested in seeing a movie. One of those actors is Molly Gordon. No matter what movie she pops up in, she’s able to make me laugh. It’s her dry, comedic timing that just knocks me out every time. You’ve seen her in Booksmart, The Bear, and (hopefully) Shiva Baby. Now, she’s in Oh, Hi! with Logan Lerman, who holds a special place in my heart because he was in the Percy Jackson movies. Oh, Hi! got rave reviews out of Sundance and I’m not surprised. Gordon lights up every movie she’s in, and even though Lerman has been in fewer movies over the years, he’s always charming. In Oh, Hi!, they’re a new couple on their first romantic getaway, and everything that can go wrong does.
JUST SING
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A deeply embarrassing fact about me is that I loved Glee. I think the whole idea of guilty pleasures is ridiculous, because you should wholeheartedly and openly enjoy the things you like…except when it comes to Glee. It’s like that quote from The Last Black Man in San Francisco. “You don’t get to hate it unless you love it.” That’s me with Glee. All this to say, Just Sing is not a hard sell for me. Yes, I will spend time in the cutthroat world of collegiate a cappella. You don’t have to ask me twice.
RUNA SIMI
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What I love about movies is their ability to transcend barriers and create a far-reaching sense of community. It’s an art form that allows people who have nothing in common to find a touchpoint we can all share. One of those transcendent movies is Disney’s The Lion King. The film has been translated into 44 languages, but the Indigenous language of Quechua is not one of them. That is, until a father-son team takes it upon themselves. It’s a documentary about this lofty goal and a means of keeping a culture and language alive.
THE FURRY DETECTIVES: UNMASKING A MONSTER (TV)
Beyond the Cinerama Dome is a Pittsburgh-based site. While you may think of steel and pickles when you think of this city, what you might not realize is that Pittsburgh is home to Anthrocon, a furry convention. While I’ve never attended, there is a certain pride in the way the city welcomes this group every year. Although why this happens in July is a mystery to me. Another mystery, albeit a far darker one, is at the heart of The Furry Detectives. The four-part documentary looks at the 2018 Furry Zoosadist Leaks, which exposes a conspiracy hidden under the breezy exterior of the Furry Fandom.
MAN FINDS TAPE
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I was the weirdo kid who was obsessed with strange, spooky stories. The Twilight Zone was something that just took me by storm. I still love the mysterious and unexplainable. Man Finds Tape looks to scratch that itch. It’s a faux-documentary-style movie about a guy who has built a large YouTube following by sharing creepy videos that he claims are home movies. He discovers surveillance footage of a murder from his hometown and shares it with his sister. The siblings decide to investigate the murder, but find themselves in the middle of an ancient supernatural mystery.
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