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This is the wacky point of departure of Humpday, an offbeat farce directed by Lynn Shelton.

And she didn't even write this one, which may explain why it feels even less like a film from the director of Humpday and Your Sister's Sister.

Shelton spoke with The A.V. Club about her interest in bizarre storylines, how a last - minute casting change put the film in jeopardy, and what she thinks of the French remake of Humpday.

The Orchard has released a trailer for an indie drama titled Outside In, the latest film from talented indie filmmaker Lynn Shelton (of Humpday, Your Sister's Sister, Touchy Feely).

Not exact matches

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After a couple of gimmicky transgressive comedies (Humpday and Your Sister's Sister), writer - director Lynn Shelton takes a more observant approach this time.

Featuring Aubrey Plaza (Funny People), Mark Duplass (Humpday), and «New Girl» star Jake M. Johnson, this has all the makings of a quirky comedy, even if there ends up not actually being any time traveling in the film.

While it possesses all the hallmarks that made Shelton's debut film, Humpday, so entertaining (an interesting, imaginative plot, a stellar cast, hints of poignant drama), Touchy Feely never quite makes the plight of its characters truly engaging.

They're not alone, though: Humpday star and mumblecore maestro Mark Duplass has a small, seething role as one of Greenberg's unhappy former bandmates, a group that included Ivan, played by Rhys Ifans.

One of the preeminent voice of the mumblecore scene, Lynn Shelton has never had an A-list cast like this to work with in her past projects (Humpday).

It helps that an actor of Emily Blunt's (The Five - Year Engagement) stature signed on to give this project star wattage, but the film is genuinely a major step up in terms of maturity and skill compared to Shelton and Duplass» last collaboration, Humpday.

Thanks to Madman Entertainment, we have a DVD set featuring three of Lynn's films: Humpday, Your Sister's Sister and Touchy Feely.

Although we were hardly experts in the mumblecore movement *, what we'd seen of it had not been hugely inspiring, and Humpday single - handedly changed that: the film was so funny, endearing, and brilliantly - constructed, it single - handedly turned us around on the whole sub-genre.

We became aware of her when she made the excellent Humpday, and followed that up with the brilliant Your Sister's Sister.

She's been lumped into the fast and loose mumblecore movement with organic, naturalistic comedies like «Humpday,» but she's also matured well beyond that delineation with the observational exploration of family and lovers in the insightful, sharp and keen, «Your Sister's Sister.»

Shelton got her start making intelligent, funny comedies without the safety net of a screenplay; films like Humpday and Your Sister's Sister proved that «entirely improvised» didn't have to be a red flag.

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I like many qualities of Lynn Shelton's work (Humpday, Your Sister's Sister) and her latest, low - key effort has particular promise because it has such a strong, well - chosen cast, led by Rosemarie DeWitt, Ellen Page, Scoot McNairy, Josh Pais, Allison Janney, and Ron Livingston.

Before she hit Sundance with Humpday, Shelton explored the complications of male relationships, specifically the «break - up» of old friends and the desperation with which one man (played by Harvey Danger's Sean Nelson) attempts to reconnect, with My Efforless Brilliance (IFC), a slyly funny and wryly discomforting portrait.

Her previous two films, Humpday and Your Sister's Sister, were by no means perfect, but both were notable for their characters» disarmingly credible rapport — the kind of real - time recalibration between and among individuals that's nearly impossible to sit down and write.

When Andrew decides to contribute a film to the Humpday fest (a real - life amateur porno festival sponsored by Seattle alternative weekly The Stranger), a piece of art that will «push boundaries,» Ben proposes (in front of a crowd of artist - types) that the two of them — two straight men — have sex on camera as a radical performance piece.

The success of Shelton» 2009 film Humpday, a comedy of sexual awakening starring Mark Duplass and Joshua Leonard, proved her style could cross over to general audiences, and after directing episodes of Mad Men and New Girl, Shelton's confidence in her abilities rose along with her status in the industry.

From small roles in the likes of Oscar baity films, such as Zero Dark Thirty and, le sigh, Parkland, to larger roles in unsung indie hits Humpday and Safety Not Guaranteed, and simply as the reliably affable straight man, Pete, on The League, it's easy to admit that Duplass has got range.

Alumni of the Institute's programs range from Paul Thomas Anderson (Hard Eight, Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood) and Nicole Holofcener (Lovely and Amazing, Enough Said), to Cary Fukunaga (True Detective, Sin Nombre), Lynne Shelton (Laggies, Humpday), and Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station).

Thomas McCarthy (Win Win, The Station Agent) will premiere his newest film The Cobbler at the festival, while early festival favorites Lynn Shelton «s (Humpday, Your Sister's Sister) Laggies and Olivier Assayas «(Summer Hours, Carlos) Clouds of Sils Maria will play as well.

A different form of improvisation is felt in «Touchy Feely,» the fifth feature from Lynn Shelton; instead of the loose outlines and dialogue of the director's recent films («Your Sister's Sister,» «Humpday»), it's the film's subjective and technical experience that feels crafted on the spot and cemented in the editing room.

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).

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