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Review

White Noise

by Hannah Strong

Adam Dri­ver and Gre­ta Ger­wig reunite as a cou­ple grap­pling with their fear of death in Noah Baumbach’s adap­ta­tion of Don DeLillo’s novel.

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In Retrospect
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Review

Marriage Story

by Matt Thrift

Noah Baum­bach deliv­ers what just might be his mas­ter­piece with this bit­ter­ly fun­ny divorce drama.

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5
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Review

The Meyerowitz Stories

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Noah Baum­bach gets the best out of Adam San­dler and Ben Stiller in this sen­si­tive and wit­ty comedy.

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De Palma

by David Jenkins

Noah Baumbach’s sur­vey of the life and work of Bri­an De Pal­ma is riv­et­ing and high­ly entertaining.

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Mistress America

by David Jenkins

Hold on to your hats… Noah Baum­bach and Gre­ta Ger­wig return with a brisk Brook­lyn neo-screwball.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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While We’re Young

by Adam Woodward

Gen­er­a­tional drift and the scourge of hip­ster­ism are exam­ined in Noah Baumbach’s bit­ter­sweet com­e­dy of manners.

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Review

Frances Ha

by Anton Bitel

Ahoy sexy! In which the great Gre­ta Grewig stakes a con­vinc­ing claim to the thrown of most love­able liv­ing screen actress.

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Review

Greenberg

by Adam Woodward

With its wispy idio­syn­crasy and sharp, bit­ing humour, Green­berg may well win over the Baum­bach cynics.

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