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But to really understand just how much Frances Ha is hers as much as it is his, you have to see Gerwig's wonderful, uproarious new coming - of - age film, Lady Bird (Grade: A).

For her part, Ronan laughs at the idea she got through the whole shoot without questioning why her character had the name Lady Bird (but click on the video above for our conversation and you will see Gerwig explain it).

What happens in «Mistress America» is quite different than what plays out in «Frances Ha» — which sees Gerwig's titular Frances attempting to reconcile her directionless lifestyle with that of her best friend's (played by Mickey Sumner), one that seems to be growing more stable by the minute — by heightening the disparity between its central characters.

I think the first thing I saw Gerwig in was House of the Devil.

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.

The post-Greenberg era saw Gerwig follow down a familiar path where an indie performer comes to success and is immediately plunged into the studio machine.

You've probably seen Gerwig's letter to Justin Timberlake seeking permission to use the song, Cry Me A River in the film.

The enthralling biopic about the former first lady in the days following John F. Kennedy's assassination sees Gerwig portraying social secretary Nancy Tuckerman.

Not exact matches

Greta Gerwig has had a very successful acting career in independent films, several you haven't seen and one you may even like, Damsels in Distress.

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).

The 90th Annual Academy Awards Nominee Luncheon on Monday (February 5) in Beverly Hills, California saw more stars in attendance along with Saoirse Ronan, Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie.

One example will have to suffice, but it captures the spirit of film and the nature of Gerwig's talent: After having sex for the first time, Lady Bird comes down the stairs in her boyfriend's house and sees the boyfriend's father, asleep in a chair.

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.»

Frances Ha is arguably Noah Baumbach's masterpiece, so very excited to see what he and Greta Gerwig do next.

Watch above to see cameos from the likes of Bill Hader, Eddie Vedder, Maya Rudolph, Greta Gerwig, and many more.

Anyone who has seen «Lady Bird» knows how instrumental Gerwig's all - girl Catholic high school years were to the creation of the film.

Greta Gerwig plays Maggie, a free - spirited neurotic character we've gotten used to seeing her play over the last few years (Lola Versus, Frances Ha, and Mistress America, to name a few).

Thanks so much to @WomenaHollywood & @melsil for having me out to see @ladybirdmovie & hear Greta Gerwig speak yesterday.

Today saw the New York Film Critics Circle announce their year end awards, culminating in the group naming Greta Gerwig's «Lady Bird» as the Best Film of 2017.

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.

In that, and that alone, Gerwig stumbles on that very keen observation in the film, about really seeing.

Wes Anderson, Stop Motion Animation, and a voice cast that includes Greta Gerwig, Bryan Cranston, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, and many others are three great reasons to see Isle of Dogs.

Gerwig, whose credits include co-writing and starring in Noah Baumbach's fine «Frances Ha,» has given us an elegantly empathetic portrait of a teenage girl's senior year in high school that will resonate even with those (no names) who feel they've seen enough teen - centric movies to last multiple lifetimes.

Of that experience, Gerwig says can be seen in the movie, and describes it as «extraordinary.»

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.

Gerwig and Noah Baumbach have created a character who rings with the delight and sadness of recognition: we see Frances in ourselves and others, but the greatest achievement of Frances is that we only want to see more of her.

In 2017, the HFPA had a chance to nominate a number of great directors, including Bigelow (Detroit), Dee Rees (Mudbound), Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman) and, arguably the biggest snub of all, Greta Gerwig, who saw her Lady Bird screenplay and film get nominated... but not her work directing it.

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.

«When I first read Joan Didion,» Gerwig said, «I was getting to see the place I was from through the eyes of this brilliant writer.»

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

Lady Bird by Hope Madden Lady Bird, written and directed by Greta Gerwig, may be the most delightfully candid and refreshingly forgiving coming - of - age film I've seen.

Gerwig: Do you remember when I brought [«Lady Bird» cast member] Lucas [Hedges] to see you in «The Crucible»?

Grounded in Gerwig's hometown Sacramento, California (also seen in another NYFF hit Griffin Dunne's bio-doc of his aunt Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold), Lady Bird flies through familiar hurdles of wrong boys, mean girls and BFF betrayal with amusing twists and sensitive portrayals of class conflict.

