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Meanwhile, you'll have wait until January 23 to find out if Gerwig can add «Oscar nominee» to her already impressive resume, or if the Academy gives her spot to Joe Wright or some bullshit.

And if Gerwig isn't reinventing the coming - of - age movie, she's certainly investing it with uncommon wit and quotability; her dialogue hits that rare, special sweet spot between authenticity and zing — an ideal middle ground, in other words, between the way people actually talk and the gut - busting way we only want them to.

The detail is in those twigs, and if Gerwig is capable of all this in her first solo feature, who knows what feats of woodwork she'll craft for us next.

Actors often talk of how their own lives influence their work, but it sounds as if Gerwig takes as much from her characters as she gives to them.

And, as Mark Harris pointed out last night on Twitter, even if Gerwig doesn't get a nomination, that perceived «snub» will propel her towards a win (the Argo effect).

Not exact matches

Gerwig expressed regret over working with Allen on the 2012 film To Rome With Love, and said she would have not appeared in the movie if she knew then «what [she knows] now.»

A wry response to the beer - swilling frat genre, it's also a hang out movie that lives (or dies if you're a cretin) on Stillman's witty dialogue and the smirking perfection of its cast, which features Analeigh Tipton, Aubrey Plaza, Alia Shawkat, and Adam Brody in addition to Gerwig.

When asked if she regretted being part of a Woody Allen movie (the 2012 «To Rome with Love»), Gerwig deflected — while she has reflected on it, she preferred to emphasize continuing to create, write and direct after the success of her debut movie.

If her 2017 IMDb page is any indication, however, she'll soon have to dust off those high heels and ring up Swennen, with five feature films set to debut this year, including a role in Greta Gerwig's highly - anticipated directorial debut, Ladybird.

(Gerwig went to a Catholic high school in Sacramento in 2002 and attended college in New York; no word if she made her friends call her Lady Bird, not that it would come as a surprise.)

Released: May 20th Cast: Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore, Bill Hader Director: Rebecca Miller (The Private Lives of Pippa Lee) Why it's great: If anyone can save the rom - com, it's Greta Gerwig, whose resting screen presence of «screwball comedienne from the 1930s» lights up Miller's tale of crisscrossed lovers and maddening relationship quirks.

So I was delighted to see that the star of his «comeback» (if such a thing occurs) is an actress with a fresh comic voice, Greta Gerwig.

Gerwig counters, «If I'm anyone, I'm Tracy.

Of course, even the cheesiest script would probably be forgivable if there were any real chemistry between Brand and Gerwig — but there is not.

I can not praise Gerwig enough and if there is any justice, she will be showered in awards and this will be a watershed moment for a big career ahead.

If you've seen «Lady Bird,» the wise, warm story about a young woman finding and asserting herself while dealing with her conflicted feelings toward a mother she can never seem to please, then you know that Greta Gerwig, who wrote and directed the film, has a keen eye for detail.

Furthermore, she asked the question everyone at home was wondering — if the voters missed seeing Greta Gerwig's wonderful performance in Frances Ha.

Greta Gerwig wondered if she needed sunscreen on her ears.

Hard to say, but if it does, that whole «for a girl» thing works in Gerwig's favor big time, especially a year like this.

Earlier in the season, especially after Jordan Peele and Greta Gerwig were not nominated for best - director Golden Globe awards, it looked as if the directors» race might be tinged with injustice, a distillation of creaky prejudices about women and people of color directing movies.

Gerwig envisions a program in which locals apprentice with seasoned crew members (if only such an agenda were in place when Memoirs of a Geisha and The Assassination of Richard Nixon were filming in the area), citing how the cult fantasy show Xena: Warrior Princess laid the groundwork in New Zealand for Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies, some of the biggest productions in motion picture history.

And the distinction crumbles if a single critic writes that they are uncharmed by Gerwig's gentle vision.

Luckily, most of us are easy targets, judging from the movie's early Oscar buzz — a best actress nom seems to be a lock for Ronan; «if there is any justice in the world,» says Deadline, Laurie Metcalf, who plays Lady Bird's mother, will receive a nod for best supporting actress; and fingers crossed that, in Vanity Fair's words, Gerwig's «warm, confident filmmaking» will also be recognized at this level.

Baumbach isn't the type of writer to succumb to a tidy bastard's - redemption premise, but Gerwig's presence in Greenberg goes a long way toward redeeming the movie, even if Greenberg himself is a hopeless case.

The recent release of Lady Bird makes Greta Gerwig one of several directorial debuts this year to strike a resonant chord with audiences — it's self - assured and absent of clichés, and if you've seen it already, you're probably aware that it's the kind of movie that will make you want to go and call your mom as soon as its done.

Jean Rabasse's meticulous production design and Madeline Fontaine's splendid costumes contribute to the eerie sense of being transported back to the stiffer, more formal world of half a century ago (even if the slouchy Greta Gerwig, as Jackie's closest aide Nancy Tuckerman, sometimes breaks the spell).

