Austin Film Festival: A Conversation With Jay Duplass

On making movies and making babies

"...Jay Duplass was never destined to be a success. None..."

Oct. 25, 2014 Screens Post by Rod Machen

Jay Duplass Stars in Outside In at SXSW Film

Homegrown filmmaker on mumblecore, friends, and his first South By break

"...Out in sunny L.A., Jay Duplass is looking forward to coming back to Austin..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Mark Duplass: Brothers, Netflix, Respect, and Kindness

Austin's most famous filmmaking siblings return

"...Mark and Jay Duplass were into streaming services before most indie filmmakers..."

May 9, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Duplass Brothers Get Their Paramount Premiere

While 'Cyrus' stars bite the hands that feed 'em

"...It started out as a sweet lovefest, the Duplass brothers taking the stage before their new film Cyrus..."

March 14, 2010 Screens Post by Melanie Haupt

Jeff, Who Lives at Home

The Duplass brothers return with this finely observed slice of life starring Jason Segel, Ed Helms, and Susan Sarandon.

"...Directed by: Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass. Starring: Jason Segel, Ed Helms,..."

March 16, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Do-Deca-Pentathlon

Two estranged brothers revive their childhood competitions, much to the alarm of their families in this Duplass brothers' microbudget throwback.

"...Directed by: Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass. Starring: Mark Kelly, Steve Zissis,..."

July 6, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Building Buzz, One 'Bag' at a Time

The Duplass Brothers buck New York and Los Angeles to premiere 'Baghead' here in the town where they started it all

"...It's 2002. Brothers and aspiring filmmakers Jay and Mark Duplass are sitting in Jay's small apartment..."

June 6, 2008 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Puffy Chair

In their first feature, former Austinites the Duplass brothers have made a near-perfect relationship-trauma comedy.

"...Directed by: Jay Duplass. Starring: Mark Duplass, Kathryn Aselton, Rhett Wilkins, Bari..."

June 2, 2006 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Fraternal Order

The Duplass-a-Thon charts the evolution of a goofily lovable archetype

"...parties, idiot brothers, marriage ... the list is endless. Jay and Mark Duplass are not immune to the trope..."

June 1, 2012 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

Outside In

Jay Duplass and Edie Falco in a story of post-prison re-integration.

"...Directed by: Lynn Shelton. Starring: Edie Falco, Jay Duplass, Kaitlyn Dever and Ben Schwartz...."

May 25, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Greetings From Eagle Rock

The filmmaking brothers, Jay and Mark Duplass, venture into TV with HBO's Togetherness

"...the formerly Austin- and now Los Angeles-based filmmaking sibs Jay and Mark Duplass (The Puffy Chair; Baghead; Jeff, Who..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Cyrus

John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, and Marisa Tomei co-star in this Duplass brothers' comedy about a young man's obsessive attachment to his mother.

"...Directed by: Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass. Starring: John C. Reilly, Jonah..."

June 25, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Son, You Got a Baggie on Your Head

An almost-exclusive report from the set of the Duplass Brothers' follow-up to 'The Puffy Chair'

"...bag on his head would be so fucking terrifying," Jay Deuby says. It's 3am and see-your-breath-cold in the woods..."

Nov. 10, 2006 Screens Feature by Bryan Poyser

Men With Mommy Issues

Jay and Mark Duplass rock the cradle of love in Cyrus

"...of Cyrus, the new film from brothers Mark and Jay Duplass...."

June 25, 2010 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

Shooting Loose, Long or Short

The Duplass Brothers discuss how they found 'The Puffy Chair,' and where they're headed now as it hits theatres

"..."Our relationship is that I keep trying to get Jay to make a movie, and he's like, 'It's not..."

June 2, 2006 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Prospect

Lo-fi sci-fi drama is driven by performances and ingenuity

"...and Zeek Earl. Starring: Sophie Thatcher, Pedro Pascal and Jay Duplass...."

Nov. 9, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

'Do-Deca-Pentathlon' Descending

AFS hosts DUPLASS-A-THON on June 4

"...Did seeing the just-released trailer for the Duplass brothers' new comedy The Do-Deca-Pentathlon get you pumped? Turns..."

May 16, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Landline

The team behind Obvious Child is back

"...Directed by: Gillian Robespierre. Starring: Jenny Slate, Jay Duplass, Abby Quinn, John Turturro, Edie Falco and Finn..."

Aug. 4, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

AFF Teases 10 Titles

Duplass Bros.' latest comedy gets regional premiere

"...program, with highlights including the regional premiere of the Duplass Brothers' latest, Jeff Who Lives at Home, a documentary..."

Aug. 23, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Baghead

Kind of funny and kind of scary, the lo-fi Baghead is not so much a horror movie as a four-character study of relationships and the drive to find meaningful work.

"...Directed by: Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass. Starring: Steve Zissis, Ross Partridge,..."

June 13, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Two Guys, a Girl, and a Puzzle Piece

UT grad Mark Duplass returns to Austin with director Charlie McDowell and their elusive take on the indie rom-com

"..."Indie veteran." Mark Duplass winces at the words, repeating them with mock astonishment..."

Aug. 29, 2014 Screens Feature by William Goss

Into Thin Air

The already under way adventures of Austinites at the Dances Sun and Slam, and what they might mean for the local scene

"...In New York, former Austin resident Jay Duplass settles into that special corner of his apartment..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Uneasy Lovin'

The Puffy Chair'

"...Clark Griswold for this trip," which is what Mark Duplass, who plays Josh, calls him. "He's got his girlfriend..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Shawn Badgley

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...still represented, with new films from Bob Byington, the Duplass brothers, Jonny Mars, Andrew Garrison, and Yaké Smith, as..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Table 19

"...lost in the exposition. The screenplay by Mark and Jay Duplass would have been in better hands, perhaps, if..."

March 3, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Review: Manson Family Vacation

Clever comedy about that one weirdo every family has

"...to L.A. to visit his straitlaced little brother, Nick (Jay Duplass). A bit of an outcast, Conrad has some..."

March 19, 2015 SXSW Post by Ashley Moreno

'The Do-Deca-Pentathlon'

'The Do-Deca-Pentathlon'

"...The Do-Deca-Pentathlon Narrative Spotlight D: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass; with Steve Zissis, Mark Kelly..."

March 16, 2012 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

Dance, Girl, Dance

It was a good year for women filmmakers at a recharged Sundance Film Festival

"...Anthony Burns with the feature Skateland and Mark and Jay Duplass with the very funny comedy Cyrus, which stars..."

Feb. 5, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Film News

Festival huzzahs

"...Hollywood ties, but their picks often presage the Oscars... Jayne Mansfield, Thomas Haden Church, and the film Urban Cowboy..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Suzanne Quinn, the first and only director of Austin Studios, steps down; plus, news from Slamdance and the Independent Spirit Awards, Avril Lavigne, the Jim Henson Co., and Jerm Pollett

"...time that The Puffy Chair, from former Austinites the Duplass brothers, Mark and Jay, has been nominated for two..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

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