Marriage Story

Driver and Johansson are note perfect as a couple falling apart

"...Directed by: Noah Baumbach. Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver, Azhy Robertson, Laura..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

While We're Young

Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts suffer a midlife funk in Noah Baumbach's latest

"...Directed by: Noah Baumbach. Starring: Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver, Amanda..."

April 10, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

Frances Ha

There's a tour de force performance by Greta Gerwig and no small amount of magic in this winning movie by Noah Baumbach about a generation in flux.

"...Directed by: Noah Baumbach. Starring: Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Michael Zegen, Adam..."

May 31, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Mistress America

Greta Gerwig borrows from Holly Golightly in Noah Baumbach's new comedy

"...Directed by: Noah Baumbach. Starring: Greta Gerwig, Lola Kirke, Matthew Shear, Jasmine..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

Bill Murray won't get the elusive Oscar for this one – for all its visual majesty, The Life Aquatic is too slight – but the film is nevertheless a funny, bewildering, and giddy spectacle.

"...Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Gambon, Noah Taylor, Bud Cort, Seu Jorge, Robyn Cohen, Waris Ahluwalia..."

Dec. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Wedding Weekend

This earnest, well-acted ensemble film is a seriocomic meditation on what it means to be an American male approaching the dreaded four-oh.

"...is The Big Chill by way of Woody Allen, Noah Baumbach, and – your high school glee club! It's..."

May 30, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Squid and the Whale

In this expertly acted piece about the coming apart of a family of New York intellectuals, humor is served not with a smirk but with a helpless shrug.

"...Directed by: Noah Baumbach. Starring: Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Greenberg

Ben Stiller and (one-time Chronicle cover girl) Greta Gerwig star in this new film by the director of The Squid and the Whale.

"...Directed by: Noah Baumbach. Starring: Ben Stiller, Greta Gerwig, Rhys Ifans, Jennifer..."

March 26, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Margot at the Wedding

The director of The Squid and the Whale mostly falters in this follow-up film that stars Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Jack Black as casually cruel narcissists.

"...Directed by: Noah Baumbach. Starring: Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jack Black,..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Movie Review by Steve Davis

White Noise

Can Don DeLillo's postmodern landmark make it to the actual future?

"...Directed by: Noah Baumbach. Starring: Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle, Raffey..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Kicking and Screaming

"...Directed by: Noah Baumbach. Starring: Josh Hamilton, Eric Stoltz, Olivia D'Abo, Chris..."

Feb. 10, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mr. Jealousy

"...Directed by: Noah Baumbach. Starring: Eric Stoltz, Anabella Sciorra, Chris Eigeman, Carlos..."

July 10, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Kimberley Jones’ Top 10 Films of 2019

"...Bong Joon-ho (Parasite), Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story), Céline Sciamma (Portrait of a Lady..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

De Palma

Director Brian De Palma reveals tales and insights from his career

"...Directed by: Jake Paltrow and Noah Baumbach...."

June 24, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kicking and Screaming

So how does it hold up, the arch back-and-forth of these kids treading water in dead-end video-store gigs and oddly affecting affairs with underage girls?

"...Criterion, $29.95 With Noah Baumbach's recent Oscar nomination for The Squid and the..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones

Kicking and Screaming

Sure, its slacker characters incessantly dissect every little thing in circles and circles, harping on the most miniscule details of life and making the same old lame pop-culture references. But Kicking and Screaming rises above other comedies of the mid-Nineties Gen-X genre.

"...D: Noah Baumbach; with Parker Posey, Eric Stoltz, Josh Hamilton, Olivia..."

June 21, 2002 Screens Review by Henri Mazza

Stream Analysis

Dispatches from the couch

"...Painstakingly observant yet casually humorous, Noah Baumbach's The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) introduces us..."

Oct. 20, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Barbie

The doll that changed the world faces the world she changed in this fizzy meta-comedy

"...The script, by Gerwig and partner Noah Baumbach, establishes the parameters of this bubblegum-pink world in..."

July 21, 2023 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Marjorie Baumgarten’s Top 10 Films of 2019

"...Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story), Pedro Almodóvar (Pain and Glory), Quentin..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Steve Davis’ Top 10 Films of 2019

"...one minute, devastating the next. Love ultimately rules in Noah Baumbach's scenes from a divorce. 4) Once Upon a..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

Maggie's Plan

Greta Gerwig delights in this NYC-set screwball romantic comedy

"...career from mid-Aughts mumblecore to more recent collaborations with Noah Baumbach), she stretches her limbs here to play, after..."

June 10, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

The third installment of this animated series gets the job done as the animals take protective cover in a traveling circus.

"...on originality (despite having The Squid and the Whale’s Noah Baumbach on board as a co-screenwriter, as he was..."

June 8, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Screens Top 10s

"...and Simon Blackwell), Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach) WORST FILM..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Screens Top 10s

"...and Dave Eggers), Fantastic Mr. Fox (Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach) WORST FILM..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Wes Anderson's delightful animated film has room for both existentialist dread and a grinning joie de vivre.

"...Anderson’s early pictures, has now become ubiquitous); and co-writer Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale). Is there any..."

Nov. 27, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

At Home in the World of One's Woes, And It's a Wide, Wide World

The nitty-gritty of what speaks to us and why

"...I think the lumping together of Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach, and David Gordon Green is a cheap shorthand...."

Oct. 17, 2008 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Film Flam: Local Screens News

Mr. Kaplan closes Cine Las Americas, Ernie Cline scores big, and more

"...running a very timely series next week: Growing Up Baumbach: A Tribute to Noah Baumbach, whose While We’re Young..."

March 27, 2015 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

From the Vaults: Cover Girl Greta Gerwig

Greta Gerwig starred in three films at the 2008 SXSW Film Festival

"...Well before her breakout performances in Noah Baumbach's Frances Ha, which she co-wrote with the director,..."

May 31, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Defy You, Ira Glass

"...of when I watch movies by Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach (The Squid & the Whale) and David Gordon..."

Oct. 16, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...KICKING AND SCREAMINGD: Noah Baumbach; with Josh Hamilton, Eric Stoltz, Elliott Gould, Chris..."

Nov. 17, 1995 News Feature

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