After her brilliant, understated breakthrough in Noah Baumbach's Ben Stiller seriaas vehicle Greenberg, Greta Gerwig kept herself busy upstaging her headlining cast members in flop-ish commercial outings (No Strings Attached, Arthur)before signing off a fairly thankless Woody Allen role in To Rome with Love.
She's back on top form, though, in Whitt Stillman's stylised deadpan comedy Damsels in Distress and re-teaming with sort-of maybe probably boyfriend Baumbach to deliver a sly, reportedly career-best (for what that's worth) performance in Frances Ha, which she also co-wrote.
Stiller & Franco apparently attached to Baumbach's next WHILE WE'RE YOUNG. offers out to Gerwig and Blanchetthttp://ow.ly/3iAS5@Vulture
Great news. Noah Baumbach has fallen out of favour since his adored debut, The Squid and the Whale, but to me his films are always an event.
Ben Stiller & James Franco are an intriguing combo for the, presumably, maturity-stunted leads & anything with Cate Blanchett is worth seeing (her only previous collaboration with Baumbach is one of her most underratedly hilarious performances, in Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zisssou, which Baumbach co-wrote).
Greta Gerwig was great in Baumbach's most recent Greenberg (below).
