As he gears up for taking on another powerhouse space franchise, J.J. Abram presents the long-awaited sequel to his successful Trekkie reboot with the year’s latest summer blockbuster contender, Star Trek Into Darkness. All the same cast and crew are back with the addition of the trending Benedict Cumberbatch as the villain. Speaking of being back at it, Noah Baumbach has teamed with Greta Gerwig (Greenberg, 2010) again, this time sharing writing credits with his starring actress in the Manhattan-esque comedy, Frances Ha. Julianne Moore shows her flair for the funnies, as well, participating in all kinds of after school extracirriculars in The English Teacher.
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 Today kicks off the second annual Montclair Film Festival in Montclair, New Jersey. Located about twenty miles outside of Manhattan, this quiet yet very compelling festival has quite a few highlights that will be showcased at this year’s festivities. In its second year, the impressive slate will have lots of films getting some extra press in preparation for their openings and plays around the circuit during the awards season.
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Categories: Article, Editor, Festivals Tags: After Tiller, CBS Films, Concussion, Dead Man's Burden, film festival, Frances Ha, Fred Melamed, Geoffrey Fletcher, Greta Gerwig, In a World..., Montclair Film Festival, Noah Baumbach, Robin Weigert, Saoirse Ronan, Sarah Polley, Shailene Woodley, Stories We Tell, The Kings of Summer, The SPectacular Now, Violet & Daisy, Wasteland
Director Noah Baumbach co-wrote the screenplay for his latest film, Frances Ha, with the film’s star Greta Gerwig, who plays the titular character. I’ll let the synopsis for the film explain the rest: Frances is an apprentice for a dance company, but she’s not really a dancer. Frances has a best friend named Sophie, but they aren’t really speaking anymore. Frances throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as their possible reality dwindles. Frances wants so much more than she has, but lives her life with unaccountable joy and lightness. Frances Ha is a modern comic fable in which Noah Baumbach explores New York, friendship, class, ambition, failure, and redemption. Opens May 17th.
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 I’m back once again ladies and gentlemen to do some more Sizing Up! This time around I’m going to be tackling the somewhat slight Best Actress field. For many, this is the worst category of the majors this year and for some the hardest to figure out, especially in terms of a victor. The ultimate winner won’t be of my concern too much now, but I’m seeking to try and make sense of the category and see which ladies can actually get to the final 5. Lots can change between now and the nominations, but this is where I think things currently stand, and it’s certainly a rather fluid list now. At the very least, it’ll be interesting to see how this matches up to the eventual slate of nominees, since so much is sort of guesswork with Best Actress.
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Categories: Article Tags: Amy Adams, analysis, Aubrey Plaza, Best Actress, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, elle fanning, Emmanuelle Riva, Entertainment/Culture, Frances Ha, Greta Gerwig, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, Jesus Henry Christ, judi dench, Julie Delpy, Kathleen Turner, Keira Knightley, Laura Linney, Leslie Mann, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Marion Cotillard, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, melanie lynskey, melissa leo, Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams, naomi watts, New York City, Oscar hopefuls, Rashida Jones, Sizing up, Sizing Up series, Toni Collette, Viola Davis, Zoe Kazan
 The 2012 New York Film Festival is now in the books ladies and gentleman, so there’s no better time to double back and take a look at what the 50th installment of the festival was actually like. This was my first time covering a festival of any sort. I saw some fantastic films, some very odd ones, and almost no terrible ones, so that’s a great success in my book. Overall I saw 28 of the films shown at the fest, though one I saw at an outside screening…though I’m counting it anyway. Of course I saw the big ones like the trio of ‘Flight’, ‘Life of Pi’, and ‘Not Fade Away’, along with the other high profile titles like ‘Amour’, ‘Frances Ha’, and ‘The Paperboy’, plus of course the “secret” screening this year, which turned out to be ‘Lincoln’. I’m going to start with the 10 best films that were screened at the fest, at least in my eyes.
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Categories: Article Tags: Barry Levinson, David Chase, Entertainment/Culture, Frances Ha, John Goodman, Lincoln, lists, Michael Haneke, New York Film Festival diaries, Not Fade Away, Oscar, Oscar hopefuls, Robert Zemeckis, The 2012 New York Film Festival, the 50th New York Film Festival
 Hello again to all of you film festival fans out there! Clayton was with me the past few days at the New York Film Festival taking in the sites and cinema, so you got to see his thoughts on some of the big flicks, but I’m back today to talk about some of the other screenings thus far. Friday saw 4 films being screened, though only one was from the Main Slate. That was the much anticipated “Beyond the Hills,” though we were also treated to sidebar documentaries “Punk in Africa,” “John Cassavetes,” and “Lang/Godard: The Dinosaur” (the latter two were only about an hour apiece and thus won’t get review).
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Categories: Article Tags: Araf, Beyond the Hills, Cinema of the United States, Entertainment/Culture, Frances Ha, John Cassavetes, Lang/Godard: The Dinosaur, Laura Linney, New York Film Festival diaries, Punk in Africa, the 50th New York Film Festival, the New York Film Festival, You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
Frances Ha (***½)
Noah Baumbach has really outdone himself in his newest film, Frances Ha starring Greta Gerwig, who also co-writes. The film not only stands as one of the great films of 2012, it’s the best of Baumbach’s career. The film is full of charm, spunk, and a massive amount of heart. Read more on NYFF: “Frances Ha” ignites awards season…
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Categories: Article, Editor, Film Reviews Tags: American film directors, Cinema of the United States, Editor Film Review, Entertainment/Culture, Frances Ha, Greta Gerwig, Jennifer Lame, Mickey Sumner, New York Film Festival, Noah Baumbach, NYFF, NYFF 2012, The Academy Awards
 Perhaps the most pleasant surprise of the festival season so far is the news that Noah Baumbach’s somewhat secret project ‘Frances Ha’ has turned into one of the biggest crowd pleasers at Telluride and Toronto. A true collaboration with Greta Gerwig (who helped write the screenplay), it’s now going to be distributed by IFC films, who’s acquired the flick. Could it come out and make a play for awards this year? After the jump I’ll get into that a bit, but either way this seems like a movie to look forward to. Read on for more below…
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Greta Gerwig co-writes and stars in Noah Baumbach’s “Frances Ha”
As Oscar season gets ready to jump into high gear, contenders will rise and fall by the wayside as Telluride wraps up, Venice is underway, and Toronto is about to explode onto the scene.
One young talent I’ve kept a close eye on since early March is Greta Gerwig. The 29-year-old actress has been quietly on the scene for a while and has managed to appear in four films that have been released or are scheduled in 2012. Not to mention, she has a co-writing credit with Noah Baumbach in his upcoming Frances Ha.
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Categories: Article, Editor Tags: Arthur, Cinema of the United States, Daryl Wein, Entertainment/Culture, Film, Frances Ha, Greta Gerwig, Jessica Chastain, Joe Swanberg, Judy Davis, No Strings Attached, Noah Baumbach, Woody Allen
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