Tag Archives: Noah Baumbach

Barbie review — As fun (and subversive) as a corporate toy commercial gets

July 21, 2023 flawintheiris

Directed by Greta Gerwig | Written by Gerwig and Noah Baumbach | 114 min | ▲▲▲▲△ Unless you've been living under a rock, you'll know about this movie. This week, if you searched for Barbie on Google your screen turned pink. The hype has been intense, made more so by the delightful juxtaposition of this… Read More

Marriage Story review — Divorce drama funny and moving

December 22, 2019 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Noah Baumbach | 137 min | Netflix No one wants to say it because Woody Allen's name is poison these days, but watching the movies of romantically linked-in-real-life storytellers Baumbach and Greta Gerwig often feels like a direct offshoot of the Woodster's work, updated for the 21st Century. It's not the… Read More

Mistress America review — Modern screwball hits and misses

September 7, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Noah Baumbach | Written by Baumbach and Greta Gerwig | 84 min. A return to the frenetic, shallow Manhattanites Gerwig and Baumbach served up in Frances Ha, there's something to celebrate in these New York stories, if only as unique takes on the relationships between young women in the big city. Gerwig stars as another self-absorbed dreamer,… Read More

While We’re Young review — Generations unite and divide in Brooklyn

April 27, 2015 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Noah Baumbach I'm sure I'm not the first person to remark on this, but to me, at his best, Baumbach is a next generation Woody Allen, though the filmmaker's milieu is among the hipsters of Park Slope and Williamsburg instead of the dustier denizens of the Upper West Side or Fifth Avenue. It helps distinguish… Read More

Frances Ha review

July 14, 2013 flawintheiris

Directed by Noah BaumbachWritten by Baumbach and Greta GerwigThe portrait of a hot mess, this is a self-conscious New York indie picture whose charm hinges on the lovely Gerwig. She coauthored and stars in this tale of a 27-year-old woman who can't quite get her act together.It's a treat to look at, Sam Levy's black and… Read More

Summer 2013 Movie Preview

May 2, 2013 flawintheiris

The first thing I want to tell you is this is by no means a comprehensive list of all the movies coming out between the beginning of May and the end of August.What you'll find here are movies I have some measure of feeling about, based on what I've read and heard. There will be… Read More