If anything indicates that online is the new cable, it’s the proliferation of video sites producing consistent niche content.

And animators have never had it so good.

OnBeing is the brainchild of washingtonpost.com video journalist Jennifer Crandall, who finds the subjects in the Beltway area, interviews them, and produces their segments.

A historical timeline of New York films.

If last year’s opening-night choice proved inspired (remember a little thing called The Queen?), this year’s also seems auspicious: Wes Anderson’s brothers-traveling-through-India film, The Darjeeling Limited.

Our guide to how accurately (or implausibly) films have tackled New York worlds.

Though the credit reads “Harry Kirkpatrick,” Alec Baldwin is none too happy that his directorial debut Shortcut to Happiness (formerly The Devil and Daniel Webster) is seeing the light of day. Others know that pain.

There are more than 50 short films at Tribeca. Our favorite five, presented in their entirety below, include a tale of corporate intrigue, a lament for unrequited love, and an Iraq exposé.

When festivalgoers roll in for the opening-night film January 18, they’ll be greeted with Brett Morgen’s Chicago 10, a documentary about the events around the turbulent 1968 Democratic National Convention. Not to be outdone, closing night will feature Nelson George’s HIV drama, Life Support.

Is there such a thing as a “Tribeca film”?