In Is This Thing On?, comedy isn’t just the punchline—it’s the entry point. Beneath the sharp dialogue and laugh out loud moments is a film quietly preoccupied with emotional honesty, miscommunication, and the ways we stall our own growth inside relationships. That tension between humor and heart is exactly what drew Laura Dern and Will Arnett to the project—and what stayed with them long after filming wrapped.
“We shot some stuff that we stole going up the West Side Highway. I don’t know if there’s any cops here,” Will Arnett told the audience following a press and industry screening of Is This Thing On? at the New York Film Festival, “But one point we’re driving up the West Side Highway and Bradley’s on the dash shooting me…and I’m like ‘cop, cop, cop!'”
Biting cynicism is a hallmark of a Noah Baumbach movie. In the case of Jay Kelly, Baumbach tackles the cynicism of the film industry, or, more specifically, he puts a harsh spotlight on the nature of an A-list acting career that voraciously demands decades of one’s life and self.
It’s the end of an era.
Based on the New York Times #1 bestseller “Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents,” comes “The Way I See It,” an unprecedented look behind the scenes of two of the most iconic Presidents in American History, Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan, as seen through the eyes of renowned photographer Pete Souza.
At the world premiere for Little Women in New York this past week, the cast spoke about the making of the film and more!
With a perfect cast and some impressive filmmaking from Greta Gerwig, “Little Women” makes a case for being one of the best films of 2019
The iconic Laura Dern was the recipient of the inaugural Honorary Degree at the annual Vulture Festival on Saturday.
The critically-acclaimed Marriage Story premiered in NYC on Sunday evening at the newly-reopened historic Paris Theatre. The movie previously debuted at the 57th Annual New York Film Festival last month, and opened in select theaters Nov. 6.
With ‘Marriage Story’, Noah Baumbach makes a spiritual parallel to ‘The Squid and the Whale’ that also gives Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver their best roles to date in the NYFF Centerpiece.