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Tribeca Film Festival 2018: The Elephant and the Butterfly
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a Tribeca Film Festival 2018 review of The Elephant and the Butterfly.
Directed by Amélie van Elmbt. With Isabelle Barth, Thomas Blanchard, and Judith Chemla. When the doorbell rings one summer afternoon, Camille, a single mother and architect, answers it, expecting the babysitter for her five-year-old daughter, Elsa. Instead, on the doorstep appears Antoine, Camille’s former partner and Elsa’s father—who Camille has not seen in five years, and who Elsa does not even know. But when the babysitter fails to materialize, Camille has no choice but to leave her daughter with the girl’s estranged father, releasing the pair on a three-day adventure that thrusts an ill-prepared Antoine abruptly into parenthood.
Tribeca Film Festival 2018: Duck Butter
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a Tribeca Film Festival 2018 review of Duck Butter.
Directed by Miguel Arteta. With Alia Shawkat, Laia Costa, and Mae Whitman. Two women, who are dissatisfied with the dishonesty they see in dating and relationships, decide to make a pact to spend 24 hours together hoping to find a new way to create intimacy.
Tribeca Film Festival 2018: The Miseducation of Cameron Post
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a Tribeca Film Festival 2018 review of The Miseducation of Cameron Post.
Directed by Desiree Akhavan. With Chloë Grace Moretz, Jennifer Ehle, and Sasha Lane. In 1993, a teenage girl is forced into a gay conversion therapy center by her conservative guardians.
Review 500: Avengers: Infinity War (w/ guest Carson Patrick)
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller are joined by Carson Patrick for a review of Avengers: Infinity War.
Directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo. With Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, and Mark Ruffalo. The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.
Tribeca Film Festival 2018: All These Small Moments
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a Tribeca Film Festival 2018 review of All These Small Moments.
Directed by Melissa B. Miller-Costanzo. With Brendan Meyer, Sam McCarthy, and Jemima Kirke. A teenage boy's infatuation with a woman he sees on the bus further complicates his already tumultuous adolescence.
Tribeca Film Festival 2018: Untogether
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a Tribeca Film Festival 2018 review of Untogether.
Directed by Emma Forrest. With Jemima Kirke, Jamie Dornan, and Lola Kirke. Andrea is a recently sober writer whose career has stalled since she published her debut novel several years ago. She strikes up an affair with Nick, a doctor-turned-writer who is hailed for his wartime memoir. At the same time, her sister Tara, a massage therapist dating an aging rock star, finds herself inexorably drawn to a newfound religious zeal and, particularly, to a politically engaged rabbi.
Tribeca Film Festival 2018: Zoe
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a Tribeca Film Festival 2018 review of Zoe.
Directed by Drake Doremus. Stars: Léa Seydoux, Ewan McGregor, and Rashida Jones. Two colleagues at a revolutionary research lab design technology to improve and perfect romantic relationships. As their work progresses, their discoveries become more profound.
Tribeca Film Festival 2018: All About Nina
In this episode, Christopher Schnese and Stephen Miller bring you a Tribeca Film Festival 2018 review of All About Nina.
Directed by Eva Vives. With Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Common, and Chace Crawford. Nina Geld (Winstead) is a bracingly funny and blisteringly provocative stand-up comedian whose career is taking off, but whose personal life is a near-complete disaster. To escape a difficult ex and to prepare for a prospectively life-changing audition, Nina flees to Los Angeles where she meets Rafe (Common), who challenges almost every preconception she has -- including those around her own deeply troubled past.