Grounded in Gerwig's hometown Sacramento, California (also seen in another NYFF hit Griffin Dunne

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.

On the evening in October 2016 when the movie crew shot the innocent frolic between Lady Bird and Danny in the McKinley Park rose garden, the one where the lovebirds waltz through the rose bushes and name a star in the sky to commemorate their new romance, Gerwig's friends and family gathered to watch, including her brother and sister - in - law, who live in Land Park, Mickiewicz's sister and nieces, and Trafton, who said of the experience, «We were in the present, seeing a story inspired by the past, and witnessing something incredible about Greta's future.

From our perch, we could see the first few rows of A-listers down near the stage: Greta Gerwig fist - bumping Timothée Chalamet, Saoirse Ronan leaping on Frances McDormand, Nicole Kidman just walking around in physical space like that's normal.

A senior at a Catholic all - girls school in 2002 — the same year Gerwig graduated from St. Francis — Lady Bird suffers from a chronic case of teenage boredom, exacerbated by such youthful ensnarements and pitfalls as an atypical first love, a disheartening first time (her first love not present), family money woes, a hypercritical mother and, most importantly, an irrepressible desire to see all of it grow smaller and smaller in the rearview mirror.

It's weird to see Greta Gerwig, Independent Spirit Award nominee, in a movie like this, but she nails her lines as best as she can.

Mahershala Ali — ««The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Parts 1 and 2),» «The Curious Case of Benjamin Button» Anthony Anderson — «The Departed,» «Hustle & Flow» Adam Beach — «The Departed,» «Hustle & Flow» Kate Beckinsale --- «Love & Friendship,» «The Aviator» Chadwick Boseman --- «Captain America: Civil War,» «Get on Up» John Boyega — «Star Wars: The Force Awakens,» «Attack the Block» Betty Buckley --- «Wyatt Earp,» «Carrie» Rose Byrne — «X-Men: First Class,» «Bridesmaids» Julie Carmen — «The Milagro Beanfield War,» «Gloria» Enrique Castillo — «Déjà Vu,» «Bound by Honor» Morris Chestnut — «G.I. Jane,» «Boyz N the Hood» Cliff Curtis — «Live Free or Die Hard,» «Training Day» Idris Elba — «Beasts of No Nation,» «Pacific Rim America Ferrera — «Cesar Chavez,» «End of Watch» Vivica A. Fox — «Kill Bill,» «Independence Day» Andrew Garfield — «99 Homes,» «The Amazing Spider - Man» Greta Gerwig — «Frances Ha,» «To Rome with Love» Jesse D. Goins — «The Ugly Truth,» «Patriot Games» Bruce Greenwood — «Flight,» «Star Trek» Carla Gugino — «Watchmen,» «Night at the Museum» Luis Guzmán — «Punch - Drunk Love,» «Carlito's Way» Dennis Haysbert — «Dear White People,» «Wreck - It Ralph» Tom Hiddleston — «Crimson Peak,» «Marvel's The Avengers» James Hong — «Safe,» «Mulan» Oscar Isaac — «Ex Machina,» «A Most Violent Year» O'Shea «Ice Cube» Jackson * — «Ride Along,» «Friday» Dakota Johnson — «Black Mass,» «Fifty Shades of Grey» Cherry Jones — «Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,» «Signs» Michael B. Jordan — «Creed,» «Fruitvale Station» Daniel Dae Kim — «The Divergent Series: Insurgent,» «Crash» Regina King — «Ray,» «Jerry Maguire Brie Larson — «Room,» «Trainwreck» Byung - Hun Lee — «Terminator Genisys,» «G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra» Nia Long — «Keanu,» «Boyz N the Hood» Sal Lopez — «The Astronaut Farmer,» «Full Metal Jacket» Ignacio López Tarso — «Under the Volcano,» «Nazarin» Patti LuPone — «Parker,» «Driving Miss Daisy» Peter Mackenzie — «Trumbo,» «42» Rachel McAdams — «Spotlight,» «Midnight in Paris» Eva Mendes — «The Place beyond the Pines,» «Hitch» Tatsuya Nakadai — «Ran,» «Kagemusha» Adepero Oduye — «The Big Short,» «12 Years a Slave» Marisa Paredes — «The Skin I Live In,» «All about My Mother» Nate Parker — «Beyond the Lights,» «Red Tails» Harold Perrineau — «Zero Dark Thirty,» «28 Weeks Later» Jorge Perugorría — «Che,» «Strawberry and Chocolate» Silvia Pinal — «Vintage Model,» «The Exterminating Angel» Freida Pinto — «Immortals,» «Slumdog Millionaire» Michelle Rodriguez — «Avatar,» «Girlfight» Anika Noni Rose — «For Colored Girls,» «Dreamgirls» Cecilia Roth — «Lucia Lucia,» «All About My Mother» Mark Rylance — «Bridge of Spies,» «The Other Boleyn Girl» Pepe Serna — «The Black Dahlia,» «The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez» Martin Starr — «I'll See You in My Dreams,» «Adventureland» Elizabeth Sung — «Memoirs of a Geisha,» «The Joy Luck Club» Sharmila Tagore — «Dhadkan,» «The World of Apu» Tessa Thompson — «Creed,» «Dear White People» Lorraine Toussaint — «Selma,» «Middle of Nowhere» Glynn Turman — «Super 8,» «Men of Honor» Gabrielle Union — «Top Five,» «Bad Boys II» Jacob Vargas — «The 33,» «Jarhead» Alicia Vikander — «The Danish Girl,» «Ex Machina» Emma Watson — «The Bling Ring,» «The Perks of Being a Wallflower» Damon Wayans, Jr. — «Big Hero 6,» «Let's Be Cops» Marlon Wayans — «The Heat,» «Requiem for a Dream» Rita Wilson — «It's Complicated,» «Runaway Bride» Daphne Zuniga — «Staying Together,» «Spaceballs»

