A documentary detailing the life and influence of the late DJ AM, as well as a new zombie flickthat pairs Arnold Schwarzenegger and Abigail Breslin are among the slew of films set for special screenings at this years Tribeca Film Festival.
Music doc veteran Kevin Kerslake wrote and directed As I AM: the Life and Times of DJ AM, which examines Adam Goldsteins remarkable rise from mash-up pioneer to the first million-dollar DJ, while also digging into musicians struggle with drug addictionthat would lead to his untimely death in 2009.
As for Maggie, the Henry Hobson-directed film puts a spin on the traditional zombie movie and finds Schwarzenegger playing Wade, a father who must protect his daughter, Maggie (Breslin) after she becomes sick and the authorities come looking to eradicateanyone with the zombie virus.
Both films are featured in the festivals Spotlight section, which also includes Mojave, written and directed by Oscar-winning screenwriter William Monahan (The Departed) and starring Oscar Isaac in the story of aHollywood director who stumbles across a drifter claiming that hes the devil. Orange Is the New Blacks own Joe Caputo, actor Nick Sandow, will also premiere his new film The Wannabe, which was executive produced by Martin Scorsese and stars Patricia Arquette and Vincent Piazza as two nobodies who begin robbing the New York mafia elite.
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Among the Spotlight documentary selections are Roseanne for President, which chronicles Roseanne Barrs 2012 presidential campaign, and two filmsthat discussthe causes and current state of income inequality in America: Michael Winterbottom and Russell Brands The Emperors New Clothes, and Requiem for the American Dream, which is centered around a series of interviews with Noam Chomsky.
Tribeca also has a number of special events lined up for this years festival, including a concert from Mary J. Blige following the screening of Mary J. Blige The London Sessions, which looksat the making of the singers ambitious last album; and a presentation of Harold Lloyds silent comedy classic, Speedy, which will feature a new soundtrack performed live by DJ Z-Trip. Also on the docket is a screeningof the cult classic, The Room, complete with real time commentary from Rifftrax, the brainchild of Mystery Science Theater 3000 alums Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett.
A full list and schedule of this years screenings at the Tribeca Film Festival will beis available on itswebsite. The 2015 TFF will take place between April 15th and 26th, and will open with the premiere ofLive From New York!, a new documentary chronicling the last 40-years of American culture and politics through the lens of Saturday Night Live.