Oh, Canada debuting this week on the Croisette is high time to see lesser-seen Schrader on the Criterion Channel, who’ll debut an 11-title series including the likes of Touch, The Canyons, and Patty Hearst, while Old Boyfriends (written with his brother Leonard) and his own “Adventures in Moviegoing” are also programmed. Five films by Jean Grémillon, a rather underappreciated figure of French cinema, will be showing
Series-wise, there’s an appreciation of the synth soundtrack stretching all the way back to 1956’s Forbidden Planet while, naturally, finding its glut of titles in the ’70s and ’80s––Argento and Carpenter, obviously, but also Tarkovsky and Peter Weir. A Prince and restorations of films by Bob Odenkirk, Obayashi, John Greyson, and Jacques Rivette (whose Duelle is a masterpiece of the highest order) make streaming debuts. I Am Cuba, Girlfight, The Royal Tenenbaums, and Dazed and Confused are June’s Criterion Editions.
Series-wise, there’s an appreciation of the synth soundtrack stretching all the way back to 1956’s Forbidden Planet while, naturally, finding its glut of titles in the ’70s and ’80s––Argento and Carpenter, obviously, but also Tarkovsky and Peter Weir. A Prince and restorations of films by Bob Odenkirk, Obayashi, John Greyson, and Jacques Rivette (whose Duelle is a masterpiece of the highest order) make streaming debuts. I Am Cuba, Girlfight, The Royal Tenenbaums, and Dazed and Confused are June’s Criterion Editions.
- 5/14/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Gerwig to become first American female director in Cannes history to serve in the role.
Greta Gerwig will preside over the competition jury at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, running May 14-25, 2024.
Adding to what has been a record-breaking year for the Barbie filmmaker, Gerwig will become the first American female director in Cannes festival history to serve as jury president. At age 40, she is also the youngest jury president since Sophia Loren in 1966, the second American woman to assume the role after Olivia de Haviland in 1965, and the second female director after Jane Campion in 2014.
In a statement, the...
Greta Gerwig will preside over the competition jury at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, running May 14-25, 2024.
Adding to what has been a record-breaking year for the Barbie filmmaker, Gerwig will become the first American female director in Cannes festival history to serve as jury president. At age 40, she is also the youngest jury president since Sophia Loren in 1966, the second American woman to assume the role after Olivia de Haviland in 1965, and the second female director after Jane Campion in 2014.
In a statement, the...
- 12/14/2023
- by Rebecca Leffler
- ScreenDaily
It has been a record-breaking year for Greta Gerwig as she achieved multiples firsts for a female director with global smash hit Barbie, topped by becoming the first woman to surpass the one billion mark at the worldwide box office in July.
Gerwig is set to break fresh ground again next May when she becomes the first female American director to take on the role of Jury President at the 77th Cannes Film Festival.
The festival announced the news on Thursday morning describing Gerwig as “a heroine of our modern times” who had shaken the “status quo”.
“I am stunned and thrilled and humbled to be serving as the president of the Cannes Film Festival Jury. I cannot wait to see what journeys are in store for all of us,” said Gerwig.
“I love films – I love making them, I love going to them, I love talking about them. As a cinephile,...
Gerwig is set to break fresh ground again next May when she becomes the first female American director to take on the role of Jury President at the 77th Cannes Film Festival.
The festival announced the news on Thursday morning describing Gerwig as “a heroine of our modern times” who had shaken the “status quo”.
“I am stunned and thrilled and humbled to be serving as the president of the Cannes Film Festival Jury. I cannot wait to see what journeys are in store for all of us,” said Gerwig.
“I love films – I love making them, I love going to them, I love talking about them. As a cinephile,...
- 12/14/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
On the heels of a staggeringly triumphant run with Barbie, the fantastical comedy which she co-wrote and directed for Warner Bros, Greta Gerwig has been appointed by the American Film Institute to serve as Guest Artistic Director of AFI Fest 2023.
An Oscar-nominated filmmaker known equally for her work as an actress, Gerwig joins a lineage of Guest Aristic Directors that also includes such titans as Pedro Almodóvar, Bernardo Bertolucci, Ava DuVernay, David Lynch and Agnès Varda. The 37th edition of the festival is set to take place October 25-29 in Los Angeles. Ticket bundles have already been made available for purchase, along with the full festival lineup, with individual tickets to go on sale tomorrow.
One half of the cultural phenomenon known as Barbenheimer, opposite Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, Gerwig’s live-action Barbie has proven immensely popular with critics and moviegoers alike, setting numerous records while grossing over $1.4B worldwide.
An Oscar-nominated filmmaker known equally for her work as an actress, Gerwig joins a lineage of Guest Aristic Directors that also includes such titans as Pedro Almodóvar, Bernardo Bertolucci, Ava DuVernay, David Lynch and Agnès Varda. The 37th edition of the festival is set to take place October 25-29 in Los Angeles. Ticket bundles have already been made available for purchase, along with the full festival lineup, with individual tickets to go on sale tomorrow.
One half of the cultural phenomenon known as Barbenheimer, opposite Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, Gerwig’s live-action Barbie has proven immensely popular with critics and moviegoers alike, setting numerous records while grossing over $1.4B worldwide.
- 10/2/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Martin Scorsese, Greta Gerwig and Emerald Fennell are among the filmmakers delivering screen talks at this year’s BFI London Film Festival, alongside Andrew Haigh, Lulu Wang and Kitty Green.
Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone, is a headline gala at the festival. He will be in conversation with filmmaker Edgar Wright about his body of work.
Gerwig, an accomplished actor, co-directed “Nights and Weekends” and made her solo feature directorial debut with “Lady Bird,” followed by “Little Women,” both of which scored Oscar and BAFTA nominations. Her latest effort, “Barbie,” is currently the biggest global hit of 2023 with more than $1.4 billion at the box office.
Fennell is the author of three books, writer of the second series of “Killing Eve,” co-creator of a revamped musical version of “Cinderella” and an actor whose work includes “Anna Karenina,” “Vita & Virginia,...
Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone, is a headline gala at the festival. He will be in conversation with filmmaker Edgar Wright about his body of work.
Gerwig, an accomplished actor, co-directed “Nights and Weekends” and made her solo feature directorial debut with “Lady Bird,” followed by “Little Women,” both of which scored Oscar and BAFTA nominations. Her latest effort, “Barbie,” is currently the biggest global hit of 2023 with more than $1.4 billion at the box office.
Fennell is the author of three books, writer of the second series of “Killing Eve,” co-creator of a revamped musical version of “Cinderella” and an actor whose work includes “Anna Karenina,” “Vita & Virginia,...
- 9/25/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
We’re all just Greta Gerwig girls, living in Greta Gerwig’s world. The filmmaker has officially ascended to the A-list of directors with “Barbie,” her third directorial effort. The existential comedy adapted from the Mattel doll line is one of the biggest movies of 2023, and is set to cross the line to $1 billion at the global box office. Perhaps more importantly, it’s a legitimate cultural phenomenon, getting everyone talking about its feminist themes and launching memes and viral trends.
The success of “Barbie” is a turning point for Gerwig, who across three films, has only seen the budget and scale available to her grow at an exponential rate. Once best known as a character actor — including co-directing Joe Swanberg’s mumblecore film “Nights and Weekends” — Gerwig made her proper solo directorial debut with 2017’s “Lady Bird.” Inspired (but not based!) on her childhood growing up in Sacramento, California,...
The success of “Barbie” is a turning point for Gerwig, who across three films, has only seen the budget and scale available to her grow at an exponential rate. Once best known as a character actor — including co-directing Joe Swanberg’s mumblecore film “Nights and Weekends” — Gerwig made her proper solo directorial debut with 2017’s “Lady Bird.” Inspired (but not based!) on her childhood growing up in Sacramento, California,...
