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College student Ella is completely focused on her ambiguously romantic relationship with her dorm-mate, Chris. She is so consumed by trying to understand his behavior that she's neglecting ... See full summary »
Director:
Lena Dunham
Stars:
Richard Brundage,
Jeff Cristiani,
Grace Dunham
Anger rages in Philip as he awaits the publication of his second novel. He feels pushed out of his adopted home city by the constant crowds and noise, a deteriorating relationship with his ... See full summary »
Director:
Alex Ross Perry
Stars:
Jason Schwartzman,
Elisabeth Moss,
Jonathan Pryce
Shirin is struggling to become an ideal Persian daughter, politically correct bisexual and hip young Brooklynite but fails miserably in her attempt at all identities. Being without a cliché to hold onto can be a lonely experience.
As Jamie travels in Chile, he invites an eccentric woman to join his group's quest to score a fabled hallucinogen, a move that finds him at odds with his new companion, until they drink the magic brew on a beach at the edge of the desert.
Director:
Sebastián Silva
Stars:
Michael Cera,
Gaby Hoffmann,
Juan Andrés Silva
Hannah is a recent college graduate interning at a Chicago production company. She is crushing on two writers at work, Matt and Paul, who share an office and keep her entertained. Will a ... See full summary »
Director:
Joe Swanberg
Stars:
Greta Gerwig,
Kent Osborne,
Andrew Bujalski
A New York woman (who doesn't really have an apartment) apprentices for a dance company (though she's not really a dancer) and throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as the possibility of realizing them dwindles.
Two stories are simultaneously told. One dutiful mother progressively becomes a frustrated woman who is the only one assuming the family responsibilities of working at home and looking ... See full summary »
Director:
Vera Chytilová
Stars:
Eva Bosáková,
Vera Uzelacová,
Josef Langmiler
A charismatic lieutenant newly assigned to a remote fort is captured by a group of mountain bandits, thus setting in motion a madcap farce that is Lubitsch at his most unrestrained.
Noelle and her son Jacob are played by actual mother and son Garland Hunter and Isen Ritchie. Hunter is married to artist Matthew Ritchie, and their family actually does live in the very same apartment building on Desbosses St. in downtown Manhattan as the film's creator Lena Dunham and her real-life artist parents Carroll Dunham and Laurie Simmons. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Aura:
Honey, I'm home... Family?
Candice:
Downstairs...
Siri:
Can you turn your right toe slightly towards me?
Nadine:
It hurts.
Siri:
Perfect.
[click]
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Certainly this film will not be everyone's cup of tea. But I'm a sucker for movies that are light on plot and heavy on letting us just hang out with some interesting characters for awhile. The dialogue here is so natural I thought perhaps they were simply ad libbing. The chemistry between the mother and daughters is totally real (makes sense -- they are a real family), and the film perfectly captures the that feeling of lacking any direction following graduation from college. It's true that nothing much happens in the film -- it's more about the nature of relationships: renewing old ones, letting friends go, trying out new lovers, choosing the wrong people -- all while trying to figure out what it means to be an adult.
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Certainly this film will not be everyone's cup of tea. But I'm a sucker for movies that are light on plot and heavy on letting us just hang out with some interesting characters for awhile. The dialogue here is so natural I thought perhaps they were simply ad libbing. The chemistry between the mother and daughters is totally real (makes sense -- they are a real family), and the film perfectly captures the that feeling of lacking any direction following graduation from college. It's true that nothing much happens in the film -- it's more about the nature of relationships: renewing old ones, letting friends go, trying out new lovers, choosing the wrong people -- all while trying to figure out what it means to be an adult.