Tribeca Film Festival

The traditional Tribeca Film Festival is around the corner and the full schedule has been released, with different types of attractions other than the feature film competition.

The opening night will take place on April 24 at The Apollo Theater, with the world premiere of the documentary The Apollo. The festival will close on May 4 with the world premiere of the highly-anticipated Danny Boyle’s Yesterday.

Below you’ll find a few highlights of this year’s lineup. For the full program, visit the festival’s official website here.

Anniversary Screenings

Apocalypse Now – 40th Anniversary (ever-before-seen restored version of the film)
Sunday, April 25, 5pm – Beacon Theatre
After the Screening: Francis Ford Coppola and acclaimed filmmaker Steven Soderbergh will have a conversation to discuss the huge undertaking of restoring Apocalypse Now: Final Cut and why the time was right for Coppola to do this now, forty years after the original version and eighteen years after Apocalypse Now Redux.

The Simpsons – 30th Anniversary
Sunday, April 28, 5pm – BMCC
After the Screening: A conversation with executive producers James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean and Matt Selman, and the voice of many Harry Shearer. Moderated by the voice of Lisa Simpson Yeardley Smith.

Say Anything… – 30th Anniversary
Tuesday, April 30, 8pm – BMCC
After the Screening: A conversation with director Cameron Crowe, executive producer James L. Brooks, and cast members John Cusack and Ione Skye.

Reality Bites – 25th Anniversary
Saturday, May 4, 2pm – BMCC
After the Screening: A conversation reuniting director Ben Stiller, writer Helen Childress, actors Ethan Hawke, Winona Ryder, Janeane Garofalo, Steve Zahn, producer Michael Shamberg, and executive producer Stacey Sher.

Tribeca Talks

David O. Russell and Jennifer Lawrence
Saturday, April 27, 6pm – BMCC

Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro
Sunday, April 28, 2pm – Beacon Theatre

Farewell to Mr. Robot
Sunday, April 28, 3pm – The Marriott Bonvoy Boundless™ Theater from Chase
Academy Award® winner Rami Malek, Golden Globe® Award winner Christian Slater, co-star Carly Chaikin and series-creator Sam Esmail.

Michael J. Fox and Denis Leary
Tuesday, April 30, 6pm – BMCC

Tribeca TV

Younger
Thursday, April 25, 6pm – The Marriott Bonvoy Boundless™ Theater from Chase
After the Screening: A conversation with executive producer Darren Star, and cast members Sutton Foster, Hilary Duff, Debi Mazar, Miriam Shor, Nico Tortorella, Peter Hermann, Molly Bernard, and Charles Michael Davis

Chernobyl
Friday, April 26, 8pm – The Marriott Bonvoy Boundless™ Theater from Chase
After the Screening: A conversation with cast members Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, and Emily Watson, writer Craig Mazin, and director Johan Renck.

The Hot Zone
Tuesday, April 30, 5:30pm – SVA Theater 1
After the Screening: A conversation with showrunners and executive producers Kelly Souders, Brian Peterson, and Lynda Obst, bestselling author Richard Preston, technical supervisor Dr. Michael Smit, epidemiologist Dr. Wan Yang, and cast members Julianna Margulies, Noah Emmerich and Liam Cunningham.

State of the Union
Saturday, May 4, 6:30pm – SVA Theater 1
After the Screening: A conversation with director and executive producer Stephen Frears, screenwriter and executive producer Nick Hornby and cast member Rosamund Pike.

Source: Tribeca Film Festival

Contributor Carolina Malhado also has a blog reviewing movies, TV shows and theater in New York. You can follow it on Twitter and Instagram as well.

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