Portrait of a Breakout Artist: Lena Dunham on Tiny Furniture

Lena Dunham on her Jury Award-winner, Tiny Furniture

"...In Tiny Furniture, writer/director Lena Dunham stars as Aura, a recent film grad transitioning..."

March 19, 2010 Screens Feature by Ashley Moreno

Sharp Stick

Lena Dunham's latest exploration of messy people is pretty messy itself

"...Directed by: Lena Dunham. Starring: Kristine Froseth, Jon Bernthal, Taylour Paige, Jennifer..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Catherine Called Birdy

Lena Dunham goes for historical comedy

"...Directed by: Lena Dunham. Starring: Bella Ramsey, Billie Piper and Andrew Scott...."

Sept. 23, 2022 Movie Review

Talking About Talking About Talking About 'Girls'

Oh boy

"...Dragon Tattoo but rather when I realized that Aura, Lena Dunham's largely autobiographical protagonist of Tiny Furniture, wears the..."

April 22, 2012 Screens Post by Sarah Smith

Girl Talk

Lena Dunham chats with cast & crew at Tuesday panel

"...Ah, the sweet smell of success. Lena Dunham could probably bottle the pheromones she was emitting..."

March 14, 2012 Screens Post by Anne S. Lewis

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...directed by Mike Dolan, Earthling, directed by Clay Liford, Helena from the Wedding, directed by Joseph Ifantolino, The Myth..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film First Wave Announced

Jonesing for Joss Whedon? He'll be here shortly

"...a a premiere of the first three episodes from Lena Dunham’s new HBO series, GIRLS. SXSW has nurtured the..."

Jan. 12, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Sophie Jones

Coming-of-age drama never escapes its influences

"...way we see women coming of age. Spearheaded by Lena Dunham, who both wrote, directed, and starred in the..."

March 5, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

Size Matters

Tiny Furniture opens AFS' new Best of the Fests series

"...its new Best of the Fests monthly series than Lena Dunham's Tiny Furniture. Yup, it's small and mostly peopled..."

Jan. 14, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...Girls Director/Screenwriter: Lena Dunham Created by and starring Lena Dunham (Tiny Furniture),..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Fatalistic Filmmaking

Alex Karpovsky hits the road to find the comedy behind his anxiety

"...Karpovsky – whom you probably recognize as Jed from Lena Dunham's breakout film, Tiny Furniture, or Ray Ploshansky from..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

The Innkeepers: You Can Check In, But You Might Not Check Out

Devilish doings in Ti West's new ghost story

"...of the genre will spot an Innkeepers cameo by Lena Dunham, star/director of SXSW 2010 award-winner Tiny Furniture. Aside..."

March 11, 2011 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Spike Lee, Rian Johnson, and Chelsea Manning for SXSW

Plus major tech names, Westworld panel, and more added

"...including two that may bring a dose of controversy: Lena Dunham, who has become as much a lightning rod..."

Jan. 30, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Buzzfeed's Anne Helen Petersen on the Rise of the Unruly Woman

Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud author comes to BookPeople

"...AHP: I think that Lena Dunham would never say, “Oh, I’m so mad that..."

July 18, 2017 Arts Post by Rachel Rascoe

The Big Sick

The rom-com is dead! Long live the rom-com!

"...comedians (including Amy Schumer with Trainwreck and, at HBO, Lena Dunham with Girls and Pete Holmes with Crashing). The..."

June 30, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea

Visually arresting tale of a high school gone to sea

"...talent: Schwartzman and Watts are joined by Maya Rudolph, Lena Dunham, John Cameron Mitchell, and Susan Sarandon (as the..."

April 28, 2017 Movie Review by Ashley Moreno

Don't Think Twice

In this comedy about comedy, Mike Birbiglia nails what's funny and true

"...Cameos from Ben Stiller and Lena Dunham, appearing as themselves, lend additional credence to the..."

Aug. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

'This Is Where I Belong'

How smarts and gumption took Noël Wells from Esther's to 'SNL'

"...impressions of, among others, Zooey Deschanel, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Lena Dunham (the last winning an approving tweet from the..."

April 25, 2014 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The AggreGAYtor: January 24

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...What’s more fun than humiliating Lena Dunham?* Disney princesses!..."

Jan. 24, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

Austin's Indie Spirit

Anish Savjani and Bryan Poyser score noms

"...Sean Costello, Jason Orans, Ronald Simons
Tiny Furniture, directed by Lena Dunham; Producers: Kyle Martin, Alicia Van Couvering..."

Nov. 30, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW 09 Film Lineup Announced

What's all the ruckus? Why, it's the SXSW Film lineup!

"...Creative Nonfiction Director/Writer: Lena Dunham Reality and fiction are indistinguishable as a college..."

Feb. 1, 2009 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Q&A With Janet Pierson

SXSW Film Producer breaks down the lineup for us

"...On the SXSW debut of Lena Dunham's new HBO series, Girls:..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Kids These Days

Growing up on 'Looking' and 'Girls'

"...Lena Dunham’s Girls is almost an entirely different show than..."

Jan. 18, 2014 Screens Post by Aleksander Chan

Yes Yes: Sundance Announces 2014 Class

Austinites a-plenty in Competition and NEXT slates

"...their 2-year-old son.Cast: Anna Kendrick, Melanie Lynskey, Mark Webber, Lena Dunham, Joe Swanberg...."

Dec. 4, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Love and Cinema: Janet and John Pierson

Texas Film Awards honorees and indie cinema's fairy godparents Janet and John Pierson look back on 40 years at the movies

"...Furniture (SXSW 10, the sophomore appearance for a pre-Girls Lena Dunham), maybe even catch up on Andor. And after..."

March 3, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Longtime SXSW Film & TV Festival Head, Indie Film Icon Janet Pierson Transitions to New Role

Pierson's deputy, Claudette Godfrey, assumes leadership

"...the event into a launch pad for young talent (Lena Dunham, Joe Cornish, Cooper Raiff, Halina Reijn) and major..."

Oct. 5, 2022 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Changes the Channel With a New Name

Festival gives TV content co-headline billing

"...it added its first small-screen title when film-fest veteran Lena Dunham brought the pilot episode of her new show,..."

July 28, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How the SXSW Cancellation Has Impacted Filmmakers

Two filmmakers mourn the big break that didn't happen

"...is with SXSW. Many of its breakout films – Lena Dunham's Tiny Furniture in 2010, Short Term 12 in..."

March 13, 2020 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Comedy Review: Jo Firestone & Friends

Packed lineup met packed house for fantastic stand-up

"...audience who else they’d seen. Answer: Elon Musk and Lena Dunham. “Those people are here, and you chose to..."

March 12, 2018 SXSW Post by Ashley Moreno

Jay Duplass Stars in Outside In at SXSW Film

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

"...proved those filmmakers right. Swanberg is an indie institution. Lena Dunham's Girls became must-see TV. The Zellners are making..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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