Greenberg

Noah Baumbach makes nature documentaries disguised as indie comedy-dramas. In “The Squid and the Whale’’ (2005) and “Margot at the Wedding’’ (2008), the writer-director coolly observed a very particular species of human animal: Narcissisus Horribilis , the man or woman who thinks it’s All About Them and takes it out on everyone else. “Squid’’ kept the monomaniac dad played by ... (Full article: 730 words)

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