It’s nostalgia time at the ole’ multiplex once again. So, is it a tender coming of age story set in the 50’s, or a raunchy comedy with the stoners of the 60’s? Nope, it’s a family “dramedy” set in the long ago 1990’s !?! Aw, come on! I can get the 80’s “throwbacks’ with TV shows like “The Goldbergs” and “Stranger Things”. And this Summer’s big animated hit Despicable Me 3 even has a villain (Balthazar Bratt) whose whole schtick was that tacky decade. But the 90’s already? Excuse the venting, I know I now know how my folks must’ve felt about “Happy Days” in the 70’s. Despite the era, this new flick seems closer to the NYC intellectual upper class (upper East side) quirky slice of life cinema forged by Woody Allen. So. let’s set the cinema “way-back” machine to 1995, when few folks had cellular phones,...
- 8/4/2017
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
MaryAnn’s quick take… A charming delight in a retro timeslip. Gillian Robespierre and Jenny Slate continue their rampage of creating wonderfully, memorably flawed women onscreen. I’m “biast” (pro): I’m desperate for movies about women
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Manhattan, 1995. It is a strange land of payphones on street corners, dot-matrix printers, and smoking indoors in public places. It was a time when the lack of smartphones, unlimited texting, and social media made it possible to actually take a break from someone without having to ghost them. This is the realm in which 30something Dana (Jenny Slate: The Lego Batman Movie) exists as finds herself needing some space from her fiancé, Ben (Jay Duplass: Paper Towns); we could see that she maybe wasn’t really into the whole marriage idea before she admitted it to herself.
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Manhattan, 1995. It is a strange land of payphones on street corners, dot-matrix printers, and smoking indoors in public places. It was a time when the lack of smartphones, unlimited texting, and social media made it possible to actually take a break from someone without having to ghost them. This is the realm in which 30something Dana (Jenny Slate: The Lego Batman Movie) exists as finds herself needing some space from her fiancé, Ben (Jay Duplass: Paper Towns); we could see that she maybe wasn’t really into the whole marriage idea before she admitted it to herself.
- 7/28/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
The core talents who helped to make 2014’s unwanted pregnancy comedy Obvious Child such a delight — writer-director Gillian Robespierre, writer-producer Elisabeth Holm and lead actor-executive producer Jenny Slate— reteam here for Landline, a more ambitious effort with a crack supporting cast. Unfortunately, Landline somehow manages to fall disappointingly flat all too often. Set in mid-1990s Manhattan, when no one had cellphones, bricks-and-mortar record stores were places to hang out and suspenders for women were briefly a fashion thing, Robespierre and Holm’s script (based on a story they co-wrote with Tom Bean) observes how infidelity, secrets and lies affect one...
- 1/22/2017
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Amazon has dialed up a U.S. rights deal to Landline, the dramedy that reteams actress Jenny Slate with her Obvious Child director Gillian Robespierre.
A source pegged the deal at $3 million. Amazon also is planning a traditional theatrical release.
Landline follows three women navigating their relationships in cellphone-free 1990s New York. Robespierre and Elisabeth Holm wrote the screenplay based on a story by Holm, Robespierre and Tom Bean.
Edie Falco, John Turturro, Jay Duplass and newcomer Abby Quinn star in the feature.
Slate and Robespierre also executive produced the feature, along with Rachel Shane, Natalya Petrosova, Lee Jea Woo, Chris Lytton and Charlotte...
A source pegged the deal at $3 million. Amazon also is planning a traditional theatrical release.
Landline follows three women navigating their relationships in cellphone-free 1990s New York. Robespierre and Elisabeth Holm wrote the screenplay based on a story by Holm, Robespierre and Tom Bean.
Edie Falco, John Turturro, Jay Duplass and newcomer Abby Quinn star in the feature.
Slate and Robespierre also executive produced the feature, along with Rachel Shane, Natalya Petrosova, Lee Jea Woo, Chris Lytton and Charlotte...
- 1/16/2017
- by Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In the second part of the interview with filmmakers Luke Poling and Tom Bean about the documentary, Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself, they discuss structuring the movie, getting to the final edit, and distribution. Read Part I here: Documenting the Life of George Plimpton: Interview with Luke Poling and Tom Bean Part II Filmmaker: You said you did 50 or 60 interviews. How did you choose those people? Bean: A lot of them were people who had either written about George or knew George. Whenever you interview someone they go, “Have you talked to such and such a person?” […]...
- 9/17/2013
- by Michael Murie
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
In the second part of the interview with filmmakers Luke Poling and Tom Bean about the documentary, Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself, they discuss structuring the movie, getting to the final edit, and distribution. Read Part I here: Documenting the Life of George Plimpton: Interview with Luke Poling and Tom Bean Part II Filmmaker: You said you did 50 or 60 interviews. How did you choose those people? Bean: A lot of them were people who had either written about George or knew George. Whenever you interview someone they go, “Have you talked to such and such a person?” […]...
- 9/17/2013
- by Michael Murie
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
George Plimpton led an eclectic life as a journalist, writer, editor, sportsman and actor, though he was perhaps most widely known for his exploits as a participatory journalist. When filmmakers Luke Poling and Tom Bean set out to make their first documentary, Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself, they were faced with enough material to make several documentaries. A project like this might have daunted some first-time filmmakers, said Poling, “We’d kicked around the idea of doing one, when Plimpton came up we said, ‘Let’s go for this.’” Poling and Bean both studied film in college, but first met at […]...
- 9/16/2013
- by Michael Murie
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
George Plimpton led an eclectic life as a journalist, writer, editor, sportsman and actor, though he was perhaps most widely known for his exploits as a participatory journalist. When filmmakers Luke Poling and Tom Bean set out to make their first documentary, Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself, they were faced with enough material to make several documentaries. A project like this might have daunted some first-time filmmakers, said Poling, “We’d kicked around the idea of doing one, when Plimpton came up we said, ‘Let’s go for this.’” Poling and Bean both studied film in college, but first met at […]...
- 9/16/2013
- by Michael Murie
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
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