YOU’LL NEVER FIND ME (Tribeca 2023) – Review by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

The set up is elegant in its simplicity; an unnamed barefoot young woman knocks at the door of a trailer on a violently stormy night, looking for shelter. A middle-aged man, Patrick, answers and hesitatingly invites her in. Waiting for the weather to settle enough for her to be able to continue on her way, the two fall into awkward conversation as the rain pelts down on the tin roof above them, providing an abstract and disorienting drumbeat of sorts to the unfolding psychodrama taking place beneath it

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TRIBECA FILM FEST 2023: Women and Horror – Preview by Alexandra Heller Nicholas

If you are looking for tangible evidence that film festivals are taking equity seriously, the stats surrounding the forthcoming 2023 Tribeca Festival are a good place to start. With 68% of films in competition directed by women and 36% of all features directed by BIPOC filmmakers, when these numbers are weighed up next to the high calibre names it’s frankly hard not to be impressed.

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