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The indie filmmaker's newest, Frances Ha, is an uncharacteristically upbeat look at a young artist struggling to survive in contemporary New York City. He chats with Rico about the new New York, fending off superheros, and Spaghetti-or-Meatballs.

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The director of The Squid and the Whale, Frances Ha, Greenberg, and more discusses his latest film, which places Dustin Hoffman as the patriarch of a family in progress.

The director’s breakthrough film was about his parents’ divorce, and his latest movie seems to be about his own. But what he thinks they are really about is hope

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Joe Swanberg & Greta Gerwig, Mumblecore coupling. Greta Gerwig, in ‘Greenberg’, moves beyond mumblecore: Q. Do you give much thought to Hollywood, to what it might be like stepping into that whirlwind? Greta Gerwiwg Yeah, I do. I honestly think I wouldn’t be doing this if it weren’t in some way seductive. There’s this collective cultural fantasy of what Hollywood means and I think it’s a real thing but I try not to give it power. I loved putting on a dress at the Berlin Film Festival and…