- 8/6/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Over the past 15 years, writer, director, producer and actor Greta Gerwig has been one of the key figures in the independent film movement. After her early years as a star of the mumblecore film movement, Gerwig teamed up with her professional and life partner, writer/director Noah Baumbach, for a series of three films that broke through to general audiences, garnered widespread critical acclaim, and generated a Golden Globe nomination for Gerwig in “Frances Ha.”
But after she co-directed 2008’s romance “Nights and Weekends,” it seemed inevitable that Gerwig would return to the director’s chair, this time solo, and she did so in a spectacular fashion with her 2017 debut feature “Lady Bird.” Her coming-of-age story, set in Gerwig’s home town of Sacramento, earned five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, as well as two individual nominations for Gerwig for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. Her second solo film,...
But after she co-directed 2008’s romance “Nights and Weekends,” it seemed inevitable that Gerwig would return to the director’s chair, this time solo, and she did so in a spectacular fashion with her 2017 debut feature “Lady Bird.” Her coming-of-age story, set in Gerwig’s home town of Sacramento, earned five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, as well as two individual nominations for Gerwig for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. Her second solo film,...
- 8/4/2023
- by Tom O'Brien and Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
Over the past 15 years, writer, director, producer and actor Greta Gerwig has been one of the key figures in the independent film movement. After her early years as a star of the mumblecore film movement, Gerwig teamed up with her professional and life partner, writer/director Noah Baumbach, for a series of three films that broke through to general audiences, garnered widespread critical acclaim, and generated a Golden Globe nomination for Gerwig in “Frances Ha.”
But after she co-directed 2008’s romance “Nights and Weekends,” it seemed inevitable that Gerwig would return to the director’s chair, this time solo, and she did so in a spectacular fashion with her 2017 debut feature “Lady Bird.” Her coming-of-age story, set in Gerwig’s home town of Sacramento, earned five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, as well as two individual nominations for Gerwig for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. Her second solo film,...
But after she co-directed 2008’s romance “Nights and Weekends,” it seemed inevitable that Gerwig would return to the director’s chair, this time solo, and she did so in a spectacular fashion with her 2017 debut feature “Lady Bird.” Her coming-of-age story, set in Gerwig’s home town of Sacramento, earned five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, as well as two individual nominations for Gerwig for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. Her second solo film,...
- 8/4/2023
- by Tom O'Brien, Chris Beachum and Misty Holland
- Gold Derby
She only has three solo directorial efforts under her belt, but Greta Gerwig has quickly become one of the most highly respected filmmakers working today. Her 2017 coming-of-age drama “Lady Bird” was an instant teen classic upon release, and her 2019 adaptation of “Little Women” received similar rapturous acclaim, becoming the definitive film version of the classic book.
And in July, after an agonizing three year wait and acting a lead role in partner Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise,” Gerwig came back to theaters as a director with one of the biggest films of the year. “Barbie” is a colorful studio comedy based on the classic dolls from Mattel, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as the titular Barbie and her heartthrob Ken. (He’s just Ken!) And it’s smashing box office numbers
Gerwig perhaps isn’t the obvious director to choose for bringing the thematically thorny Barbie universe to cinemas; before “Lady Bird,...
And in July, after an agonizing three year wait and acting a lead role in partner Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise,” Gerwig came back to theaters as a director with one of the biggest films of the year. “Barbie” is a colorful studio comedy based on the classic dolls from Mattel, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as the titular Barbie and her heartthrob Ken. (He’s just Ken!) And it’s smashing box office numbers
Gerwig perhaps isn’t the obvious director to choose for bringing the thematically thorny Barbie universe to cinemas; before “Lady Bird,...
- 8/2/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Kohn’s Corner is a weekly column about the challenges and opportunities of sustaining American film culture.
After years of blockbuster production driven by prefabricated superhero fandom, the summer of Barbenheimer is an unexpected delight. “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” show the potential for festival-anointed auteurs to worm their way into popular culture with smart and innovative projects. With “Barbie” already crossing half a billion dollars at the global box office and “Oppenheimer” at a formidable $300 million, the joint success of these very different movies seems to be telling Hollywood… something.
The most obvious takeaway from Barbenheimer: Audiences want originality and invention, not endless sequels and variations on what came before. Ok, let’s assume most studio bosses grasp this fundamental point. There’s more to it that. These films speak to a broader set of values and opportunities for studios to consider as they develop more movies that fickle audiences will consider worth their time.
After years of blockbuster production driven by prefabricated superhero fandom, the summer of Barbenheimer is an unexpected delight. “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” show the potential for festival-anointed auteurs to worm their way into popular culture with smart and innovative projects. With “Barbie” already crossing half a billion dollars at the global box office and “Oppenheimer” at a formidable $300 million, the joint success of these very different movies seems to be telling Hollywood… something.
The most obvious takeaway from Barbenheimer: Audiences want originality and invention, not endless sequels and variations on what came before. Ok, let’s assume most studio bosses grasp this fundamental point. There’s more to it that. These films speak to a broader set of values and opportunities for studios to consider as they develop more movies that fickle audiences will consider worth their time.
- 7/29/2023
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
After years as an indie darling, Greta Gerwig has become a box office sensation. The filmmaker’s third directorial effort “Barbie” has become one of the biggest movies of 2023, posting a massive $155 million opening weekend. And although the film’s numerous pleasures — including fantastic performances from Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, a blockbuster pop soundtrack, and immaculate (pink!) production and costume design — would have likely helped it find fans regardless. Gerwig’s confident direction and strong voice as a filmmaker is what’s really made the movie into a cultural juggernaut.
“Barbie” and its massive success seems to signal a completely new era of Gerwig’s career. Her next project will see her venture even further into blockbuster filmmaking with two film adaptations of “The Chronicles of Narnia” for Netflix. The films will likely be even bigger than Barbie (at least as a matter of budget), signaling that Gerwig has...
“Barbie” and its massive success seems to signal a completely new era of Gerwig’s career. Her next project will see her venture even further into blockbuster filmmaking with two film adaptations of “The Chronicles of Narnia” for Netflix. The films will likely be even bigger than Barbie (at least as a matter of budget), signaling that Gerwig has...
- 7/25/2023
- by Wilson Chapman and Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
Greta Gerwig isn’t ready to dive into the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe just quite yet.
The “Barbie” writer-director, who is slated to helm at least two Netflix films based on C.S. Lewis’ “The Chronicles of Narnia” novel series, told Total Film (via Games Radar) that she is “terrified” about tackling the I.P. project.
“I haven’t even really started wrapping my arms around it,” Gerwig said. “But I’m properly scared of it, which feels like a good place to start. I think when I’m scared, it’s always a good sign. Maybe when I stop being scared, it’ll be like, ‘Ok. Maybe I shouldn’t do that one.’ No, I’m terrified of it. It’s extraordinary. And so we’ll see, I don’t know.”
She continued, “I hope to make all different kinds of movies in the course of the...
The “Barbie” writer-director, who is slated to helm at least two Netflix films based on C.S. Lewis’ “The Chronicles of Narnia” novel series, told Total Film (via Games Radar) that she is “terrified” about tackling the I.P. project.
“I haven’t even really started wrapping my arms around it,” Gerwig said. “But I’m properly scared of it, which feels like a good place to start. I think when I’m scared, it’s always a good sign. Maybe when I stop being scared, it’ll be like, ‘Ok. Maybe I shouldn’t do that one.’ No, I’m terrified of it. It’s extraordinary. And so we’ll see, I don’t know.”
She continued, “I hope to make all different kinds of movies in the course of the...
- 7/21/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Total box office could break £20m for first time this year.
Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer both open at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, in one of the most eagerly-awaited sessions in recent years.
Barbie is starting in 706 locations for Warner Bros – the fourth-widest opening for the studio, behind Elvis (744), Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore (712) and The Batman (708).
Universal has Oppenheimer in 675 sites – the widest opening for a Nolan film, ahead of the 642 of 2017’s Dunkirk.
How ’Barbenheimer’ effect is selling out UK cinemas ahead of bumper opening weekend
Starring Margot Robbie as the...
Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer both open at the UK-Ireland box office this weekend, in one of the most eagerly-awaited sessions in recent years.
Barbie is starting in 706 locations for Warner Bros – the fourth-widest opening for the studio, behind Elvis (744), Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore (712) and The Batman (708).
Universal has Oppenheimer in 675 sites – the widest opening for a Nolan film, ahead of the 642 of 2017’s Dunkirk.
How ’Barbenheimer’ effect is selling out UK cinemas ahead of bumper opening weekend
Starring Margot Robbie as the...
- 7/21/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Greta Gerwig started out as an actor in movies like "House of the Devil" and the acclaimed "Frances Ha." In recent years, however, Gerwig has transformed into a remarkably successful director who finds herself behind one of 2023's most buzzed-about movies with "Barbie." The adaptation of Mattel's famed doll has become a downright cultural phenomenon and is poised to be one of the summer's biggest hits. While this may be the filmmaker's first foray into summer blockbusters, she has been behind the camera for major hits before, make no mistake.
Way back in 2008, Gerwig made her feature directorial debut with an indie called "Nights and Weekends." She co-directed the film with Joe Swanberg and, though received well at the time, it didn't make much of a dent commercially. Gerwig's acting career began to take off, so that's what she did for the better part of a decade. But when...
Way back in 2008, Gerwig made her feature directorial debut with an indie called "Nights and Weekends." She co-directed the film with Joe Swanberg and, though received well at the time, it didn't make much of a dent commercially. Gerwig's acting career began to take off, so that's what she did for the better part of a decade. But when...
- 7/21/2023
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Greta Gerwig is looking forward to her biggest box-office hit yet as the director and writer of "Barbie," a gleefully quirky new take on the beloved brand. It's very much par for the course for Gerwig, who has made a career out of telling unusual, meaningful stories that examine life, love, and all the contradictory facets of femininity.
Today, Gerwig is probably best known as a director and a writer, with Oscar nominations for films like "Lady Bird" and "Little Women." What you might not know, though, is that she's actually an actress as well! In fact, she's starred in several of the movies she's written and directed throughout her career, as well as several others. For the most part, Gerwig's filmography leans towards indie films, and there are plenty of intriguing titles to take a look at.
Check out some of the highlights from her previous work - we...
Today, Gerwig is probably best known as a director and a writer, with Oscar nominations for films like "Lady Bird" and "Little Women." What you might not know, though, is that she's actually an actress as well! In fact, she's starred in several of the movies she's written and directed throughout her career, as well as several others. For the most part, Gerwig's filmography leans towards indie films, and there are plenty of intriguing titles to take a look at.
Check out some of the highlights from her previous work - we...
- 7/12/2023
- by Amanda Prahl
- Popsugar.com
David Yates’ Netflix film The Pain Hustlers has begun rounding out its cast, with Andy Garcia (Father of the Bride), Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek), Jay Duplass (Industry), Brian d’Arcy James (West Side Story) and Chloe Coleman (My Spy) signing on to star alongside Emily Blunt and Chris Evans.
The film billed as tonally similar to The Big Short, American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street follows Liza Drake (Blunt), a high-school dropout dreaming of a better life for her and her young daughter. Liza lands a job with a failing pharmaceutical startup in a yellowing strip mall in Central Florida. Her charm, guts and drive then catapult the company and her into the high life, where she soon finds herself at the center of a criminal conspiracy with deadly consequences.
Netflix acquired global rights to the film written by Wells Tower for 50M out of this year’s Cannes Film Festival,...
The film billed as tonally similar to The Big Short, American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street follows Liza Drake (Blunt), a high-school dropout dreaming of a better life for her and her young daughter. Liza lands a job with a failing pharmaceutical startup in a yellowing strip mall in Central Florida. Her charm, guts and drive then catapult the company and her into the high life, where she soon finds herself at the center of a criminal conspiracy with deadly consequences.
Netflix acquired global rights to the film written by Wells Tower for 50M out of this year’s Cannes Film Festival,...
- 8/29/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
What better way to kick off a new month than a look at the many movies coming to Hulu? Ok, if you don’t have a Hulu subscription you might need an alternative. Maybe this list will convince you to take one out, though (not that I’m there salesperson). But enough patter, let’s crack on with it.
Here’s every new film that arrived on July 1st:
12 and Holding (2006)
2001 Maniacs (2005)
52 Pick-Up (1986)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
A Complete History of My Sexual Failures (2009)
A Kid Like Jake (2018)
A Mighty Wind (2003)
A Storks Journey (2017)
An Eye for a Eye (1966)
The Axe Murders of Villisca (2017)
The Bellboy (1960)
Beloved (2012)
Best In Show (2000)
Between Us (2017)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
Birdwatchers (2010)
Boogie Woogie (2010)
The Bounty (1984)
Brokedown Palace (1998)
Buffy, the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Bug (1975)
Buried (2010)
Cadaver (2009)
California Dreamin’ (2009)
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974)
Catcher Was A Spy (2018)
The Catechism Cataclysm (2011)
Change of Plans (2010)
Cheech & Chong...
Here’s every new film that arrived on July 1st:
12 and Holding (2006)
2001 Maniacs (2005)
52 Pick-Up (1986)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
A Complete History of My Sexual Failures (2009)
A Kid Like Jake (2018)
A Mighty Wind (2003)
A Storks Journey (2017)
An Eye for a Eye (1966)
The Axe Murders of Villisca (2017)
The Bellboy (1960)
Beloved (2012)
Best In Show (2000)
Between Us (2017)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
Birdwatchers (2010)
Boogie Woogie (2010)
The Bounty (1984)
Brokedown Palace (1998)
Buffy, the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Bug (1975)
Buried (2010)
Cadaver (2009)
California Dreamin’ (2009)
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974)
Catcher Was A Spy (2018)
The Catechism Cataclysm (2011)
Change of Plans (2010)
Cheech & Chong...
- 7/1/2020
- by Alex Crisp
- We Got This Covered
The world needs a lot of things right now, and one of them just happens to be easygoing entertainment. So be grateful for “Banana Split,” a charming teen romance that fits neatly into the era of “Booksmart” but also manages to stand solidly on its own.
Cowriter Hannah Marks (“Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency”) also stars as April, a high-school senior in a long-term relationship with dim hottie Nick (Dylan Sprouse). Marks, cowriter Joey Power and director Benjamin Kasulke spend about five minutes introducing, capturing and ending this relationship, in a quick but clever montage that both fills us in and keeps us at a distance.
That detachment does leave a nagging hole in the story, because we never have the chance to become invested in this couple. But it’s also a purposeful choice: It soon becomes clear that the filmmakers have something other than romance in mind.
Cowriter Hannah Marks (“Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency”) also stars as April, a high-school senior in a long-term relationship with dim hottie Nick (Dylan Sprouse). Marks, cowriter Joey Power and director Benjamin Kasulke spend about five minutes introducing, capturing and ending this relationship, in a quick but clever montage that both fills us in and keeps us at a distance.
That detachment does leave a nagging hole in the story, because we never have the chance to become invested in this couple. But it’s also a purposeful choice: It soon becomes clear that the filmmakers have something other than romance in mind.
