Robin learns some of the lessons of festival life, including the age old lesson of not forgetting one’s press pass.

In the days of yore there were subway tokens. Little coins dropped into a slot that magically let you push the turnstile and enter the subway. Now we have Metro cards, those handy little cards with a black strip that are swiped at the turnstile. May the Gods damn them to the utter ness of hell.

Tonight I attended the Cadillac Lounge after party at Tenjune for the satire War, Inc. starring John Cusack (who also wrote the screenplay), Hillary Duff, Marisa Tomei, Sir Ben Kingsley and Joan Cusack.

And a dream of mine has finally come true. While at the Tribeca Film Festival today covering the red carpet premiere of Tennessee I got to see stars like Mariah Carey and Ben Kingsley but nothing compared to seeing the great Bobby D, my favorite actor ever.

In true Film School Reject fashion, our own Robin Ruinsky successfully gets lost in her own city on her first day covering the Tribeca Film Festival. We can’t fault her though, as NYC is a pretty big town.