Tag: Enough Said
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‘Stardom is not a worthy pursuit’: Julia Louis-Dreyfus on sexism, ageing and fighting fascism
The star of Seinfeld, Veep and new film You Hurt My Feelings has barely put a foot wrong in her 40-year career. She discusses juggling parenting and working, dark days on SNL – and celebrating older womenJulia Louis-Dreyfus and Nicole Holofcener trusted each other immediately. In the early 2010s, they met to discuss whether Louis-Dreyfus…
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You Hurt My Feelings review – middling middlebrow marital comedy
Louis-Dreyfus and Tobias Menzies lead grownup story whose bittersweet punchlines stress the bitter componentA hot button issue in recent cinema criticism – well, warm button anyway – is the eradication of intelligent mid-budget dramas in the Hollywood system. Making decently acted, well-written, approachable, middle to upper-middlebrow movies with three or four grownup leads for theatrical…
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‘You Hurt My Feelings’ Trailer: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Has a Breakdown Over a White Lie
Julia Louis-Dreyfus doesn’t have time for fake compliments in her latest comedy.The “Veep” Emmy winner collaborates again with “Enough Said” filmmaker Nicole Holofcener, with new film “You Hurt My Feelings” marking Holofcener’s first original feature in a decade.“You Hurt My Feelings” centers on a novelist (Louis-Dreyfus) whose long standing marriage is suddenly upended when she…
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‘You Hurt My Feelings’ Review: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Stars in Hilarious Comedy
Nicole Holofcener’s screenplays are often about a matter of perspective, whether through the lens of a romantic comedy with Enough Said, the justification of fraud with Can You Ever Forgive Me?, or how a different point-of-view alters a narrative with The Last Duel. With the writer-director’s latest film, You Hurt My Feelings, she continues to…
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‘You Hurt My Feelings’ Review: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Shines in a Nicole Holofcener Comedy That Slyly Tweaks the Culture of Positivity
When the writer-director Nicole Holofcener is on her game, in movies like “Lovely and Amazing” and “Enough Said,” the snap and sparkle of her dialogue is like neurotic champagne. It gives you a lift; the conflicts percolate around in it like bubbles. That snarky effervescence is a Holofcener signature, and so is her commitment to…
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Enough Said Shows the Sobering Side of Middle Age
Reaching middle age in one’s life can be frightening. It is also something that Hollywood prefers to overly dramatize. In many instances, a midlife crisis consists of extreme mundanity and internal contemplation about life as a whole, which is something not always compatible with traditional movie entertainment. In the Nicole Holofcener film Enough Said, the…
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A24 Picks Up Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nicole Holofcener’s ‘Beth & Don’
A24 acquired U.S. rights to Nicole Holofcener’s new comedy “Beth & Don,” starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, at AFM.Written and directed by Holofcener, the film is set to begin shooting in early 2022.Last week, Variety exclusively revealed that Louis-Dreyfus and Holofcener would reunite for the movie after their 2013 hit “Enough Said.”UTA Independent Film Group negotiated the…
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Inside Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ Five-Year Climb to Existential Sundance Drama ‘Downhill’
An avalanche isn’t the most desirable image to show packed movie houses at the base of a mountain in Utah, but it’s used to great effect in “Downhill,” an American riff on the Ruben Ostlund film “Force Majeure,” set to light up the Sundance film festival this week.Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell team for the…
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‘The Land of Steady Habits’ Director Nicole Holofcener Talks Making the Move to Netflix
Director Nicole Holofcener has been working steadily in the TV field for the last few years. She directed episodes of Orange Is the New Black, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and more, but now, five years after the release of her last feature film Enough Said, she’s back with a new movie – The Land of Steady…
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5 Films That Exemplify Nicole Holofcener’s Radical, Character-Driven Brand of Filmmaking
Prickly, disgruntled, bitingly witty — these aren’t traits you typically find in female film characters, who are most often written to be sympathetic and inviting. Yet this is exactly the type of character that Nicole Holofcener, the writer-director behind favorites like “Friends with Money” and “Enough Said,” has devoted her career to creating. Generally off-putting…