- 3/25/2020
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
Disney opens ‘Spies In Disguise’ as ‘Star Wars’, ‘Cats’ roll on.
This weekend sees the latest version of Louisa May Alcott’s classic 19th-century novel Little Women hit UK cinemas through Sony, looking to capitalise on the seasonal setting of the story.
Adapted and directed by Greta Gerwig, the film stars Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Eliza Scanlen and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2016 Florence Pugh as the four March sisters, each navigating life and exploring themselves in Massachusetts.
The supporting cast includes Laura Dern, Timothée Chalamet, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, Louis Garrel, Chris Cooper, and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2013 James Norton.
This weekend sees the latest version of Louisa May Alcott’s classic 19th-century novel Little Women hit UK cinemas through Sony, looking to capitalise on the seasonal setting of the story.
Adapted and directed by Greta Gerwig, the film stars Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Eliza Scanlen and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2016 Florence Pugh as the four March sisters, each navigating life and exploring themselves in Massachusetts.
The supporting cast includes Laura Dern, Timothée Chalamet, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, Louis Garrel, Chris Cooper, and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2013 James Norton.
- 12/27/2019
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
Among the many impressive numbers associated with “Black Panther” is the director’s age. At just 31, Ryan Coogler has directed an historic, record-breaking blockbuster whose achievements will be studied for years by scholars and pop culture dabblers alike. He follows in the footsteps of such wunderkinds as Steven Spielberg and Orson Welles, who were respectively 28 (“Jaws”) and 25 (“Citizen Kane”) when they first helmed movies that were to become iconic cinema classics.
Coogler’s not the only young filmmaker to leave a mark at an early age in recent years. Thus, we present to you our ranking of the 25 best movies from 2000 to the present from filmmakers 35 and under. (Sorry, Jason Reitman and Xavier Dolan: you’re Canadian.) To keep the list manageable, we stuck to homegrown Americans only, and picked our favorite film from each early oeuvre. (If you disagree, feel free to share alternatives in the comments.
Coogler’s not the only young filmmaker to leave a mark at an early age in recent years. Thus, we present to you our ranking of the 25 best movies from 2000 to the present from filmmakers 35 and under. (Sorry, Jason Reitman and Xavier Dolan: you’re Canadian.) To keep the list manageable, we stuck to homegrown Americans only, and picked our favorite film from each early oeuvre. (If you disagree, feel free to share alternatives in the comments.
- 3/23/2018
- by Jenna Marotta, Anne Thompson, Kate Erbland, William Earl, David Ehrlich, Michael Nordine, Zack Sharf, Jude Dry and Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Chicago – One of the most fulfilled movies of 2017 was the sublime “Lady Bird,” the major film debut of actor Greta Gerwig. Nimbly shooting her own script, the achingly honest story about a teenager (portrayed essentially by Saiorse Ronan) going through her Senior Year of high school in Sacramento, California, was a breakout film of the year, and was nominated for Best Picture, as well as Best Actress for Ronan, Best Supporting Actress for Laurie Metcalfe (as the Ronan character’s mother) and Best Original Screenplay/Best Director for Greta Gerwig.
Ms. Gerwig was born and raised in Sacramento, but has insisted that Lady Bird is an imaginary character, not an autobiography. After graduation from Barnard College, she intended to be a playwright, but scored roles in a couple of early “Mumblecore” indie films, Joe Swanberg’s “Lol” and Jay & Mark Duplass’ “Baghead.” Her first directorial film was a collaboration with Swanberg,...
Ms. Gerwig was born and raised in Sacramento, but has insisted that Lady Bird is an imaginary character, not an autobiography. After graduation from Barnard College, she intended to be a playwright, but scored roles in a couple of early “Mumblecore” indie films, Joe Swanberg’s “Lol” and Jay & Mark Duplass’ “Baghead.” Her first directorial film was a collaboration with Swanberg,...
- 3/4/2018
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
While the notoriously idiosyncratic Film Independent Spirit Awards nomination juries go their own way, it’s the more than 6,400 members of Film Independent who vote. In recent years, these selections tend to mirror the Oscar winners, from Weinstein Co.’s “The Artist” and “Silver Linings Playbook” and Fox Searchlight’s “12 Years a Slave” and “Birdman” to Open Road’s “Spotlight” and A24’s “Moonlight.”
So what wins this Saturday (the often raucous show hosted by Nick Kroll and John Mulavey is broadcast live on IFC at 2 pm Pacific, 5 pm eastern) could well predict the eventual Oscar winner. Except that this year, neither of Searchlight’s eventual Oscar frontrunners, Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” (which skirted the $20 million budget cap) or British auteur Martin McDonagh’s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” were nominated by the Spirits for Best Picture.
Therefore, the top dogs at the Spirits are...
So what wins this Saturday (the often raucous show hosted by Nick Kroll and John Mulavey is broadcast live on IFC at 2 pm Pacific, 5 pm eastern) could well predict the eventual Oscar winner. Except that this year, neither of Searchlight’s eventual Oscar frontrunners, Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” (which skirted the $20 million budget cap) or British auteur Martin McDonagh’s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” were nominated by the Spirits for Best Picture.
Therefore, the top dogs at the Spirits are...
- 3/1/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
While the notoriously idiosyncratic Film Independent Spirit Awards nomination juries go their own way, it’s the more than 6,400 members of Film Independent who vote. In recent years, these selections tend to mirror the Oscar winners, from Weinstein Co.’s “The Artist” and “Silver Linings Playbook” and Fox Searchlight’s “12 Years a Slave” and “Birdman” to Open Road’s “Spotlight” and A24’s “Moonlight.”
So what wins this Saturday (the often raucous show hosted by Nick Kroll and John Mulavey is broadcast live on IFC at 2 pm Pacific, 5 pm eastern) could well predict the eventual Oscar winner. Except that this year, neither of Searchlight’s eventual Oscar frontrunners, Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” (which skirted the $20 million budget cap) or British auteur Martin McDonagh’s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” were nominated by the Spirits for Best Picture.
Therefore, the top dogs at the Spirits are...
So what wins this Saturday (the often raucous show hosted by Nick Kroll and John Mulavey is broadcast live on IFC at 2 pm Pacific, 5 pm eastern) could well predict the eventual Oscar winner. Except that this year, neither of Searchlight’s eventual Oscar frontrunners, Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” (which skirted the $20 million budget cap) or British auteur Martin McDonagh’s “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” were nominated by the Spirits for Best Picture.
Therefore, the top dogs at the Spirits are...
- 3/1/2018
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf are electric as warring daughter and mother in Greta Gerwig’s beautifully observed comedy-drama
In the conversations that have ushered in its theatrical release, Lady Bird has been described as Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut. Yet, with seven screenplays to her name and a co-director credit on Joe Swanberg’s 2008 mumblecore drama Nights and Weekends, it’s not as though she is new to making movies. Still, the endearing shagginess and goofy imperfection associated with Gerwig’s work in front of and behind the camera are noticeably absent in this polished, muscular, Oscar-nominated debut proper. Not a criticism exactly, but perhaps an explanation for why the film has managed to transcend its indie dramedy trappings.
Set in Sacramento, California in 2002, it centres on Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Saoirse Ronan), a high-schooler who behaves with the unselfconscious conviction of a young kid. She insists she be...
In the conversations that have ushered in its theatrical release, Lady Bird has been described as Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut. Yet, with seven screenplays to her name and a co-director credit on Joe Swanberg’s 2008 mumblecore drama Nights and Weekends, it’s not as though she is new to making movies. Still, the endearing shagginess and goofy imperfection associated with Gerwig’s work in front of and behind the camera are noticeably absent in this polished, muscular, Oscar-nominated debut proper. Not a criticism exactly, but perhaps an explanation for why the film has managed to transcend its indie dramedy trappings.
