Greta Gerwig dismantles the patriarchy and more in the biggest, boldest, and most stupid-fun smash of the summer! Tackling a complex array of themes, Gerwig finds a way to have her cake and it too, simultaneously criticizing and celebrating Barbie to create an ode to artifice that joyously peels back the plastic surface to find the humanity and spirituality deep within. Don’t be fooled, this Barbie is for everyone.
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Writer/director Noah Baumbach tackles Don DeLillo’s mid-80s postmodern masterwork, White Noise, in his most ambitious film to date. Although he struggles under the weight of this purportedly “unfilmable” novel’s heady themes and concepts, Baumbach faithfully captures the book’s essence and commendably brings it to life with a great deal of inspiration and enthusiasm.
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Writer/director Noam Baumbach follows up 2017’s The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) with something even better. In fact, Marriage Story may just be the greatest achievement of Baumbach’s nearly 25-year career. The film is brilliantly acted, masterfully directed, and wonderfully written, offering incisive, heartbreaking and heart-mending takes on love, life, and the dissolution of the ties that bind us.
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