Tribeca Film Fest starts this week (The National, 'Greetings from Tim Buckley,' Q-Tip, Lil Bub ++ more)

April 14, 2013

by Bill Pearis

Penn Badgley in ‘Greetings from Tim Buckley’

As mentioned, the Tribeca Film Festival is about to kick off and runs from April 17 – 28. Tickets to all screenings are currently on sale to AmEx users and downtown residents, and go on sale to the general public Monday (4/15) at 11 AM. Additionally, Tribeca Film Fest screenings are never fully sold out, as limited rush tickets are available before screenings. More details on that can be found here.

Like usual, there are a few music-related films playing at this year’s fest. We already told you about Mistaken for Strangers, in which The National’s Matt Berringer invites his brother, Tom, to come along on tour with the band and film them. But it’s not your typical tour doc. The film opens the festival on Wednesday (4/17) where The National will also perform and then there are two additional screenings: 4/26 at the Village 7 (8:30 PM, only rush tickets left); and 4/27 at School of Visual Arts (9:30 PM, tickets).

Matt Beringer will also participate at one of the Tribeca Talks panel discussions titled “Music + Film” that happens at the SVA on 4/28 (3:30 PM) also features Q-Tip and director Todd Haynes, who made the unconventional Dylan biopic, I’m Not There, and the pseudo-Bowie biopic, Velvet Goldmine. Free tickets are available.

Then there’s Greetings from Tim Buckley where Gossip Girl‘s Penn Badgely plays Jeff Buckley. Showings are 4/23 at BMCC Tribeca PAC (6 PM, tickets) and 4/25 at the Village 7 (8:30 PM, tickets).

For fans of concert photography, there’s Who Shot Rock n’ Roll: The Film, featuring interviews with Edward Colver, Henry Diltz, Jill Furmanovsky, Lynn Goldsmith, Bob Gruen, Norman Seeff, Mark Seliger, Guy Webster and more. Tickets are still available for the 4/23 screening at Clearview Chelsea (9:30 PM) and rush tickets are available for 4/20 at the Village 7 (noon), 4/26 at Clearview Chelsea (7 PM), and 4/28 at Tribeca Cinemas (5 PM)

Not music-related but one we’re more than a little curious about is Lil Bub & Friendz which looks at the internet’s obsession with all things cats. There’s a free screening of the film on 4/20 (8 PM) at Tribeca Drive-In (Brookfield Place, World Financial Plaza). Additional ticketed screenings happen on 4/18 at the SVA (9:30), as well as 4/23 (6 PM) and 4/25 (3 PM) at the Village 7 (tickets).

There’s lots of other films playing too, obviously, and you can peruse Tribeca Film Festival’s 2013 line-up here. Trailers for films mentioned in this post are below.

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Mistaken for Strangers – Trailer