Notes on…

Greenberg(2010)

Dir. Directed by Noah Baumbach


"You won't let me in," [Florence] mutters under her breath, obviously in response to the other drivers around her but also with some foreboding: her impending relationship with a stunted, self-loathing older man will leave her feeling similarly shut out.

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There is something about Ms. Gerwig that seems to bring out a lot of (male) critics’ inner Greenbergs. Her blank, moony performance style has made her the Annie Hall of the mumblecore set, and, accordingly, a lightning rod for all manner of critical cruelty.

Adam Nayman (Reverse Shot)

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Synopsis: A New Yorker moves to Los Angeles in order to figure out his life while he housesits for his brother, and he soon sparks with his brother's assistant.