Set in Sacramento, California in 2002, it centres on Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Saoirse Ronan), a high-schooler who behaves with the unselfconscious conviction of a young kid. She insists she be...
- 2/18/2018
- by Simran Hans
- The Guardian - Film News
If Jordan Peele (“Get Out”) takes Best Director at the Oscars, it would have many historic connotations, not the least being he’d be the first black directing champ. But he’d also become just the seventh person to win for a directorial debut. (Fellow nominee Greta Gerwig for “Lady Bird” co-directed 2008’s “Nights and Weekends” with Joe Swanberg.)
The other six to achieve this are Delbert Mann (1955’s “Marty”), Jerome Robbins (co-directed 1961’s “West Side Story” with Robert Wise), Robert Redford (1980’s “Ordinary People”), James L. Brooks (1983’s “Terms of Endearment”), Kevin Costner (1990’s “Dances with Wolves”) and Sam Mendes (1999’s “American Beauty”).
See Christopher Nolan or Greta Gerwig will snatch DGA Award from Guillermo del Toro, our top Users declare
Notice anything about this group? Besides the fact that they’re all dudes? No, it’s not that “West Side Story” was the only film Robbins ever directed.
The other six to achieve this are Delbert Mann (1955’s “Marty”), Jerome Robbins (co-directed 1961’s “West Side Story” with Robert Wise), Robert Redford (1980’s “Ordinary People”), James L. Brooks (1983’s “Terms of Endearment”), Kevin Costner (1990’s “Dances with Wolves”) and Sam Mendes (1999’s “American Beauty”).
See Christopher Nolan or Greta Gerwig will snatch DGA Award from Guillermo del Toro, our top Users declare
Notice anything about this group? Besides the fact that they’re all dudes? No, it’s not that “West Side Story” was the only film Robbins ever directed.
- 2/2/2018
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
In Mistress America, the second film Greta Gerwig wrote with her now-boyfriend Noah Baumbach, one of the characters proclaims, “Sometimes I think I’m a genius and I wish I could just fast-forward my life to the part where everyone knows it.”
Gerwig, 34, has been the darling of the indie film scene for nearly a decade, starring in low-budget, quirky coming-of-age films, some of which she also wrote, like Frances Ha, and little-seen gems like Hannah Takes the Stairs and Lola Versus. Last year, she ventured into slightly more commercial roles with Jackie, starring Natalie Portman, and 20th Century Women,...
Gerwig, 34, has been the darling of the indie film scene for nearly a decade, starring in low-budget, quirky coming-of-age films, some of which she also wrote, like Frances Ha, and little-seen gems like Hannah Takes the Stairs and Lola Versus. Last year, she ventured into slightly more commercial roles with Jackie, starring Natalie Portman, and 20th Century Women,...
- 1/23/2018
- by Mike Miller
- PEOPLE.com
William Oldroyd, Taylor Sheridan vie for first-time feature director honours.
Source: Merie Wallace, courtesy of A24
Greta Gerwig
Four first-time nominees are in contention for the Directors Guild Of America’s (DGA) top feature prize as Greta Gerwig, Jordan Peele, Martin McDonagh and Guillermo Del Toro join Christopher Nolan on the roster for next month’s 70th annual DGA Awards.
Gerwig is nominated in the Outstanding Directorial Achievement In Feature Film For 2017 category for Lady Bird, Peele for Get Out, McDonagh for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and Del Toro for The Shape Of Water.
Nolan receives his fourth nod for Dunkirk and has never won the DGA honour. He was nominated for Inception in 2010, The Dark Knight in 2008, and Memento in 2001. The DGA unveiled its nominees on Thursday (January 11).
The contenders will learn their fate when the awards are handed out on at the 70th annual DGA Awards in Beverly Hills on February 3
Peele earned two nominations...
Source: Merie Wallace, courtesy of A24
Greta Gerwig
Four first-time nominees are in contention for the Directors Guild Of America’s (DGA) top feature prize as Greta Gerwig, Jordan Peele, Martin McDonagh and Guillermo Del Toro join Christopher Nolan on the roster for next month’s 70th annual DGA Awards.
Gerwig is nominated in the Outstanding Directorial Achievement In Feature Film For 2017 category for Lady Bird, Peele for Get Out, McDonagh for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and Del Toro for The Shape Of Water.
Nolan receives his fourth nod for Dunkirk and has never won the DGA honour. He was nominated for Inception in 2010, The Dark Knight in 2008, and Memento in 2001. The DGA unveiled its nominees on Thursday (January 11).
The contenders will learn their fate when the awards are handed out on at the 70th annual DGA Awards in Beverly Hills on February 3
Peele earned two nominations...
- 1/11/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
William Oldroyd, Taylor Sheridan vie for first-time feature director honours.
Four first-time nominees are in contention for the Directors Guild Of America’s (DGA) top feature prize as Guillermo Del Toro, Greta Gerwig, Martin McDonagh and Jordan Peele joined Christopher Nolan on the roster for next month’s 70th annual DGA Awards.
Del Toro is nominated in the Outstanding Directorial Achievement In Feature Film For 2017 category for The Shape Of Water, Gerwig for Lady Bird, McDonagh for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and Peele for Get Out.
Nolan receives his fourth nod for Dunkirk and has never won the DGA honour. He was nominated for Inception in 2010, The Dark Knight in 2008, and Memento in 2001. The DGA unveiled its nominees on Thursday (January 11).
The contenders will learn their fate when the awards are handed out on at the 70th annual DGA Awards in Beverly Hills on February 3
Peele earned two nominations on Thursday and will also vie for honours...
Four first-time nominees are in contention for the Directors Guild Of America’s (DGA) top feature prize as Guillermo Del Toro, Greta Gerwig, Martin McDonagh and Jordan Peele joined Christopher Nolan on the roster for next month’s 70th annual DGA Awards.
Del Toro is nominated in the Outstanding Directorial Achievement In Feature Film For 2017 category for The Shape Of Water, Gerwig for Lady Bird, McDonagh for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and Peele for Get Out.
Nolan receives his fourth nod for Dunkirk and has never won the DGA honour. He was nominated for Inception in 2010, The Dark Knight in 2008, and Memento in 2001. The DGA unveiled its nominees on Thursday (January 11).
The contenders will learn their fate when the awards are handed out on at the 70th annual DGA Awards in Beverly Hills on February 3
Peele earned two nominations on Thursday and will also vie for honours...
- 1/11/2018
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
In Mistress America, the second film Greta Gerwig wrote with her now-boyfriend Noah Baumbach, one of the characters proclaims, “Sometimes I think I’m a genius and I wish I could just fast-forward my life to the part where everyone knows it.”
Gerwig, 34, has been the darling of the indie film scene for nearly a decade, starring in low-budget, quirky coming-of-age films, some of which she also wrote, like Frances Ha, and little-seen gems like Hannah Takes the Stairs and Lola Versus. Last year, she ventured into slightly more commercial roles with Jackie, starring Natalie Portman, and 20th Century Women,...
Gerwig, 34, has been the darling of the indie film scene for nearly a decade, starring in low-budget, quirky coming-of-age films, some of which she also wrote, like Frances Ha, and little-seen gems like Hannah Takes the Stairs and Lola Versus. Last year, she ventured into slightly more commercial roles with Jackie, starring Natalie Portman, and 20th Century Women,...
