Movies to Look Forward To at the 2024 Tribeca Festival

Tribeca Festival time! Yes, today the 2024 incarnation of Tribeca gets underway for press like yours truly, with both in person and virtual screenings (plus, as always, perhaps some things I may have links for). The festival always has interesting movies contained within, taking advantage of playing at a unique point in the cinematic calendar. Pre-COVID, the fest was slightly earlier in the year, but the principle still remains. Regardless, coming again this year on the heels of the Cannes Film Festival, it’s now Tribeca’s time to shine! To commemorate the start of this feast for Big Apple cinephiles, I wanted to highlight some of the most interesting titles about to unspool in New York.

As always, there’s no shortage of titles to choose from. Below, you can see 25 of the movies playing this year at Tribeca. I split them into twenty honorable mentions and ten picks that I wrote a quick bit about. Much like last year’s piece (found here), it’s meant to just whet your appetite for the festival’s offerings. If you’re in New York City, be sure to try and check out something at the fest, as it’s far more accessible than several other ones, which is always nice…

Here now are some of the many titles to look out for at the 2024 Tribeca Festival:

Honorable Mentions: #AMFAD: All My Friends Are Dead, ¡CASA BONITA MI AMOR!, Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes, Jazzy, LIZA: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story, and Sabbath Queen

Adult Best Friends

All That We Love

Bad Shabbos

Bang Bang

Between the Temples

BRATS

Daddio

The Dog Thief

The Everything Pot

Firebrand

The French Italian

Griffin in Summer

Group Therapy

Kill

The Knife

Lake George

Mars

McVeigh

A Mistake

Rent Free

Sacramento

The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer

Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple

Treasure

Winter Spring Summer or Fall

The thing about Tribeca, for better and worse, is that the titles are on the smaller side. So, the higher profile films this year are still relatively modest, like Daddio and Firebrand. There’s also well reviewed movies from other festivals, like Between the Temples. However, you can still find little gems, like perhaps the Tim Blake Nelson boxing vehicle Bang Bang, provided that you look for them.

Ultimately, the Tribeca Festival is for cinephiles in New York City. The movies speak for themselves, as they always do. I’ll be taking them in, and if you live nearby, I hope you do, too. Festivals are meant for film lovers, after all, so make use of it. I’ll provide some recommendations, and the above list is a guidepost, but peruse the fest however you see fit…

Stay tuned for our coverage of the 2024 Tribeca Festival!