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Noah Baumbach

My Annual Anti-3D Sermon

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.20.2013 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

My heart sinks every time I show up for a screening of some big summer movie (or any other movie, for that matter) and they hand me the 3D glasses.

Christopher Rosen

The Unconventional Way This Film Got Made

HuffingtonPost.com | Christopher Rosen | Posted 05.16.2013 | Entertainment

Fans of cable television shows like "Boardwalk Empire" should have no trouble recognizing actor Michael Zegen. Part of the next generation of "that gu...

ReThink Review: Frances Ha -- Growing Apart and Growing Up

Jonathan Kim | Posted 05.16.2013 | Entertainment
Jonathan Kim

If you haven't heard of Greta Gerwig, I think you'll be hearing a lot more about her very soon. She's the star and co-writer of Noah Baumbach's latest film Frances Ha, and she gives a performance so honest and relatable that directors will be scrambling to get Gerwig in their films.

The Year's Most Charming Film?

AP | CHRISTY LEMIRE | Posted 05.15.2013 | Entertainment

-- On paper it sounds unbearably precious and solipsistic – a cliche, even. Middle-class, college-educated white girl in her mid-20s wanders ar...

Mike Ryan

Why This Famous Director Is Annoyed At A Will Ferrell Movie

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Ryan | Posted 05.14.2013 | Entertainment

Noah Baumbach directed his first feature-length movie, "Kicking and Screaming," in 1995, about that uncertain, post-college phase of life. (It's a per...

Movie Review: Frances Ha

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.14.2013 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

Never a filmmaker for whom story seemed particularly important, Baumbach collaborated here with his star, Greta Gerwig, for what feels like an amorphous and fragmentary story of a delusional young woman who doesn't seem to want to grow up.

Christopher Rosen

The Summer's Most Charming Breakout Star

HuffingtonPost.com | Christopher Rosen | Posted 05.23.2013 | Entertainment

If Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach are the modern day Diane Keaton and Woody Allen, then "Frances Ha" is their "Annie Hall," except with the color pale...

Old is New Again: Frances Ha and He's Way More Famous Than You

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.10.2013 | Entertainment
Regina Weinreich

Noah Baumbach's new film Frances Ha is cut from the same cloth as Lena Dunham's Girls. Written with Greta Gerwig, who stars as Frances, shot in black ...

When Movies Aren't Audience-Friendly

Marshall Fine | Posted 04.12.2013 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

You know what an audience-friendly film is. It tells a story that engages you about characters you can like and root for. Yet those films -- movies that seek to tell a story that uplifts or inspires -- often get short shrift from critics for that reason alone.

Fall In Love With Greta Gerwig

The Huffington Post | Christopher Rosen | Posted 03.05.2013 | Entertainment

"Frances Ha" was the belle of the ball for many covering film festivals in Toronto and New York in 2012, but the film isn't scheduled to make landfall...

Christopher Rosen

Effervescent 'Frances Ha' Charms New York Film Festival

HuffingtonPost.com | Christopher Rosen | Posted 10.01.2012 | Entertainment

Noah Baumbach owes the New York Film Festival a great deal of gratitude. Just ask Noah Baumbach. "It's always really special to be at the New York ...

Toronto Diary: From Golden Abs to the Wit of Noah Baumbach

Erica Abeel | Posted 11.10.2012 | Entertainment
Erica Abeel

I'm sure Baumbach must hate all the comparisons to Girls. Sure, there's overlap -- basically Frances and friends are the same privileged-but-broke whites from good colleges -- but a few years older, so being at loose ends ups the ante.

The Star-Studded HBO Series You Won't See

Posted 05.01.2012 | TV

"The Corrections" will not become an HBO series. According to Deadline.com, HBO is not moving forward with the pilot based on Jonathan Franzen's "The ...

'Madagascar 3' Trailer: Yep, Noah Baumbach Wrote This

Posted 05.20.2012 | Entertainment

Auteurs gotta eat! The new trailer for "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" arrived online this afternoon, providing another reminder that Noah Baumba...

HBO's Adaptation Of 'The Corrections' In Talks With Chris Cooper, Dianne Wiest

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 12.19.2011 | Home

Midwestern misery found a potent voice in Jonathan Franzen's sprawling 2001 National Book Award winning epic "The Corrections." Now, HBO's adaptation ...

Is Jennifer Jason Leigh Putting The Breaks On Her Divorce?

tmz.com | 13 Minutes AgoĀ by TMZ StaffĀ Ā  | Posted 08.21.2011 | Divorce

Jennifer Jason Leigh's estranged hubby, directorĀ  Noah Baumbach filed legal papers in his divorce case, but a rep for Baumbach tells TMZ ... Jennifer...

2010: The Year in Non-Audience-Friendly Movies

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

It's that time of year when critics get all nostalgic -- or up on their high horses, depending -- about the year that is rapidly drawing to a close. ...

VIDEO: Director Of Acclaimed Divorce Film Divorcing

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Divorce

Noah Baumbach, the director of acclaimed divorce comedy-drama The Squid and the Whale, is calling it quits with his wife of five years, actress Jennif...

IT'S OVER

Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Jennifer Jason Leigh has filed for divorce from Noah Baumbach, her husband of five years, Radaronline.com is reporting. She cited irreconcilable dif...

The Best Films of 2010: Part 1

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

If the movie year had ended last week, instead of just the first six months of the year, what movies would be the big contenders for awards?

Noah Baumbach on Greenberg, Wes Anderson, and Life With Jennifer Jason Leigh

Nick Kreiss | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Nick Kreiss

I interviewed one of my favorite guys in the biz, Squid and The Whale and Greenberg writer/director Noah Baumbach.

Noah Baumbach's Loser Is a Winner

Erica Abeel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Erica Abeel

In Greenberg Baumbach turns loser-dom into art in a must-see film that continues his exploration of adults stuck in babyhood.

'Greenberg' Sweepstakes: Become A Fan Of Our Facebook Page And Win An iPod Shuffle

Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Noah Baumbach's new movie, 'Greenberg,' opens Friday, starring Ben Stiller as an aimless 40-year-old who starts house-sitting for his younger brother....

Movie Review: Greenberg

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

Prickly, abrasive, fragmented -- that describes both the title character of Noah Baumbach's new film, Greenberg, and the film itself.

Movie Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Marshall Fine

Perhaps Fantastic Mr. Fox will be the film that convinces adults that animation isn't just for kids.