- 1/4/2018
- by Mike Miller
- PEOPLE.com
Greta Gerwig’s alternately funny and poignant coming-of-age triumph continues our countdown, with Saoirse Ronan in the self-nicknamed title role
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Is Lady Bird the greatest film of all time? Well, if divisive critical aggregation engine Rotten Tomatoes is to be believed then yes, yes it is. Since its premiere at the Telluride film festival, the coming-of-age comedy has racked up nothing but positive notices, translating to a rare 100% rating. It then achieved the important distinction of being the most-reviewed title at this height with 170 critics sharing their love, pushing previous record-holder Toy Story 2 down to second place (it has since fallen to 99% after one controversial addition).
I’ll get it out of the way now: Lady Bird is not the greatest film of all time and while I’m at it, the Rotten Tomatoes algorithm is...
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Is Lady Bird the greatest film of all time? Well, if divisive critical aggregation engine Rotten Tomatoes is to be believed then yes, yes it is. Since its premiere at the Telluride film festival, the coming-of-age comedy has racked up nothing but positive notices, translating to a rare 100% rating. It then achieved the important distinction of being the most-reviewed title at this height with 170 critics sharing their love, pushing previous record-holder Toy Story 2 down to second place (it has since fallen to 99% after one controversial addition).
I’ll get it out of the way now: Lady Bird is not the greatest film of all time and while I’m at it, the Rotten Tomatoes algorithm is...
- 12/18/2017
- by Benjamin Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
Christine McPherson (entrancingly played by Saoirse Ronan) is a strong-minded, rebellious yet vulnerable seventeen-year-old—otherwise known as “Lady Bird”—who thinks that life in Sacramento is dull and holding her back, preventing her from being herself. She dreams of attending East Coast colleges and romanticizes life as a writer in New York City or in rural Connecticut. This is at odds with her mother Marion (an intimidating Laurie Metcalf) who is both equally a caring and unyielding mother. This familiar yet nuanced mother-daughter relationship is at the very core of Lady Bird. But the film also beautifully explores the title character’s coming to terms with life beyond her home; Lady Bird is as much about fleeing home as it is about one’s unconditional love for it. Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut takes the all too familiar coming-of-age teen drama and makes it uniquely wonderful and fresh. The film...
- 11/29/2017
- MUBI
Just a few weeks since Suburbicon arrived at the multiplex (and just as it heads to the “second-run” theatres), another film directed by an actor opens. That’s about all that the two flicks have in common. The thespian behind the camera this time is the talented Greta Gerwig. At the start of the new century she was dubbed by many as the new “indie queen” with her performances in several quirky low-budget films (most shot in the NYC area). In the last decade or so she’s had small roles in studio films (Jackie), but Ms. Gerwig’s heart seems to be with “underdog” cinema. On many of these projects she’s been stretching her creative muscles, first by writing many (two of her most acclaimed films were co-written with Noah Baumbach) and for one she co-directed with Joe Swanberg (Nights And Weekends). This new release is her first (the first of many,...
- 11/16/2017
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Greta Gerwig remembers the "Eureka!" moment.
The 34-year-old actor, an indie-cinema fixture and a co-writer for films like Frances Ha and Mistress America, had been struggling with a screenplay she'd been working on for a while, a story about a young woman coming of age in Northern California. For some reason, she "felt I kept hitting some sort of wall with the movie that I couldn't break through." Then, out of the blue, two lines of dialogue popped into her head.
"I just put everything aside," Gerwig says, "and I...
The 34-year-old actor, an indie-cinema fixture and a co-writer for films like Frances Ha and Mistress America, had been struggling with a screenplay she'd been working on for a while, a story about a young woman coming of age in Northern California. For some reason, she "felt I kept hitting some sort of wall with the movie that I couldn't break through." Then, out of the blue, two lines of dialogue popped into her head.
"I just put everything aside," Gerwig says, "and I...
- 11/6/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Greta Gerwig has a story about the moment she knew she would become a director. Shortly after she starred in and co-wrote “Frances Ha” with Noah Baumbach, she met “Orlando” director Sally Potter at a party. Gerwig cornered Potter, to pick her brain.
“I do that with people I admire,” Gerwig said. “I was writing a lot. I was asking her about how she does what she does. Does she do it first thing in the morning in longhand, or many computer drafts? I was being nerdy and needy, and she was answering and being very kind.
“Then she grabbed me by the arm and looked me in the eyes and asked me, ‘What do you really want to ask me about?’ My blood ran cold. ‘You really want to ask me about directing.’
‘How do you know that?’
‘I’m part gypsy and it’s written all over you!
“I do that with people I admire,” Gerwig said. “I was writing a lot. I was asking her about how she does what she does. Does she do it first thing in the morning in longhand, or many computer drafts? I was being nerdy and needy, and she was answering and being very kind.
“Then she grabbed me by the arm and looked me in the eyes and asked me, ‘What do you really want to ask me about?’ My blood ran cold. ‘You really want to ask me about directing.’
‘How do you know that?’
‘I’m part gypsy and it’s written all over you!
- 11/3/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Greta Gerwig has a story about the moment she knew she would become a director. Shortly after she starred in and co-wrote “Frances Ha” with Noah Baumbach, she met “Orlando” director Sally Potter at a party. Gerwig cornered Potter, to pick her brain.
“I do that with people I admire,” Gerwig said. “I was writing a lot. I was asking her about how she does what she does. Does she do it first thing in the morning in longhand, or many computer drafts? I was being nerdy and needy, and she was answering and being very kind.
“Then she grabbed me by the arm and looked me in the eyes and asked me, ‘What do you really want to ask me about?’ My blood ran cold. ‘You really want to ask me about directing.’
‘How do you know that?’
‘I’m part gypsy and it’s written all over you!
“I do that with people I admire,” Gerwig said. “I was writing a lot. I was asking her about how she does what she does. Does she do it first thing in the morning in longhand, or many computer drafts? I was being nerdy and needy, and she was answering and being very kind.
“Then she grabbed me by the arm and looked me in the eyes and asked me, ‘What do you really want to ask me about?’ My blood ran cold. ‘You really want to ask me about directing.’
‘How do you know that?’
‘I’m part gypsy and it’s written all over you!
- 11/3/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Just when you think there's nothing original or exciting left to mine from a coming-of-age story, along comes the totally irresistible Lady Bird – a reminder that no genre is played out when there's a new artist around to see it with fresh eyes. Screenwriter Greta Gerwig, in a spectacular solo directing debut (she co-directed Nights and Weekends with Joe Swanberg in 2008), has carved a brilliantly hilarious and heartfelt script out of her own teen life. Not a punch is pulled, and sentiment takes a holiday. All that's left is blunt honesty.
- 10/31/2017
- Rollingstone.com
This year at the Toronto International Film Festival, there are quite a few films that might pique the interest for a variety of reasons. One film, “Lady Bird,” is of particular interest because, firstly, it looks pretty damn good and, secondly, it has Greta Gerwig making her solo directorial debut.
Read More: ‘Lady Bird’: Laurie Metcalf Has Her Moment In Greta Gerwig’s Solo-Directorial Debut [Telluride Review]
Gerwig is currently best known as an actor and writer, though she did co-direct “Nights and Weekends,” so she’s not technically a neophyte.
Continue reading ‘Lady Bird’ Trailer: Saoirse Ronan Can’t Wait To Leave Sacramento at The Playlist.
Read More: ‘Lady Bird’: Laurie Metcalf Has Her Moment In Greta Gerwig’s Solo-Directorial Debut [Telluride Review]
Gerwig is currently best known as an actor and writer, though she did co-direct “Nights and Weekends,” so she’s not technically a neophyte.
Continue reading ‘Lady Bird’ Trailer: Saoirse Ronan Can’t Wait To Leave Sacramento at The Playlist.
- 9/5/2017
- by Reese Conner
- The Playlist
Greta Gerwig is no stranger to working both in front of and behind the camera, but her solo directorial debut “Lady Bird” will see her trying something new: not starring in her own material. Instead, two-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan takes over as the star of Gerwig’s creation, leading the feature as the eponymous Lady Bird. Well, sort of.
