Greta Gerwig
-
The Playlist3 commentslike0tweet3
Tribeca Review: Humor & Heartbreak Mix Unevenly In the Slight ‘Lola Versus’
Employing a hybrid of smart and quippy comedic observations, a perceptive outlook on the complications of 20/30-something relationships in New York and genuine moments of romantic heartache, the romantic comedy “Lola Versus” can’t seem to synthesize these elements into a fully satisfying experience ...
Read More » -
The Playlist5 commentslike0tweet1
Exclusive: Greta Gerwig Isn't Ready To Be Single In Clip From 'Lola Versus'
Getting back out there at the end of a relationship is no easy feat, but what do you do when the breakup comes just as you're about to get married? That question is at the heart of this summer's romantic comedy "Lola Versus" starring Greta Gerwig.
Read More » -
The Playlist0 commentslike1tweet5
Greta Gerwig Says Her Secret Project Is "A Love Story About Girls"
After flirting with mainstream in 2011 in movies like "No Strings Attached" and "Arthur," in 2012 Greta Gerwig is reaffirming her indie darling status. With Whit Stillman's "Damsels In Distress" now in theaters, Woody Allen's "To Rome With Love," and r...
Read More » -
Caryn James0 commentslike2tweet5
Can Tap Dancing Save Your Life? Whit Stillman On The Retro-Utopia of Damsels in Distress
Once glance at Damsels in Distress reminds you that Whit Stillman is a true original. This delicious, sharp, sometimes daffy film give us a benign coven of flower-named college students - Violet, Lily, Rose and Heather – in a story that is technically set in the present but actually exist...
Read More » -
Leonard Maltin5 commentslike5tweet1
Damsels In Distress—movie review
It’s difficult to know what to make of Whit Stillman’s 'Damsels in Distress'. When I screened it for my class at USC my students’ reaction was all over the map. One young woman said it was possibly the worst movie she’d ever seen, while a young man raised his hand to say that he loved it; many other...
Read More » -
The Playlist2 commentslike1tweet3
Greta Gerwig Shot Secret Film She Wrote Last Year, Could Hit Festivals As Soon As The Fall
Indie darling Greta Gerwig is not, whatever her screen persona might suggest, an actress without ambition. Since her debut with a small role in Joe Swanberg's "LOL," she's been rising steadily through the ranks, working with many of the heavyweights of the so-called "mumblecor...
Read More » -
The Playlist0 commentslike3tweet2
Review: The (Mostly) Delightful 'Damsels In Distress' A Welcome Return By Whit Stillman
From the moment the Sony Pictures Classics logo pops up not in the usual blue -- but in cupcake frosting pink -- you know that Whit Stillman's first film in 13 years (!) is going to be something special. While word from Venice -- where the film closed the festival before heading to TIFF -- was good,...
Read More » -
Press Play1 commentlike11tweet8
Breaking the Silence, Sort Of: Whit Stillman's DAMSELS IN DISTRESS
Wherefore art thou, O Whit Stillman? Though never exactly a blur in motion, the minor auteur managed to generate three hyper-stylized, hyper-talky meditations on manners, morality and money throughout the ‘90s—the last of which, "Last Days of Disco," proved his best known and arguably finest.
Read More » -
The Playlist9 commentslike134tweet50
Love, Sex & Socialists: Yes, It's The Trailer For Woody Allen's 'To Rome With Love'
While there are still those who will bitch and moan that Woody Allen's comedies haven't evolved much over the past few decades, for those with appropriate expectations, the director's films are -- even at their flimsiest -- generally a delightful annual treat. And so it goes with "T...
Read More » -
The Playlist3 commentslike4tweet9
Greta Gerwig Talks Working With Whit Stillman On 'Damsels In Distress' & Who's Left On Her Director Wishlist
Greta Gerwig keeps getting to mark names off of her director checklist. And it’s a pretty good list. There’s the Duplass Brothers, Noah Baumbach and, most recently, Whit Stillman and Woody Allen. To the surprise of some fans, Gerwig also recently branched out into larger budget studio fare with “No ...
Read More »
fresh from the blogs
-
The 2013 Cannes Review Report: 'Jodorowsky's Dune'Criticwire
-
Watch: New Clip Of Marion Cotillard & Joaquin Phoenix ...The Playlist
-
Now On DVD/VOD - 'Apartment 4E' Starring Nicole Be ...Shadow and Act
-
The Coens, Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan & Oscar ...Thompson on Hollywood
-
Star Trek Writer Sort of Apologizes for Misogyny in ...Women and Hollywood
-
CANNES 2013: Nicholas Winding Refn's ONLY GOD FORG ...Press Play
-
Good Night, Lost Boy(s)The Lost Boys
-
In Search Of ‘The Searchers’Leonard Maltin
on 
