Sentences with word «mumblecore»

Making a splash in Noah Baumbach's Greenberg as the wheezy love interest for the curmudgeon Ben Stiller, and the sweetheart of a handful of Mumblecore films.

Lost in the hype of the so - called mumblecore movement when it first erupted out of the SXSW scene, Karpovsky was not as prolific or media - savvy as Joe Swanberg or the Duplass brothers, but his interests as both actor and filmmaker have more complex ingredients.

Greta Gerwig is something of a millennial indie darling, known for her string of mumblecore films — low - budget movies with an emphasis on naturalistic acting and dialogue — that have become popular over the past decade.

The news has prompted some fans to call Gerwig, who began her career in micro-budget mumblecore movies such as «LOL» and «Hannah Takes the Stairs» and earned a Golden Globe nomination for her recent turn in Noah Baumbach's «Frances Ha,» which she also co-wrote, a «sellout.»

She stole scenes from Ben Stiller in Noah Baumbach's recent Greenberg, and has appeared both in mumblecore fare (Hannah Takes The Stairs, Baghead) and mainstream crud (No Strings Attached), but isn't yet the household name she should by all rights become.

Punk comix legend Dash Shaw packs his semi-autobiographical animated feature with mumblecore stars like Jason Schwartzman and Lena Dunham, but Susan Sarandon is the real stand - out, playing a mysterious and wise janitor who saves all the kids.

Actress Greta Gerwig, alum of the American film movement known as Mumblecore and ingenious muse of Noah Baumbach, pivots enthusiastically behind the camera with her first solo outing as director, Lady Bird, a deeply moving, highly perceptive portrait of a young woman's shift from adolescence to something nearing adulthood in Northern California, 2002.

She moved to New York in 2002 to study English and philosophy at Barnard, did lots of drama and theatre, graduated in 2006 and went into acting, immediately landing a role in LOL, a film by mumblecore auteur Joe Swanberg.

Swanberg is the wife of mumblecore director Joe Swanberg, and she is growing nicely as a filmmaker herself.

The UK trailer for mumblecore director Lynn Shelton's latest film Laggies (under the international title Say When) is now online.

This understated romantic comedy from mumblecore master Joe Swanberg centers on the intimate relationship between hard - drinking brewery colleagues Jake Johnson and Olivia Wilde, who both also happen to be dating other people (Anna Kendrick and Ron Livingston, respectively).

In her solo directorial debut Lady Bird, mumblecore pioneer Greta Gerwig delivers a coming - of - age story that soars above its peers.

Similarly, freed from her role as resident lust object in the films of mumblecore maestro Joe Swanberg, Gerwig gives Florence the luminous tenderness of so many aspirant somebodies toiling in the lower reaches of the Hollywood dream factory.

Her first feature was the 2006 film LOL, directed by mumblecore auteur Joe Swanberg, and followed up in 2007 with Hannah Takes the Stairs, which she co-wrote with Swanberg.

She immediately dashes out to a party with her pal Carson (Mumblecore vet Lena Dunham, star of «Girls»).

From her earliest mumblecore movies, something about Greta Gerwig didn't quite fit the scene.

Contemplative, playfully loose and exploratory (but nothing like mumblecore, to which some have lazily drawn comparisons), «Prince Avalanche» is a distinctly singular David Gordon Green film which feels like the logical, next - phase direction for the filmmaker.

Personally, I have yet to see any meaningful dialogue between mumblecore and the international cinema, but that's another subject.

Again featuring a cast of mumblecore regulars — Bowen, Seimetz and Swanberg are joined by Ti West — the film at first seems to be a traditional slasher movie (with some home invasion and dysfunctional family tropes thrown in for good measure).

Anchored by excellent performances from all involved (Luke Wilson in particular does surprising things with the dull, puppy - like Lance), it is this quietly desperate edge that sets The Skeleton Twins apart from other mumblecore fare.

I actually feel very grateful to the people who did mumblecore.

Mark Duplass is also acting in Greenberg, he is the director of a pair of more high profile mumblecore flicks, Baghead and The Puffy Chair and has starred in even more widely known MC pics like Humpday and Hannah Takes the Stairs (also with Gerwig).