After that, she appeared in both «Tiny Furniture» and «The Myth Of The American Sleepover» in the same year, as well as leading Adam Wingard «s «A Horrible Way To Die,» 2011 saw her return to producing with both Joe Swanberg «s «Silver Bullets» and the Greta Gerwig - written «The Dish & The Spoon,» before making her directorial debut in 2012 with crime tale «Sun Don't Shine,» one of the best - received films at SXSW (and edited by «Ain't Them Bodies Saints» director David Lowery).

He's fallen so deeply under Greta Gerwig's spell that he can't see straight anymore.

Most Valuable Players: Saorise Ronan («Brooklyn»), Lily Tomlin («Grandma») Next In Line: Blythe Danner («I'll See You In My Dreams»); Bel Powley («Diary of a Teenage Girl») Dark Horses: Sarah Silverman («I Smile Back»); Anya Taylor - Joy («The Witch»); Greta Gerwig («Mistress America»)

I hold out hopes that Gerwig will develop a stable of actors she continues to use and give a variety of roles to, so I could see Metcalf giving another amazing performance in two to three years time in a Gerwig movie.

I don't want to ignore the life - affirming pleasures of Greta Gerwig's teen comedy Lady Bird or the delicate, almost airy touch of Kamila Andini's death - themed The Seen and Unseen — two movies that, along with Zhao's and Grisebach's, contributed to an extraordinary showing for female directors this year.

What a fascinating character Gerwig and Ronan have given us — complex, strange, diffuse and only by the end do we see her vulnerability.

In a recent interview Gerwig perhaps reveals the relatively low bar she set for herself: «I just don't feel like I've seen very many movies about 17 - year - old girls where the question is not, «Will she find the right guy» or «Will he find her?»

Eden rivals the recent Blue Is the Warmest Color in emotional potency, in addition to this central romantic throughline, we also see the doomed relationships with other impressive, interesting and nuanced female characters, played by Greta Gerwig, Golshifteh Farahani, Laura Smet and Léa Rougeron.1

When that falls apart, she visits her own parents in Sacramento, Calif. (they're played by Gerwig's real - life parents, seen mainly in a Christmas - vacation montage that has to be the happiest tableau of family life ever seen in a Baumbach film).

Gerwig was all smiles as she walked into the room in her Vans, saw Octavia Spencer, nominated for best actress for «The Shape of Water,» sitting on a couch and trotted over to give her a hug.