Topic: Noah Baumbach
Organizers of the Berlin film festival say this year's event will feature new movies from U.S. directors Noah Baumbach and Nicole Holofcener. The world premiere of Baumbach's "Greenberg," starring Ben Stiller among others, was among several festival entries announced Wednesday. Baumbach wrote and directed 2005 ...
Despite our dislike for so much of Margot at the Wedding, particularly the final thirty minutes, count us amongst the very many fans of Noah Baumbach. But with the exception of a bizarre short film that he directed for Saturday Night Live last year, Mr. Baumbach has been in relative hiding since 2007 (we guess that adaptation of Claire Messud ...
For a director who works as infrequently as Noah Baumbach, a misfire always adds insult to injury. It's been a little over a year since he disappointed us with the so-difficult-it-caused-migraines Margot at the Wedding, and yet if Mr. Baumbach were a prolific filmmaker like Woody Allen, we probably wouldn't have even noticed how bad it really was ...
