The opening scene of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, the new Amazon show starring Rachel Brosnahan as a ’50s Upper West Side housewife turned downtown stand-up…
Obama Documentary Opens DOC NYC One Year After Trump’s Election
Watching The Final Year is a little bit like time traveling. The film, which opened the DOC NYC Film Festival last night, charts the last…
Mudbound Director Dee Rees on What We Can Learn From her Jim Crow-Era Epic
Mudbound burst onto the film scene during this year’s Sundance Film Festival, where it premiered to near universal acclaim for its nuanced depiction of race…
Greta Gerwig Directed Lady Bird With a Little Help From Blink 182
When describing her directorial debut, Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig turns to pop music: “It’s a pop song that’s really fun to sing along to––a really…
Noah Baumbach On Shooting in Brooklyn: ‘It’s Like a Conversation I’m Having with Myself as a Child’
The Squid and the Whale hinges on a Natural History Museum finale. While We’re Young includes a memorable Bushwick block party. Mistress America follows the…