Directed by James Ponsoldt
Starring Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Brie Larson, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kyle Chandler, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bob Odenkirk
Comedy, Drama
95 Mins
Not Yet Rated
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SIFF Review: "The Spectacular Now"
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- Published on Wednesday, 22 May 2013 09:14
- Written by Matt Oakes
"The Spectacular Now"
Directed by James Ponsoldt
Starring Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Brie Larson, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kyle Chandler, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bob Odenkirk
Comedy, Drama
95 Mins
Not Yet Rated
Directed by James Ponsoldt
Starring Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Brie Larson, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kyle Chandler, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bob Odenkirk
Comedy, Drama
95 Mins
Not Yet Rated
What do you get when you fold an affable high school comedy into a serious meditation on heredity and real-world relationships? Apparently a winning formula as The Spectacular Now manages to merge comedy and drama seamlessly. Instead of the competing comedic and tragic elements compromising each other's effectiveness, both sides benefit from the inclusion of the other and result in a film that's both genuinely funny and emotionally meaningful. Relative newcomer Miles Teller (Project X) lights up the screen as Sutter Kelly and the many relationships he surrounds himself with are earnest but guarded, bitter yet sweet - much like the film itself.
SIFF - Film Review: "Frances Ha" Is a Delightful Treat from the Mumblecore Camp
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- Category: Reviews
- Published on Monday, 13 May 2013 19:25
- Written by Matt Oakes
"Frances Ha"
Directed by Noah Baumbach
Starring Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver, Michael Zegen and Patrick Heusinger
Comedy
86 Mins
R
Noah Baumbach is at his least caustic with Frances Ha, an idiosyncratic and delightful black-and-white mumblecore film about a New York City girl coming to terms with herself in the haze of her post-collegiate days. Newcomer Greta Gerwig offers up a performance in the vein of Dustin Hoffman's Benjamin from The Graduate as she mumbles and bumbles her way through the purgatory of her mid-twenties. To continue the comparison with The Graduate,Frances Ha is an equally quirky, if less lovable, film that thrives on silly banter and whimsy spirit.
Directed by Noah Baumbach
Starring Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver, Michael Zegen and Patrick Heusinger
Comedy
86 Mins
R
SIFF Review: "Mistaken For Strangers" - Go For the National, Stay For the Humanity
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- Category: Reviews
- Published on Thursday, 09 May 2013 17:49
- Written by Matt Oakes
"Mistaken for Stranger"
Directed by Tom Beringer
Starring Tom Beringer, Matt Beringer
Documenary, Comedy, Music
80 min
Not Yet Rated
Mistaken for Strangers is a bizarre rock doc because it's not really a rock doc at all. Tom Beringer, brother to The National's frontman Matt Beringer, has instead made something else entirely - a film that uniquely attempts to transcend the rock doc genre with a hyper-self-aware, avant-garde approach.
SIFF Review: 'What Maisie Knew' Jabs Deep
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- Category: Reviews
- Published on Tuesday, 07 May 2013 08:39
- Written by Matt Oakes
'What Maisie Knew'
Directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel
R
What Maisie Knew is an emotional powerhouse of a film led by an adorably funny-faced young actress functioning on a purely natural level, allowing the "performance" underneath to disappear entirely. It strikes a particularly meaningful chord for the "divorced generation" and anyone who has been part of a broken home will feel heart-warbling empathy for the fledgling Maisie. Directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel tread carefully through difficult territory and instead of offering a tired, sentimentally-formulated heart-throbber, they have crafted a compelling but tragic familial drama that breaks the mold by being dreadfully honest.
Directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel
Starring Onata Aprile, Julianne Moore, Steve Coogan, Alexander Skarsgård and Joanna Vanderham
Drama
99 MinsDrama
R
What Maisie Knew is an emotional powerhouse of a film led by an adorably funny-faced young actress functioning on a purely natural level, allowing the "performance" underneath to disappear entirely. It strikes a particularly meaningful chord for the "divorced generation" and anyone who has been part of a broken home will feel heart-warbling empathy for the fledgling Maisie. Directors Scott McGehee and David Siegel tread carefully through difficult territory and instead of offering a tired, sentimentally-formulated heart-throbber, they have crafted a compelling but tragic familial drama that breaks the mold by being dreadfully honest.
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