Say what you will about the so - called mumblecore school of filmmaking — with its slapdash aesthetic and endless self - regarding conversations — but at least those movies seem to have something on their minds, beyond creating a mood.

Director Lynn Shelton is on comfortable territory here, after such Mumblecore classics as Humpday.

In many ways, however, 2008 represented Gerwig's breakthrough year — the year that witnessed her essaying supporting roles in two additional mumblecore features (Yeast and Baghead) and posing a triple threat as lead actress, screenwriter, and co-director (alongside Swanberg) on Nights and Weekends.

This year's most - hyped new television comedy is the creation of writer / director / star Lena Dunham, previously best known for the not dissimilar mumblecore dramedy Tiny Furniture 72.

While the moody, flashback - heavy film knows how to creep you out, what sets it apart is that it's a shakily - shot mumblecore film at heart, more concerned with Sarah's relationships with Garrick and Kevin than the former's blood - soaked hunt for his former lover.

Except for a few brief moments of brutal violence, there's little here that would feel out of place in traditional mumblecore staples like The Puffy Chair, Mutual Appreciation or Hannah Takes the Stairs.

Greta Gerwig, the one - time mumblecore starlet who wrote and directed the movie, has already established herself as a poet...

Of course, if «Cyrus» proved anything, it's that their unconventional brand of mumblecore filmmaking functions even better with top - notch actors, so it's great to see that the directing duo is back at it again with A-list talent like Jason Segel, Ed Helms and Susan Sarandon.

Baghead is the first mumblecore movie to fail from thematic overambition rather than excessive modesty; for that alone it deserves some kind of prize.

It has a loose, lived - in feel without falling into mumblecore traps.

Release: Friday, August 9, 2013 (limited)[Netflix] Mumblecore may not be a lost artform, but it's pretty clear it's on the fringes, particularly when the recent entries are as minor as...

Mumblecore kings the Duplass Brothers have had a lot of success in the independent film world, but at one point, they were offered the chance to join the blockbuster machine at Marvel.

Though not quite a full on mumblecore project, Drinking Buddies certainly passes through the neighborhood.

Mark and Jay Duplass, the brothers behind mumblecore films including The Puffy Chair, Cyrus, Jeff, Who Lives at Home, as well as a...

If this film actually does have anything new to say, it's hard to fathom from under this sea of mumblecore conventions.

An insanely prolific director, the former mumblecore director continues his transition into the mainstream (his way) with DIGGING FOR FIRE.

Lynn Shelton's Your Sister's Sister, with Emily Blunt, was a sort of mumblecore Noel Coward romantic triangle comedy.

Hot on the heels of the success of Computer Chess (2013), we brought mumblecore forefather Andrew Bujalski to Toronto to screen prints of his first two features: Funny Ha Ha (2002) and Mutual Appreciation (2003).

Shot in black and white, the movie at times plays like a hybrid of the layabout style of recent mumblecore and the more sharply written type of post-collegiate talkfest Baumbach delivered in Kicking And Screaming.

Actress and mumblecore icon Greta Gerwig directs and writes a universally insightful look at girls coming to terms with boys, sex, drugs, self - esteem, music, moms, dads and their uncertain futures.

And in terms of the comedic element it reaches an approximation of what a baby - boomer version of mumblecore humour might look like; complete with awkward silences, mumbles, fumbles and some expertly handled long - suffering - spouse routines from both Duncan and Broadbent.

(In Polish, German, Yiddish and Ukrainian with subtitles) The Dish & the Spoon (R for profanity and sexual references) Mumblecore Movement romantic comedy revolving around a revenge - minded married woman (Greta Gerwig) who seduces a British teenager (Olly Alexander) she meets on the beach soon after learning that her husband has been unfaithful.

Mumblecore darling Lynn Shelton (Touchy Feely, Your Sister's Sister) directs this lively, amusing take, based on a screenplay by first - timer Andrea Seigel, on the way some people «lag» in coming of age.