Author: Greggory Morris

Remarks by President Obama to College Reporters

Edited by Gregg Morris From White House Press Office, Thursday, April 28, 7:13 p.m. James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, 3:53 p.m. EDT Transcript sent to Gregg Morris The President I hear there’s some hotshot journalists here. Josh was speaking for me,…

CURVE, Tribeca Film Festival Review

Uh oh! Director Tim Egan’s superbly nightmarish 11-minute cinematic nouvella resonated on all those levels where fear and panic can reign. In my gut. In my mind. In my soul. She’s inches away from certain death. How the hell did…

THE CHAUFFEUR: A Tribeca Film Fest Movie Review

By Gregg Morris – The publicity blurb caught my eye: Donald is an artist. Donald is musician. Donald is an actor. But Donald lives in Los Angeles, so to everyone, Donald is the chauffeur. I thought, “everyone,” after he becomes famous,…

Tribeca Film Festival Film Review, HERE ALONE

By Gregg Morris Director Rod Blackhurst’s HERE ALONE, just two days ago selected as the 2016 TFF Audience Award Winner for Narrative, is an exquisitely crafted piece of suspense and horror that will reach into the hearts and souls of audience members.…

2016 Tribeca Film Festival Audience Award Winners

  By Gregg Morris HERE ALONE Director Rod Blackhurst Director won for narrative and THE RETURNED Directors Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway won for documentary. Each award came with a cash prize of $10,000. Additionally as part of the…

TFF Announces 2016 Juried Award Winners

Edited by Gregg Morris DEAN, JUNCTION 48, and DO NOT RESIST win top awards in U.S. and International Narrative and World Documentary Competitions. NOTES ON BLINDNESS: INTO DARKNESS wins Storyscapes Award; Rachel Tunnard, ADULT LIFE SKILLS, wins fourth annual Nora Ephron…

Natalie Lally Reviews YOU’RE KILLING ME

By Special Correspondent Natalie Lally – A perfect mixture of horror and romantic comedy, YOU’RE KILLING ME is a gay slasher film poking barbs at society’s self-absorbed Internet culture. George (Jeffery Self), an entertainment and social media maven, creates viral…

Tell the Black Caucus: Stop Taking Private Prison Money

By Rashad Robinson, ColorOfChange.org [info@colorofchange.org] This week, Donald Trump suggested we reform our broken prison system by increasing privatization, saying ‘Private Prisons seems to work a lot better.’1 Private prison companies are responsible for some of the worst human rights abuses targeting…

Juries Announced for 2016 Tribeca Film Festival

The TFF jurors include industry leaders, award-winning actors, acclaimed filmmakers, writers, entrepreneurs, artists and cultural leaders divided among 11 festival categories. The 2016 festival runs April 13–24. Winning films, filmmakers, actors, and storytellers to be announced at TFF Awards Night ceremony…