Nate And Margaret
Stars: Tyler Ross, Natalie West, Conor McCahill, Gaby Hoffmann, Charles Solomon Jr., Cliff Chamberlain, Danny Rhodes, Allison Latta | Written by Nathan Adloff, Justin D.M. Palmer | Directed by Nathan Adloff
I assumed upon hearing its title, that Nate and Margaret would be a quirky indie rom-com in which a young couple get together, break up and then get together again, having learnt some valuable life lessons along the way and exchanged some winning one liners, possibly co-starring a comedy dog. I was right on some counts but off the mark on others. Most unfortunately, there’s no comedy dog. Pleasingly though, Nate and Margaret managed to be far less predictable than that and was in fact an enjoyably offbeat tale of friendship.
Nate (Tyler Ross) is a nineteen year old film student who is gay. His unlikely best friend is Margaret (Natalie West), a fifty-two year old spinster...
Stars: Tyler Ross, Natalie West, Conor McCahill, Gaby Hoffmann, Charles Solomon Jr., Cliff Chamberlain, Danny Rhodes, Allison Latta | Written by Nathan Adloff, Justin D.M. Palmer | Directed by Nathan Adloff
I assumed upon hearing its title, that Nate and Margaret would be a quirky indie rom-com in which a young couple get together, break up and then get together again, having learnt some valuable life lessons along the way and exchanged some winning one liners, possibly co-starring a comedy dog. I was right on some counts but off the mark on others. Most unfortunately, there’s no comedy dog. Pleasingly though, Nate and Margaret managed to be far less predictable than that and was in fact an enjoyably offbeat tale of friendship.
Nate (Tyler Ross) is a nineteen year old film student who is gay. His unlikely best friend is Margaret (Natalie West), a fifty-two year old spinster...
- 1/4/2013
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
Director: Frank V. Ross Starring: Frank V. Ross, Tamara Fana, Anthony J. Baker, Sasha Gioppo, Allison Latta, Lonnie Phillips, Joe Swanberg, Kris Swanberg Christy (Tamara Fana) lives with Buddy (Frank V. Ross) in the basement of her parents' house. As with most couples who reside in a family member's basement, they have no other option. They juggle their respective work schedules with the care of their baby, using Christy's parents as babysitters whenever necessary. Having an unplanned baby much too early in their relationship has trapped this young couple in a very unhappy place. When they are together, their verbal attacks reek of the venomous disdain that they share for each other. By the time we enter their story, Buddy's resentment of his parental obligations have festered into a cancer-like state. He would much rather hang out with his friends -- or date other women -- than be anywhere near Christy.
- 7/9/2012
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Director: Nathan Adloff Writers: Nathan Adloff, Justin D.M. Palmer Starring: Natalie West, Tyler Ross, Conor McCahill, Gaby Hoffmann, Charles Solomon Jr., Cliff Chamberlain, Danny Rhodes, Allison Latta, Sadieh Rifai, Shawn Ryan, John Ainsworth Margaret (Natalie West) is a 52-year-old amateur stand-up comedian. Her best friend is Nate (Tyler Ross), a 19-year-old film student. Because of their age difference, one might ask why Nate would choose Margaret as the person he hangs out with the most? Writer-director Nathan Adloff's answer to that question is simply that it does not matter. Of course Adloff is well aware that our society is confounded by spring-winter friendships -- which is sort of the whole point of Nate & Margaret, to show that age does not matter as much as people think. And, really, why does society stipulate that friends must be of the same generation?...
- 5/30/2012
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
SXSW announced its film lineup today, which is full of all kinds of features and documentaries. The big splashy Hollywood news is that the movie 21 Jump Street, starring Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill, will premiere at the fest as its Centerpiece Film. In addition, the closing-night film will be the music documentary Big Easy Express from Emmett Malloy.
One marquee movie with a Texas connection is the Dallas-set Killer Joe, reuniting Bug filmmaker William Friedkin and playwright Tracy Letts, and starring Matthew McConaughey (and that's not the only film he's in that will play SXSW). Other notable movies playing the fest include Bobcat Goldthwait's God Bless America, the Will Ferrell-starring Casa de mi Padre and Guy Maddin's Keyhole ... among many many others announced.
SXSW Film has no Lone Star States category this year, but the overall lineup of narrative and documentary features includes many local and state connections.
One marquee movie with a Texas connection is the Dallas-set Killer Joe, reuniting Bug filmmaker William Friedkin and playwright Tracy Letts, and starring Matthew McConaughey (and that's not the only film he's in that will play SXSW). Other notable movies playing the fest include Bobcat Goldthwait's God Bless America, the Will Ferrell-starring Casa de mi Padre and Guy Maddin's Keyhole ... among many many others announced.
SXSW Film has no Lone Star States category this year, but the overall lineup of narrative and documentary features includes many local and state connections.
- 2/1/2012
- by Jette Kernion
- Slackerwood
Director: Bob Byington Writer(s): Bob Byington Starring: Justin Rice, Kevin Corrigan, Pat Healy, Kristen Tucker, Alex Karpovsky, Allison Latta, Nick Offerman Harmony (Justin Rice) is not recovering very well from being dumped by Jessica (Kristen Tucker). We find him misanthropically moping through life, hating his job and constantly arguing with his family. Even piano lessons (with an unnamed character played by Jeremy Pollet) can’t clear the foggy haze from around Harmony. This is probably because Harmony is surrounded by depressed and/or mean-spirited personalities, from his friends Mike (Alex Karpovsky) and Carlos (Kevin Corrigan) to his brothers Jim (Bob Byington) and Wes (Keith Poulson). As you can imagine from the premise, there isn’t much happiness to be found within Harmony and Me; in fact, I cannot remember one pleasant or uplifting character in Harmony and Me. Harmony and Me features occasional glimpses of brilliant dialogue, but...
- 11/16/2009
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
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