Read More:Saoirse Ronan Scores Her Greatest Role In Greta Gerwig’s Winning Directorial Debut ‘Lady Bird’ — Review
The relationship comedy stars Ronan as Christine McPherson (Lady Bird, and no, no relationship with the wife of Lbj), a rebellious student at a conservative Catholic Sacramento high school who wants to escape her family and small town constraints to go to college in New York. The film is reportedly loosely based on Gerwig’s own experiences — the filmmaker and actress also grew up in Sacramento, where she attended Catholic school and...
Read More:Saoirse Ronan Scores Her Greatest Role In Greta Gerwig’s Winning Directorial Debut ‘Lady Bird’ — Review
The relationship comedy stars Ronan as Christine McPherson (Lady Bird, and no, no relationship with the wife of Lbj), a rebellious student at a conservative Catholic Sacramento high school who wants to escape her family and small town constraints to go to college in New York. The film is reportedly loosely based on Gerwig’s own experiences — the filmmaker and actress also grew up in Sacramento, where she attended Catholic school and...
- 9/5/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
In “Lady Bird,” an angst-riddled teen copes with her restrictive Catholic high school, bickers with her doting parents, endures her first heartbreak, and dreams of escaping to a far-off place. There’s nothing fresh about that premise, but writer-director Greta Gerwig’s semi-biographical riff on her Sacramento upbringing elevates it to a new wavelength beaming with wit and insight. Anchored by Saoirse Ronan in a spunky lead role that registers as her very best, the movie confirms that Gerwig’s plucky screen presence translates into a richly confident filmmaking voice.
“Lady Bird” is both snarky and sincere — a touching, markedly feminine ode to growing up that never takes its familiarity for granted. Gerwig earns the ability to make this rite-of-passage saga her own.
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“The only thing exciting about 2002 is that it’s a palindrome,” moans Christine McPherson,...
“Lady Bird” is both snarky and sincere — a touching, markedly feminine ode to growing up that never takes its familiarity for granted. Gerwig earns the ability to make this rite-of-passage saga her own.
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“The only thing exciting about 2002 is that it’s a palindrome,” moans Christine McPherson,...
- 9/2/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Girl Talk is a weekly look at women in film — past, present, and future.
The fall festival season has long been a harbinger of things to come, from the contenders that will consume months of awards season jockeying to bright new talents just making their first big splashes, and this year brings with it another glimpse of the future: one that’s filled with new films from a wide variety of female filmmakers.
From Venice to Toronto, New York to Telluride, this year’s fall festival circuit is filled with new offerings from from female filmmakers of every stripe, including 20 that we’ve hand-picked as the ones to keep an eye on during the coming weeks.
First-time feature filmmakers like Maggie Betts, Brie Larson, and the Mulleavey sisters are out in full force, along with the return of mainstays like Angelina Jolie, Lynn Shelton, and Susanna White. There are plenty...
The fall festival season has long been a harbinger of things to come, from the contenders that will consume months of awards season jockeying to bright new talents just making their first big splashes, and this year brings with it another glimpse of the future: one that’s filled with new films from a wide variety of female filmmakers.
From Venice to Toronto, New York to Telluride, this year’s fall festival circuit is filled with new offerings from from female filmmakers of every stripe, including 20 that we’ve hand-picked as the ones to keep an eye on during the coming weeks.
First-time feature filmmakers like Maggie Betts, Brie Larson, and the Mulleavey sisters are out in full force, along with the return of mainstays like Angelina Jolie, Lynn Shelton, and Susanna White. There are plenty...
- 8/25/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
All this week, IndieWire will be rolling out our annual Fall Preview, including the very best indie cinema has to offer, all the awards contenders you need to know about, and even blockbuster fare that seems poised to please the most discerning tastes, all with an eye towards introducing you to all the new movies you need to get through a jam-packed fall movie-going season. Check back every day for a new look at the best the season has to offer, and clear your schedule, because we’re going to fill it right up.
Finally: 10 new features from female filmmakers. From first-time directors to bonafide superstars, personal stories to historical epics, this season has something for everyone, and all from women.
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After investigating her own heritage during the filming of an episode of BBC’s “Who Do You Think You Are?,” “Bend It Like Beckham” filmmaker...
Finally: 10 new features from female filmmakers. From first-time directors to bonafide superstars, personal stories to historical epics, this season has something for everyone, and all from women.
“Viceroy’s House” (September 1)
After investigating her own heritage during the filming of an episode of BBC’s “Who Do You Think You Are?,” “Bend It Like Beckham” filmmaker...
- 8/18/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Greta Gerwig is getting her directorial debut ready, and yes to the inevitable finicky commenters, she previously co-directed “Nights And Weekends” with Joe Swanberg. But “Lady Bird” marks her first truly solo venture, and it’s one we’re certainly anticipating.
Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges, Timothee Chalamet and Beanie Feldstein star in the movie about a teenager from Sacramento who prepares to head off to college in New York City.
Continue reading First Look: Saoirse Ronan In Greta Gerwig’s ‘Lady Bird’ at The Playlist.
Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges, Timothee Chalamet and Beanie Feldstein star in the movie about a teenager from Sacramento who prepares to head off to college in New York City.
Continue reading First Look: Saoirse Ronan In Greta Gerwig’s ‘Lady Bird’ at The Playlist.
- 8/15/2017
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
While she co-directed Nights and Weekends nearly a decade ago with Joe Swanberg, Greta Gerwig’s first solo outing as director will be arriving this fall. Picked up A24 for a release this November, Lady Bird follows a mother-daughter relationship starring Laurie Metcalf and Saoirse Ronan. Ahead of a release, the first images have now arrived, featuring our leads.
Likely to premiere at Telluride before heading to Toronto and Nyff, Gerwig has worked with a number of talented directors — including Noah Baumbach, Mia Hansen-Løve, Whit Stillman, Todd Solondz, and Rebecca Miller — so it’ll be curious to see what form this debut takes. Check out the new images above and below, along with Nyff‘s synopsis.
Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut is a portrait of an artistically inclined young woman (Saoirse Ronan) trying to define herself in the shadow of her mother (Laurie Metcalf) and searching for an escape route from her hometown of Sacramento.
Likely to premiere at Telluride before heading to Toronto and Nyff, Gerwig has worked with a number of talented directors — including Noah Baumbach, Mia Hansen-Løve, Whit Stillman, Todd Solondz, and Rebecca Miller — so it’ll be curious to see what form this debut takes. Check out the new images above and below, along with Nyff‘s synopsis.
Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut is a portrait of an artistically inclined young woman (Saoirse Ronan) trying to define herself in the shadow of her mother (Laurie Metcalf) and searching for an escape route from her hometown of Sacramento.
- 8/14/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Included among IndieWire’s 25 indie movies you must see this fall movie season is “Lady Bird,” which marks a monumental step forward in the constantly-surprising career of Greta Gerwig. The 34-year-old actress has appeared in numerous indie films, and she’s even co-written “Mistress America” and “Frances Ha” with Noah Baumbach, but she’s never directed a feature on her own until “Lady Bird” (she co-directed “Nights and Weekends” with Joe Swanberg).
Read More:Greta Gerwig’s ‘Lady Bird’ Lands A24 Awards Season Push
The movie, which stars Saoirse Ronan as a rebellious Sacramento high schooler who dreams of escaping her family and small town to go to college in New York, will be hitting the fall festivals, first premiering at Tiff before making its way to Nyff. A24 is planning an awards push with a November 10 release date.
Ronan has been Oscar-nominated twice in her career, as Best Actress...
