Entertainment
Tribeca Film Festival Focuses on AI and Controversial Content
The Tribeca Film Festival is facing scrutiny over its decision to premiere an AI-generated film about Iranian protests. Meanwhile, the festival’s lineup includes a documentary examining the impact of a 1970s cruising scandal on William Friedkin's 'Cruising'.
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Variety
Tribeca Film Festival co-founder Jane Rosenthal is defending the fest’s decision to premiere “Dreams of Violets,” a fully AI-generated film about the Iranian civilian resistance. “I think people need to read the director’s [Ash Koosha’s] statement,” Rosentha
2026-06-02 14:46 UTC
Deadline
Will Arnett is set to star opposite Kristen Stewart in Prime Video’s limited series The Challenger. Created by Maggie Cohn and inspired by Meredith E. Bagby’s book The New Guys, the series chronicles the events leading up to the 1986 Challenger disaster, the investigation that followed, and Sa
2026-06-02 15:00 UTC
Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: One of the most eagerly anticipated documentaries premiering at Tribeca Festival is set in Tribeca’s backyard. Mineshaft: The Cruising Murders, directed by Jeffrey Schwarz, dials back to the summer of 1979 when William Friedkin was shooting his thriller Cruising, starring Al Pacino as “a
2026-06-02 15:00 UTC