Paul Dano's year

Paul Dano is crafting a very careful and solid body of work for himself. He's been in one big sleeper hit (Little Miss Sunshine) and one modern Masterpiece (There Will Be Blood), this year he goes off in two new, wildly different directions in two interesting indies written and (at least partially) directed by women.

Ruby Sparks (hurray for writer, star & Dano's girlfriend, Zoe Kazan):

So Yong Kim's For Ellen: