Armond White finally saw Noah Baumbach’s Greenberg and has included his thoughts in a wider rant about Village Voice critic J. Hoberman.
To quickly recap for those of you who don’t pay attention to critical squabbles:  The internet worked itself into a tizzy a week and a half ago when an anonymous email made the rounds [...]

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Noah Baumbach’s GREENBERG starring Ben Stiller and Greta Gerwig is an amusing look at an aging misanthrope. It’s a leap forward for Baumbach, a career high for Stiller and proof that Gerwig is ready for the big time.

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If you know me, you’ll understand intuitively why a movie about a bitter, 40-something, uncomfortable in his own skin misanthrope in Los Angeles who doesn’t really know what he wants to do with himself would be appealing. Having said that, the original trailer for Noah Baumbach’s Greenberg starring Ben Stiller left me pretty cold. Maybe [...]

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Apple has the trailer for Greenberg, the latest from Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale, Margot at the Wedding). Ben Stiller plays a man approaching middle age who is in between jobs and has no clear idea of what he wants to do next. Greta Gerwig, Rhys Ifans, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Chris Messina [...]

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