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It's a great performance by Stiller and I love Greta Gerwig as well who I would describe as playing a more authentic version of Natalie Portman's similar character in Garden State.

The former indicted Gerwig as part of a nouveau - boho class of Brooklyn artists who blended the slacker archetype of the early»90s with a kind of scarf - wearing artistic pretension; the latter was a term invented as a critique of movies that created female characters whose dual purpose was to beguile the male hero and then send them on their way a changed - for - the - better person, all without asking for even basic personhood of her own.

Kevin Kline as Adam's past - it TV star dad and Greta Gerwig as Emma's roommate also put in original comedic performances, skirting their way through dialogue which mostly succeeds but occasionally leans too heavily on the prurient and absurd in its quest to strike a flippantly funny tone.

The casting of Greta Gerwig as Brand's love interest Naomi creates a winning alchemy between the actors and a pointed contrast with Jennifer Garner's power - hungry, man - eating character Susan.

What a glorious film Lady Bird is — wonderful to see nominations for Greta Gerwig as director and writer and also the acting nominations for Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf as the mother and daughter double - act: an all - too - real relationship, dysfunctional, painful, loving and sad.

And then after a brief break, the Globes added insult to injury by introducing Greta Gerwig as «the writer and director of Lady Bird» and it's like, yeah we know that, DO YOU?

An excellent supporting cast include Peter Sarsgaard as Bobby, Greta Gerwig as Jackie's confidant Nancy (the first film I've seen Gerwig in where she wasn't annoyingly OTT in every scene) and John Hurt in a role made all the more touching by is recent departure from us.

That movie saw Greta Gerwig as a millennial archetype, stuck in a liberal - arts - enabled malaise, while Mistress America casts her as the polar opposite, a woman with so many ideas, so many ambitions, that she can only spin her wheels.

With Greta Gerwig as an aimless but pleasant young college graduate who feels sorry for him, and Rhys Ifans and Jennifer Jason Leigh as survivors of his troublesome past.

There's Scarlett Johansson as a pristine show dog, Nutmeg, Greta Gerwig as a young freckled girl leading the pro-dog movement, Frances McDormand as an interpreter.

(L - R) Lola Kirle as Tracy, Greta Gerwig as Brooke, Jasmine Cephas - Jones as Nicolette and Matthew Shear as Tony in «Mistress America.»

Four vignettes — the story of a boy caring for his first pup; Greta Gerwig as a soul - searching, pet - stealing suburbanite; a portrait of a college screenwriting professor; and an elderly dog owner's encounter with the younger generation — comprise this wickedly comical, existentially provocative look at life with pets.

Regardless, a quartet of Sacramento films would establish Gerwig as a regional filmmaker along the lines of Richard Linklater (Austin, Texas) and early - career Gus Van Sant (Portland, Ore.), both of whom Gerwig cites as inspirations.

The opening credits of Noah Baumbach's last feature, 2010's Greenberg, play over lingering shots of the film's co-star Greta Gerwig as she drives around Los Angeles to the tune of Steve Miller Band's «Jet Airliner».

Others in supporting roles include a nearly unrecognizable (and minus her usual ticks) Greta Gerwig as Nancy Tuckerman (Jackie's social secretary and friend), John Carroll Lynch and Beth Grant as LBJ and Lady Bird, Max Casella as Jack Valenti, stunning lookalike Caspar Phillipson as JFK, and a remarkable John Hurt as the Priest helping Jackie through her spiritual crisis.

There was Greta Gerwig as a broke, klutzy dancer in Frances Ha, and before that, there was Greta Gerwig as the hopeless and jilted Lola in Lola Versus, a schtickier indie rom - com.

Bening is the central character, with Gerwig as a sophisticated photographer chronicling the punk scene at the time and Fanning as one of the son's friends.

«Mistress America» Stars Greta Gerwig as the Best Screwball Heroine Since Holly Golightly (Trailer)

Filmed in the twilit hues of the California magic hour, this loosely autobiographical coming - of - age tale marks Gerwig as an artist with equal talent and creative force — originality, spunk and heart — on either side of the camera.

You could read this moment as either a joyous corrective to Michael Fassbender's miserable NYC jog in Shame or a direct lift, down to the song's abrupt stop, from Leos Carax's Mauvais sang — think of Gerwig as the Ginger to Denis Lavant's Fred.

Portman is surrounded by a good supporting cast, including Greta Gerwig as White House Social Secretary Nancy Tuckerman, Crudup as the reporter who knows all along that he will never be permitted to print most of his interview and Danish actor Caspar Phillipson, who bears an amazing resemblance to the late President Kennedy.

Given the phenomenal success of HIMYM and the unexpected casting of Greta Gerwig as the central husband - hunting character (in this case, one who was also going through a divorce), HIMYD seemed like a...