If Lady Bird is, as Gerwig asserts, a «love letter to Sacramento,» then this montage of everyday, easy - to - take - for - granted sights is the big S.W.A.K. on the envelope, an unmistakable declaration of affection; the static shots throughout the movie of old neon signs from Gunther's, the Tower Theatre and Club Raven could be considered the missive's heart - shaped punctuation marks; and the purposeful use of light, about which Gerwig was particularly exacting (she dutifully studied the Sacramento landscapes of renowned contemporary painters Gregory Kondos and Wayne Thiebaud to make sure the color and intensity were just right), is suitably analogous to the fine mist of perfume that will linger after the pages have been folded away.

«And if men are there, they disrupt whatever's happening,» adds Gerwig, whose acting oeuvre thus far is filled with roles that depict a truly layered feminine experience, from drifting - apart friendships to sisterly bonds to hairbrained alliances (in Maggie's Plan, she plays a college professor's second wife who secretly teams up with his first wife in a mischievous scheme to sway his affections).

If Greta Gerwig can't even get a Golden Globe nomination for directing «Lady Bird» then what the hell are we even doing here?

Gerwig is the only the fifth woman to be nominated for Best Director at the Oscars, so fans thought that she could score a dark horse win for the historic nod, if not for original screenplay.

«It made us think, «Wouldn't it be cool if women in film were treated like rock stars — if Greta Gerwig and Annette Bening had their names on T - shirts, too?

And Gerwig takes full ownership of the role; even the way she moves, with her limbs as if slightly detached from the rest of her body but completely aware of what she is doing, feels like a choice she went with and committed to.

If you've been waiting for an excuse to sit and watch Greta Gerwig just sort of behave for an hour and a half, your Sunday matinee plans are set.

But if the group is merely saluting the effort Scott made in excising Spacey following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against the actor, then it came at the expense of Gerwig, an awards season front - runner for the lovely «Lady Bird,» the rare movie love story centered on a mother and daughter.

If you're still riding a Greta Gerwig high after Lady Bird, you're gonna love Maggie's Plan.

Well, Noah Baumbach does, and if you consider that his «Frances Ha» lavishes its gorgeous monochromes on contemporary New York and the luminous countenance of Greta Gerwig (his star, current g.f. and co-writer), you might suspect that Baumbach's latest owes more than a tiny debt to Woody Allen's «Manhattan.»

Greta Gerwig is great at the mic, so if she wins anything and she gets up there it will be one of those things you will want to see happen again, so she could just keep winning things.

That leaves Arthur trapped between a rock and a bank account when his tycoon mother says he'll be cut off if he doesn't marry uptight Susan (Jennifer Garner), who can't hold a candle to the far more appealing Naomi (Greta Gerwig, a considerable step up in the cuteness department from Liza Minnelli).

If Nolan, del Toro and Spielberg are inescapable and the Italian - born Guadagnino is irresistible to HFPA voters, do they pick a woman (Gerwig) or an African - American man (Jordan Peele, «Get Out») for the last spot?

If you've seen the movie «Lady Bird,» written and directed by Sacramento - native Greta Gerwig, you know the iconic blue house that played the role of Lady Bird's dream home.

«If — I shouldn't say «if» — when [Gerwig] wins, the roof is gonna come off the gym,» says Rodgers — especially if she secures best directoIf — I shouldn't say «if» — when [Gerwig] wins, the roof is gonna come off the gym,» says Rodgers — especially if she secures best directoif» — when [Gerwig] wins, the roof is gonna come off the gym,» says Rodgers — especially if she secures best directoif she secures best director.

Seeing that movie back - to - back with «Lady Bird,» if anything, only underscored the actress» versatility: Whereas Gerwig's film casts her as a 21st century American teenager eager to fall in love and shed her virginity, «On Chesil Beach» locks her into the role of Florence, a British woman who embodies the buttoned - down timidity of the stifling, pre-sexual-revolution 1960s.

Greta Gerwig is fantastic and is worth paying to see this movie even if you know little to nothing about it.

In Lady Bird, Gerwig treats Sacramento with tenderness, as if it were a breathing character itself.

«If I had known then what I know now, I would not have acted in the film,» Greta Gerwig, who co-starred in Allen's 2012 comedy «To Rome With Love,» told The New York Times last week.

But if, say, Get Out wins Best Picture while Lady Bird's Greta Gerwig wins Best Director, we'll know predicting the Oscars as we did before Moonlight's win just might be out the window.

And if you missed the Directors roundtable, which includes Guillermo del Toro, Greta Gerwig, and Denis Villeneuve, click here.

I'm all in on Greta Gerwig - from Frances Ha to Mistress America to Maggie's Plan, if she's in something?

Greta Gerwig's «Lady Bird,» starring Saoirse Ronan (pronounced Ser - Sha, as in Sersha, Sersha, Sersha) finds Gerwig going all semi-autobiographical mumblecore, as if that Godforsaken genre weren't already long dead gone.

If it were up to me, however, I'd vote for Greta Gerwig's coming - of - age gem Lady Bird, my favourite film of the past year.