Many first-time directors would be first in line at the multiplex to buy a ticket to watch their movie on the big screen, but “As They Made Us” filmmaker Mayim Bialik is just wrapping a long day of shooting on her Fox sitcom “Call Me Kat.”
“I’ve been working since seven in the morning, rehearsing and rewriting,” Bialik says with a laugh as she hops on the phone with Variety on Friday afternoon. “Obviously, everybody’s been congratulating me, and [her “Call Me Kat” co-star] Julian Gant is also in the movie, so we’re both very excited. But it was just like a normal day.”
In fact, the actor, producer, writer and now director was on the way home to her sons and preparing for Shabbat with her mother Beverly. Plus, she notes, “There’s a certain level of terrified that I would be to watch it in a theater.
“I’ve been working since seven in the morning, rehearsing and rewriting,” Bialik says with a laugh as she hops on the phone with Variety on Friday afternoon. “Obviously, everybody’s been congratulating me, and [her “Call Me Kat” co-star] Julian Gant is also in the movie, so we’re both very excited. But it was just like a normal day.”
In fact, the actor, producer, writer and now director was on the way home to her sons and preparing for Shabbat with her mother Beverly. Plus, she notes, “There’s a certain level of terrified that I would be to watch it in a theater.
- 4/11/2022
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Pretty much every family has a reliably dutiful mitigator: They are the sacrificing person to whom siblings vent when familial affairs turn sour and parents call for on-demand assistance. Among the Frays — the family at the heart of Mayim Bialik’s soberly affecting if not a touch monotonous domestic drama “As They Made Us” — the honors belong to the selfless Abigail, portrayed by an elegantly low-key Dianna Agron.
Indeed, the frantic single mother of two hyper boys and columnist for The Modern Jew drops everything and runs to help out whenever there is yet another friction at her folks’ house. She is a certified saint and Bialik’s respectable directorial debut — loosely inspired by the former “Big Bang Theory” actress and current “Jeopardy” host’s own familial past — quickly builds a strong case for her virtuousness. We learn that even as a child stuck with a perennially quarreling mom and dad,...
Indeed, the frantic single mother of two hyper boys and columnist for The Modern Jew drops everything and runs to help out whenever there is yet another friction at her folks’ house. She is a certified saint and Bialik’s respectable directorial debut — loosely inspired by the former “Big Bang Theory” actress and current “Jeopardy” host’s own familial past — quickly builds a strong case for her virtuousness. We learn that even as a child stuck with a perennially quarreling mom and dad,...
- 4/7/2022
- by Tomris Laffly
- Variety Film + TV
Long Nights Short Mornings, written and directed by Chadd Harbold, follows in the footsteps of the “playboy in crisis” sub-genre, populated by the likes of Alfie, Shampoo, Arthur, and Roger Dodger. ‘I do so many stupid things. I don’t know why,’ says James (Shiloh Fernandez), attempting to rekindle one of a number of lovers he’ll encounter throughout the film’s 95 minutes.
Each conquest is designated by each woman’s name. Monica (Paten Hughes) is a one-night stand thwarted by some lost keys; Sarah (Layla Khoshnoudi) is a good friend who becomes something more, for a few minutes anyway; Lily (Stella Maeve) is a steady hook-up about to slip away. The list, much like the nights, go on and on.
James wanders through New York City as though in an endless loop, constantly on his way back to a home he will never get to. The city is captured...
Each conquest is designated by each woman’s name. Monica (Paten Hughes) is a one-night stand thwarted by some lost keys; Sarah (Layla Khoshnoudi) is a good friend who becomes something more, for a few minutes anyway; Lily (Stella Maeve) is a steady hook-up about to slip away. The list, much like the nights, go on and on.
James wanders through New York City as though in an endless loop, constantly on his way back to a home he will never get to. The city is captured...
- 10/19/2016
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
In Mistress America, Tracy (Lola Kirke) is a lonely college freshman in New York, having neither the exciting university experience nor the glamorous metropolitan lifestyle she envisioned. But when she is taken in by her soon-to-be stepsister, Brooke (Greta Gerwig) – a resident of Times Square and adventurous gal about town – she is rescued from her disappointment and seduced by Brooke’s alluringly mad schemes.
Mistress America is directed by Noah Baumbach from a script written by Baumbach and Greta Gerwig.
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Mistress America is directed by Noah Baumbach from a script written by Baumbach and Greta Gerwig.
Opening in St. Louis on August 28, Wamg has your passes to catch the film early.
Wamg invites you to enter for a chance to win a pass (Good for 2) to the advance screening of Mistress America on Monday, August 24th at 7Pm in the St. Louis area.
We will contact the winners by email.
Answer the following:
Which of Noah Baumbach’s previous films received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay?...
- 8/14/2015
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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