Greta Gerwig to make directorial debut with ‘Lady Bird’
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Frances Ha
NYFF 2014: ‘While We’re Young’ – The Young and the Old and the Restless
At age 45, it feels like writer-director Noah Baumbach is getting soft. Best known for his caustic tragicomedies like Kicking and Screaming, The Squid and the Whale, Greenberg, and Margot at the Wedding, he took a turn in tone for his 2012 feature Frances Ha, which starred and was co-written by Greta Gerwig. So, though the warmth of that film might surprise someone familiar with his work, that it’s a collaboration with Gerwig explains at least part of that tone. While We’re Young, though, Baumbach’s newest film which premiered at TIFF this year and made a surprise appearance at the New York Film Festival, manages to carry that affection. It’s hard to top Frances Ha, but his newest is pleasant and impressive all the same.
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‘Frances Ha’ should appeal to more than just the few niche audiences
Frances Ha Directed by Noah Baumbach United States, 2012 Frances …
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‘Frances Ha’ a triumphant portrait of modern-day young-adult angst
By now, young people scratching and clawing their way towards adulthood is a quintessential, clichéd story. The wide-eyed dreamer trying to make it in the big city is one of the hoariest tricks in the book, but Frances Ha is a welcome new variation on this theme, a striking and beautiful ode to youth and its many flaws. Headlined by Great Gerwig, Frances Ha is nothing short of a triumph, an endearing, unforced, and honest story of failures and frustrations.
‘Frances Ha’ finds Gerwig and Baumbach at their most ebullient and winning
The Greta Gerwig Charm Offensive continues unabated. Following her star turn in Whit Stillman’s agreeably eccentric Damsels In Distress, Gerwig once again toplines a quirky, affectionate comedy, this time sharing a writing credit with her director, Noah Baumbach.
‘Frances Ha’, the newest film from Noah Baumbach, releases a scene that required 42 takes
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