Film Festivals


Sweet Crude
Directed by Sandy Cioffi
**1/2

Documentary filmmakers always take a risk when they choose to make themselves characters in their movies.  Sure the approach has yielded some memorable movies—see Sherman’s March (the granddaddy of all contemporary first-person documentaries), Roger & Me, Stone Reader and Super Size Me.

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My coverage of the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival concludes with a few more capsules and a small awards ceremony.

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More from the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival

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More reviews from the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.

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My first batch of reviews from the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival

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Along with the venerable New York Film Festival, one of the highlights of Lincoln Center’s renowned Film Society’s annual schedule is New Directors/New Films, a packed line-up of new films from debuting directors or filmmakers with only one or two other credits to their names.

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