Baumbach’s charming if at times elegiac black-and-white drama about self-discovery and acceptance features an indelible performance by Greta Gerwig.
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Frances Ha (2012)
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Squid and the Whale, The (2005)
Shot in intimate 16mm, this is one of Baumbach’s finest and tightest dramedies, about a family of four trying to navigate an inconvenient but necessary divorce, backed by all-round excellent performances by the main cast.
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Meyerowitz Stories, The (2017)
An eccentric extended family comes to terms with fraught and awkward relationships in this heartfelt comedy by Noah Baumbach.
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Kicking and Screaming (1995)
A strong feature debut about postgraduation aimlessness that milks hilarity through an array of self-analytical characters who are far too absorbed in their own ennui to really think for themselves, but Baumbach’s clever script does all the hard work for them.
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Marriage Story (2019)
Led by two quite effective leads in Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson, Baumbach’s film about the perils of marriage and the pain of divorce has moments to savour.
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While We’re Young (2014)
A drama-comedy that tells us painful truths about growing up (and old) through the kind of offbeat comedy that writer-director Noah Baumbach is synonymous with.
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Greenberg (2010)
A passive character study disguised as a romantic-comedy that feels too laidback for it to work convincingly.
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