Shithouse
By Andrew Plimpton October 16, 2020
One of the better and more convincing love stories to recently emerge that also succeeds where the majority of college-set films fail.
One of the better and more convincing love stories to recently emerge that also succeeds where the majority of college-set films fail.
Though disaster films might feel a little too real right now, this one is on the opposite end of the spectrum from Contagion.
Gillian Jacobs stars as a writer who finds herself spiraling downwards in the vein of a gentle, life-affirming screwball comedy.
Natalia Dyer captures the mannerisms, physicality, and inner life of a teenager so precisely and with such individuality that there is nothing paint-by-numbers about her performance.
The flavor is Woody Allen, if he isn’t trying particularly hard.
A dark screwball comedy set in backwoods Alabama.
The entire film hinges on Marc Maron, and he makes it worth seeing.