We are so thrilled to award it our Best Film as well as to honor the wonderfully talented Greta Gerwig as our Best Director.»

Greta Gerwig as Florence: Just as we might know a Greenberg, we all know a Greta — she's a regular - looking girl who straddles the line of maturity, but not by choice.

It maybe wasn't until we saw her as the lead in modern rite - of - passage classic, Frances Ha, that we truly accepted Greta Gerwig as the indomitable screen talent that she is.

The performance of Greta Gerwig as our anti-hero really is incredible and doesn't fall into parody or buffoonery that it could in the wrong hands.

An adorable mutt is at the heart of Todd Solondz's deeply disturbing portmanteau comedy, starring Ellen Burstyn, Danny DeVito, Julie Delpy — and Greta Gerwig as the grown - up heroine of Welcome to the Dollhouse

It's no wonder Lady Bird is getting the acclaim is has received thus far this year and announces Gerwig as a filmmaking force to be watched in the coming years.

By all accounts it was well and warmly received, launching Gerwig as formidable director.

Critics Consensus: Lady Bird delivers fresh insights about the turmoil of adolescence — and reveals writer - director Greta Gerwig as a fully formed filmmaking talent.

Not exact matches

The style hails from the same Pre-Fall 2018 collection as Greta Gerwig's gown.

I was delighted to see Greta Gerwig grace the red carpet for the «Isle of Dogs» premiere which served as the opening ceremony for the 68th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany this evening (February 15).

Gerwig can't make her character come alive, though, and neither can Adam Brody as one of their neediest male cases.

«Lady Bird» is a deeply accomplished debut, as much a love letter to Gerwig's hometown as it is to awkward adolescence.

A theatrical release for 2012 should be announced soon for the unconventional comedy, which adds song and dance to Stillman's usual smart, stylized dialogue as it explores the lives of a group of college girls led by Greta Gerwig.

Gerwig — a graduate of Barnard College and a longtime resident and habitué of Brooklyn, NY — first made her presence known in Swanberg's 2006 LOL (as a girl who sends pictures of herself to an admirer via cell phone), but only rocketed to fame the following year, as the lead in the same director's Hannah Takes the Stairs.

Though she began her career with playwriting ambitions, Greta Gerwig soon skirted to fame as one of the preeminent actresses in «mumblecore» films.

This off - center romantic comedy stars Gerwig and Swanberg as two geographically estranged lovers grappling with the impracticalities of a long - distance relationship.In 2010, Gerwig received rave reviews and critical acclaim as the female lead opposite Ben Stiller in Noah Baumbach's Greenberg.

Gerwig is cast as the eponymous Mistress America (well, sort of, her name is Brooke), a mythical amalgamation of ambition and out of the box ideas that captivates the wayward Tracy (Lola Kirke), a shy college freshman after their parents get engaged, meaning that she and Brooke are about to become stepsisters.

He'll be the first to tell you that there plenty of other pilfered aspects of his past in the mix as well, ranging from Greta Gerwig's older art - school mentor to Elle Fanning's late - night confidante.

Greta Gerwig stars in her idiot savant Annie Hall mode as Maggie, a New York art dealer who is trying to become a single mom using sperm donated by an old school contemporary who is now making a fortune marketing pickles.

While Gerwig and Baumbach's previous effort, «Frances Ha,» similarly explored complex female friendships and a main character earnestly struggling to grow as a human, «Mistress America» dips further into the New York groove and questionable creative endeavors that also mark «Lady Bird.»

The pseudo-sequel, which Variety refers to as a «follow - up,» began filming in New York City this week, with indie darlings Greta Gerwig and Julie Delpy...

Such glib, blithe quips are the motor oil of the teen comedy, but in her first outing as a solo writer and director, Gerwig is as sensitive to place and the fragility of young and old bodies as she is to her protagonist's often hurtful words.

Greta Gerwig broke through the boys» club as a nominee for Lady Bird.

Greta Gerwig who wrote and directed «Lady Bird,» which won Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, noted that «it's been such an incredible year for women in film both as actors and also writers and directors and producers and people who are really coming to the forefront to tell their stories about the world as they know it from where they are standing, and I think that the response to these projects and the support that these projects have gotten and the way that audiences are going to see them or watching them in their homes, I think all of this just makes it so much easier for the next crop of filmmakers who want to tell stories about women.»

As is, it may be a coin toss between Gerwig and Peele.

For a fresh face such as Gerwig, it could be a career - making role.

Gerwig's warmth as an artist becomes important, because in «Lady Bird» she is dealing in what is often the most self - centered of forms, the coming - of - age story; particularly, the coming - of - age story based on the filmmaker's own life.

So maybe this whole thing with Greta Gerwig is Dawn's dying hallucination of her dream life as a sophisticated urbanite, or maybe she faked her own death and ran off to New York, or maybe Solondz just doesn't really care.