Bridget Jones's Diary with Renée Zellweger and Sharon Maguire
the start of the New Year, 32-year-old Bridget (Renée Zellweger) decides it's time to take control of her life — and start keeping a diary. Now, the most provocative, erotic and hysterical book on her bedside table is the one she's writing. With a taste for adventure, and an opinion on every subject - from exercise to men to food to sex and everything in between - she's turning the page on a whole new life. The role earned Zellweger her first Academy Award nomination, along with Golden Globe, SAG, and BAFTA nominations. Directed by Sharon Maguire
After the Screening: A conversation featuring director Sharon Maguire and Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and SAG Award winner Renée Zellweger, who recently starred in and served as Executive Producer for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025), the fourth and final installment of the Bridget Jones franchise, moderated by H Alan Scott.
Bound: 30th Anniversary
Reunions & Retrospectives
In association with Anarchists United, the Tribeca Festival brings audiences the 1996 American neo-noir erotic crime thriller film written and directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski in their feature film directorial debut. The film centers on Violet (Jennifer Tilly), a gun moll who longs to escape her relationship with her mobster boyfriend Caesar (Joe Pantoliano), as she enters into a clandestine affair with ex-con Corky (Gina Gershon). The two women hatch a scheme to steal $2 million of Mafia money. A Gramercy Pictures and Summit Entertainment release.
Before the Screening: New York premiere of Wild Ones, a thrilling narrative short written and directed by Leone DiSantis, executive produced by Lilly Wachowski.
After the Screening: A conversation featuring director Lilly Wachowski, Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano, and Christipher Meloni moderated by Julie Klausner.
Taxi Driver
Reunions & Retrospectives
Directed by Martin Scorsese, the film stars Robert De Niro as a mentally unstable veteran who works as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.
Before the Screening: A conversation with Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, and Jodie Foster, moderated by W. Kamau Bell.
The Cable Guy with Ben Stiller and Matthew Broderick
Reunions & Retrospective
It's a time-honored urban ritual: Slip the cable guy $50 and you'll get all the movie channels for free. But when Steven Kovacs (Matthew Broderick) moves into a new apartment, he finds his cable guy (Jim Carrey) is not like the others. He doesn't want Steven's 50 bucks; all he wants is a friend-and he won't take no for an answer. Steven is about to learn there's no such thing as free cable. His unwanted friend weasels himself further and further into his life, manipulating Steven's girlfriend, inviting himself to Steven's parents' house and eventually getting Steven thrown in jail. The cable guy will go to any lengths to maintain their friendship. And Steven discovers that he'll have to go to great lengths to end it.
Tribeca is proud to world premiere a new 4K restoration of the film.
After the Screening: A conversation featuring director Ben Stiller and Matthew Broderick moderated by Leah Wyler, President of People, Inc.
Small Town Gay Bar
Reunions & Retrospectives
Executive Produced by Kevin Smith, this groundbreaking documentary centers on the struggle for community and expression in the face of ignorance, hypocrisy and oppression for the denizens of two small town Mississippi gay bars. Directed by Malcolm Ingram.
After the screening: An extended panel conversation moderated by Peaches Christ with Director Malcolm Ingram.
Small Town Gay Bar is a tribute to the resiliency of gays living in rural areas throughout America. A moving portrait of men and women fighting to create and maintain community for themselves in the face of great opposition, hypocrisy and prejudice in a largely ignored subculture of discreet backdoor entrances and hushed sexual expression in small town Mississippi.Deep in the heart of the Bible Belt, attacked on all sides by the Christian Coalition, several spirited bar owners have created an oasis for gays to call home. Rumors in Shannon, Mississippi (population 1,657) and Different Seasons in Meridien, Mississippi (population 39,968) have both survived decades of torment and persecution from authorities and citizens.
“If there wasn’t a gay bar, there would be no community.”
Despite overwhelming odds against their survival, the rural gay community has become even more empowered from hatred following devastating attacks including vandalism, organized protests and the recent brutal murder of 18 year-old Scotty Weaver who was tortured and mutilated in a neighboring state by three assailants, simply because of his sexual orientation.
“Politics are against us. Society is against us. All we have is each other.”
The characters that populate these low profile bars are a colorful and loving bunch, grateful to have a place where they can be themselves. Jim Bishop (aka Alicia Stone) is the glamorous show director at Rumors by night and a veterinarian receptionist by day. His partner Geoff is the DJ at the club. Lori and her lover Ruby purchased the dilapidated and abandoned Crossroads Bar and converted it into the popular bar Different Seasons. Their dedication and creative spirit have helped the club survive as the only gay destination for the local population.
“I realized I wasn’t the only one in the world.”
The fight for equal rights is far from over, but at these small town gay bars, a “family” has been created for a hardy group of strangers who have quickly become life long friends. While urban life has made strong advances in the hard fought journey from the underground to primetime, these small pockets of community throughout America continue to struggle for basic rights of life and love.
