Noah Baumbach

Essay

Divorce Baumbach Style

Essay [wpbb post:title] By Monica Castillo The director of The Squid and the Whale continued his exploration of families dividing with Marriage Story. This piece was written shortly after the film’s release, when audiences were passionately debating which side to root for. Baumbach directing The divorce at the heart of Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story is not an open-and-shut case. There…

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Essay

On Baumbach: I Don’t Think You’ll Ever Be A Kid Again, Kiddo

Though his characters remain developmentally immobile, Noah Baumbach’s observations have become sharper. His eye is less jaundiced, his touch is a little more tender, and his ability to pinpoint his characters’ personal, emotional, psychological, and social shackles is both more precise and more generous

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