Fantasy Life FANTASY LIFE (2025) Starring Amanda Peet, Matthew Shear, Alessandro Nivola, Judd Hirsch, Bob Balaban, Andrea Martin, Zosia Mamet, Jessica Harper, Holland Taylor, Sheng Wang, Sophie von Haselberg, Romy Fay, Callie Santoro, Riley Binson, Alana Raquel Bowers, Julie Claire Kessler, Roberta Colindrez, Robert Emmet Lunney, Max Ryan Burach, Marcia DeBonis and Isabella Werber. Screenplay by Matthew Shear. Directed by Matthew Shear. Distributed by Greenwich Entertainment.

BETWEEN THE TEMPLES (2024) Starring Jason Schwartzman, Carol Kane, Caroline Aaron, Robert Smigel, Madeline Weinstein, Matthew Shear, Dolly de Leon, Lindsay Burdge, Jason Grisell, Cindy Silver, John Magary, Annie Hamilton,   Julia Walsh, Brittany Walsh, Diane Lanyi, Keith Poulson, Jason Grisell, Jaden Waldman, Simona Sickler, Pauline Chalamet, Stephen Lack and Jacob Morrell. Screenplay by Nathan Silver & C. Mason Wells. Directed by Nathan Silver. Distributed by Sony Pictures C

Marriage Story MARRIAGE STORY (2019) Starring Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver, Laura Dern, Alan Alda, Ray Liotta, Azhy Robertson, Julie Hagerty, Merritt Wever, Mark O’Brien, Matthew Shear, Brooke Bloom, Kyle Bornheimer, Mickey Sumner, Martha Kelly, Matthew Maher, Annie Hamilton, Ayden Mayeri, Mary Hollis Inboden, Roslyn Ruff, Albert Jones and Wallace Shawn. Screenplay by Noah Baumbach. Directed by Noah Baumbach. Distributed by Netflix. 136 minutes. Rated R. There are few thin

Mistress America MISTRESS AMERICA (2015) Starring Lola Kirke, Greta Gerwig, Heather Lind, Cindy Cheung, Jasmine Cephas, Matthew Shear, Kathryn Erbe, Michael Chernus, Dean Wareham, Shelby Rebecca Wong and Adrea Teasdale. Screenplay by Noah Baumbach & Greta Gerwig. Directed by Noah Baumbach. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures.  84 minutes.  Rated R. Director Noah Baumbach is having a busy New York year.  This is the second Manhattan-based film featuring the co-stars of his

While We’re Young WHILE WE’RE YOUNG (2015) Starring Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver, Amanda Seyfried, Charles Grodin, Brady Corbet, Adam Horowitz, Maria Dizzia, Matthew Maher, Dree Hemingway, Matthew Shear, Greta Lee, Bonnie Kaufman, Peter Bogdanovich and Peter Yarrow. Screenplay by Noah Baumbach. Directed by Noah Baumbach. Distributed by A24.  94 minutes.  Rated R. Is it merely a coincidence that Ben Stiller has made two good movies in the 2010s – and both of them were

TAKING WOODSTOCK (2009) Starring Demetri Martin, Imelda Staunton, Henry Goodman, Jonathan Groff, Emile Hirsch, Liev Schreiber, Eugene Levy, Dan Fogler, Mamie Gummer, Paul Dano, Kelli Garner, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Skylar Astin, Kevin Chamberlin, Daniel Eric Gold, Edward Hibbert, Richard Thomas, Matthew Shear and Paulo Costanzo. Screenplay by James Schamus. Directed by Ang Lee. Distributed by Focus Features. 120 minutes. Rated R. It takes a good amount of self-confidence to make