Read More:Greta Gerwig’s ‘Lady Bird’ Lands A24 Awards Season Push
The movie, which stars Saoirse Ronan as a rebellious Sacramento high schooler who dreams of escaping her family and small town to go to college in New York, will be hitting the fall festivals, first premiering at Tiff before making its way to Nyff. A24 is planning an awards push with a November 10 release date.
Ronan has been Oscar-nominated twice in her career, as Best Actress...
- 8/14/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
With “Lady Bird,” brainy actress and screenwriter Greta Gerwig is finally making her solo directorial debut after her collaborations with Noah Baumbach on “Frances Ha” and “Mistress America” and co-directing “Nights and Weekends” with Joe Swanberg.
Read MoreFor ’20th Century Women’ and ‘Jackie’ Standout Greta Gerwig, Playing Real Women Is Its Own Reward — Consider This
The relationship comedy stars Saoirse Ronan as Christine McPherson (Lady Bird, no relationship with the wife of Lbj), a rebellious student at a conservative Catholic Sacramento high school who wants to escape her family and small town constraints to go to college in New York.
Co-stars include Laurie Metcalf, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts, Timothée Chalamet, and Beanie Feldstein.
Read MoreA24: See All of the Distributor’s Dynamic Posters
Gerwig is selling the movie to A24 to release worldwide. Producers are Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, and Evelyn O’Neill, and a planned fall berth suggests festival play and awards contention.
Read MoreFor ’20th Century Women’ and ‘Jackie’ Standout Greta Gerwig, Playing Real Women Is Its Own Reward — Consider This
The relationship comedy stars Saoirse Ronan as Christine McPherson (Lady Bird, no relationship with the wife of Lbj), a rebellious student at a conservative Catholic Sacramento high school who wants to escape her family and small town constraints to go to college in New York.
Co-stars include Laurie Metcalf, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts, Timothée Chalamet, and Beanie Feldstein.
Read MoreA24: See All of the Distributor’s Dynamic Posters
Gerwig is selling the movie to A24 to release worldwide. Producers are Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, and Evelyn O’Neill, and a planned fall berth suggests festival play and awards contention.
- 7/18/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
With “Lady Bird,” brainy actress and screenwriter Greta Gerwig is finally making her solo directorial debut after her collaborations with Noah Baumbach on “Frances Ha” and “Mistress America” and co-directing “Nights and Weekends” with Joe Swanberg.
Read MoreFor ’20th Century Women’ and ‘Jackie’ Standout Greta Gerwig, Playing Real Women Is Its Own Reward — Consider This
The relationship comedy stars Saoirse Ronan as Christine McPherson (Lady Bird, no relationship with the wife of Lbj), a rebellious student at a conservative Catholic Sacramento high school who wants to escape her family and small town constraints to go to college in New York.
Co-stars include Laurie Metcalf, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts, Timothée Chalamet, and Beanie Feldstein.
Read MoreA24: See All of the Distributor’s Dynamic Posters
Gerwig is selling the movie to A24 to release worldwide. Producers are Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, and Evelyn O’Neill, and a planned fall berth suggests festival play and awards contention.
Read MoreFor ’20th Century Women’ and ‘Jackie’ Standout Greta Gerwig, Playing Real Women Is Its Own Reward — Consider This
The relationship comedy stars Saoirse Ronan as Christine McPherson (Lady Bird, no relationship with the wife of Lbj), a rebellious student at a conservative Catholic Sacramento high school who wants to escape her family and small town constraints to go to college in New York.
Co-stars include Laurie Metcalf, Lucas Hedges, Tracy Letts, Timothée Chalamet, and Beanie Feldstein.
Read MoreA24: See All of the Distributor’s Dynamic Posters
Gerwig is selling the movie to A24 to release worldwide. Producers are Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, and Evelyn O’Neill, and a planned fall berth suggests festival play and awards contention.
- 7/18/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
From “Nights and Weekends” to “Happy Christmas” and “Drinking Buddies,” mumblecore master Joe Swanberg has shown a distinctive talent for infusing dazzling humanity and humor into simple stories. With his latest SXSW entry, “Win It All,” he does this in the tale of a lovable, low-grade degenerate whose offered an unusual opportunity to conquer his gambling addiction when thousands of dollars are dropped on his door step.
Continue reading Joe Swanberg Gambles On A Lovable Loser’s Redemption With ‘Win It All’ Starring Jake Johnson [SXSW Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading Joe Swanberg Gambles On A Lovable Loser’s Redemption With ‘Win It All’ Starring Jake Johnson [SXSW Review] at The Playlist.
- 3/13/2017
- by Kristy Puchko
- The Playlist
Dustin Guy Defa makes his Sundance Film Festival feature debut with “Person to Person,” and he doesn’t know what to expect. He’s had a lot of disappointments in his life, ranging from being the kind of penniless artist whose survival demands long-term couch surfing to overcoming a nightmare family of origin. (It yielded his 2011 Sundance short, “Family Nightmare.”)
However, “Person To Person” also gives real weight to the time-worn trope that values the journey over the destination. With a cast that includes names like Michael Cera and”Broad City” star Abbi Jacobson as well as indie filmmaking stalwarts like David Zellner and Benny Safdie, it reflects the success he’s had building his place in independent filmmaking and the joy he brings with it. “It comes through loud and clear in his work,” said filmmaker David Lowery, a longtime Defa fan. “It’s the reason why his movies...
However, “Person To Person” also gives real weight to the time-worn trope that values the journey over the destination. With a cast that includes names like Michael Cera and”Broad City” star Abbi Jacobson as well as indie filmmaking stalwarts like David Zellner and Benny Safdie, it reflects the success he’s had building his place in independent filmmaking and the joy he brings with it. “It comes through loud and clear in his work,” said filmmaker David Lowery, a longtime Defa fan. “It’s the reason why his movies...
- 1/20/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Maggie’s Plan begins with a compelling premise – Maggie (Greta Gerwig) is ready to have a child with or without a man, and enlists the proper doofus (Travis Fimmel) to supply the semen; little does she know she will quickly fall in love with John (Ethan Hawke), whose marriage to Georgette (Julianne Moore) is almost beyond the rocks. And believe it or not, the titular plan isn’t even about the intended insemination, though that storyline nicely establishes how quickly our designs for our lives go awry. No, the true plan will be saved for after the film cuts ahead three years, when Maggie and John have built a bit of a life together.
But that’s for you to discover. Writer/director Rebecca Miller (working from a story by Karen Rinaldi) has prematurely entered late-Woody Allen territory. She has a tremendous, purposefully arch premise, strongly-defined eccentric characters, and...
But that’s for you to discover. Writer/director Rebecca Miller (working from a story by Karen Rinaldi) has prematurely entered late-Woody Allen territory. She has a tremendous, purposefully arch premise, strongly-defined eccentric characters, and...
- 1/24/2016
- by Scott Nye
- CriterionCast
Having spent time on films sets with Noah Baumbach, Woody Allen, Whit Stillman, Rebecca Miller, Todd Solondz, and Mia Hansen-Love, Greta Gerwig has a good amount of experience to draw upon as she gears up to make her solo directorial debut, "Lady Bird" (she co-directed "Nights and Weekends" with Joe Swanberg). Not only that, she's got the producing power of Scott Rudin behind her, and Gerwig is bringing some big talent in to lead her upcoming picture. Read More: Sundance First Look: Greta Gerwig In Todd Solondz's 'Wiener-Dog' Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan, who is in the running for Best Actress thanks to her performance in "Brooklyn," will star in "Lady Bird." The actress will be doing double duty, starring on stage on Broadway in Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," while also shooting Gerwig's movie. Production will get underway on the movie this spring. And that's all the...
- 1/22/2016
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
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