Marisa Carpico

Marisa Carpico
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By day, Marisa Carpico stresses over America’s election system. By night, she becomes a pop culture obsessive. Whether it’s movies, TV or music, she watches and listens to it all so you don’t have to.

Tribeca Review: What’s My Name: Muhammad Ali

Everyone knows Muhammad Ali. The three-time World Heavyweight Champion isn’t just the greatest boxer of all time, but he may be one of the...

Tribeca Review: The Dog Doc

Before walking into director Cindy Meehl’s new documentary, The Dog Doc, which premiered at Tribeca this afternoon, you might wonder: does the dog die...

Tribeca Review: Picture Character

There’s a universe where I really like Picture Character, which premiered at Tribeca this afternoon. Directed by Martha Shane and Ian Cheney, it examines...

Tribeca Review: Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts

In press for the new documentary about his life, Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts, the titular RuPaul's Drag Race alum and All Stars 3 winner...

Tribeca Review: You Don’t Nomi

When director Paul Verhoeven’s Showgirls hit theaters in 1995, it was a critical and commercial disaster. A parable about showbiz told through the lens...

Tribeca Review: Leftover Women

Leftover Women begins with a scene so surreal, it's almost hard to believe it's real life. Gai Qi, a successful, attractive 31-year-old lawyer from Beijing,...

Tribeca Review: Ask Dr. Ruth

Looking at 4’ 6” Dr. Ruth Westheimer, it’s almost difficult to believe how much she’s achieved. In 90 years of life, she’s written 40...

Tribeca Review: Flesh Out

What does it mean for a woman to be beautiful? In contemporary Western culture, it typically means being skinny. However, in Mauritania, a country...

Tribeca Review: Clementine

Writer-director Lara Jean Gallagher’s first feature, Clementine, which premiered at Tribeca this afternoon, begins with a home video of a young girl in repose....

Tribeca Review: Aamis

Photo Credit: Wishberry FilmsI'm not going to beat around the bush, Aamis, the second feature written and directed by Bhaskar Hazarika, which premiered...

Tribeca Review: Come to Daddy

From the opening title card, you’ll know if you’ll like Come to Daddy. It starts with two quotes. The first is from Shakespeare: “The...

Tribeca Review: Noah Land

Writer-director Cenk Ertürk's début film, Noah Land, which premiered at Tribeca tonight, is hard to define. It follows Ömer (Ali Atay), a recently-divorced man...

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