Lauren Lapkus and Carrie Coon star in the first trailer for the parenting-focused comedy feature Another Happy Day.
Gravitas Ventures releases writer-director Nora Fiffer’s film via all major digital platforms on Oct. 1. Marilyn Dodds Frank, Jean Elie, Hanna Dworkin, Alex Weisman and Tim Kazurinsky round out the cast for the movie centering on artist and new mom Joanna (Lapkus), who is struggling to adjust to her changing life when she launches an unlikely friendship with her estranged aunt Miriam (Dodds Frank).
“I’m not, like, a mom,” Lapkus explains in the trailer. “I just … I have a baby, you know?” At a later point, she admits, “You have no idea how badly I need family right now.”
Fiffer — who wrote and directed Another Happy Day — and Quinn Nicholson served as producers alongside lead producer Jessie Holder Tourtellotte.
Fiffer said in a statement that this is “the film I wish...
Gravitas Ventures releases writer-director Nora Fiffer’s film via all major digital platforms on Oct. 1. Marilyn Dodds Frank, Jean Elie, Hanna Dworkin, Alex Weisman and Tim Kazurinsky round out the cast for the movie centering on artist and new mom Joanna (Lapkus), who is struggling to adjust to her changing life when she launches an unlikely friendship with her estranged aunt Miriam (Dodds Frank).
“I’m not, like, a mom,” Lapkus explains in the trailer. “I just … I have a baby, you know?” At a later point, she admits, “You have no idea how badly I need family right now.”
Fiffer — who wrote and directed Another Happy Day — and Quinn Nicholson served as producers alongside lead producer Jessie Holder Tourtellotte.
Fiffer said in a statement that this is “the film I wish...
- 8/30/2024
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Independent film distributor Gravitas Ventures has acquired the U.S. and Canadian rights to “Another Happy Day,” written and directed by Nora Fiffer. The comedy, starring Lauren Lapkus, Marilyn Dodds Frank, Jean Elie and Carrie Coon is set to release on digital and cable video on demand Oct. 1.
Per the film’s logline: “Desperate for some company, delirious new mother Joanna tumbles into an unlikely friendship with her estranged Aunt Miriam, a reclusive actress. Miriam seems the perfect companion for Joanna: she’s artsy, honest, eccentric, and she hates babies. But all goes haywire when Joanna attempts to mother her aunt instead of her baby. ‘Another Happy Day’ is an absurd, tense comedy exploring postpartum depression, intergenerational friendship, and what it means to be family.”
Mike Castle, Francis Guinan, Hanna Dworkin, Alex Weisman, Bryan Coffee, Adam Poss, Nora Fiffer, Jessie Holder Tourtellotte and Tim Kazurinsky round out the cast.
According to Gravitas Ventures,...
Per the film’s logline: “Desperate for some company, delirious new mother Joanna tumbles into an unlikely friendship with her estranged Aunt Miriam, a reclusive actress. Miriam seems the perfect companion for Joanna: she’s artsy, honest, eccentric, and she hates babies. But all goes haywire when Joanna attempts to mother her aunt instead of her baby. ‘Another Happy Day’ is an absurd, tense comedy exploring postpartum depression, intergenerational friendship, and what it means to be family.”
Mike Castle, Francis Guinan, Hanna Dworkin, Alex Weisman, Bryan Coffee, Adam Poss, Nora Fiffer, Jessie Holder Tourtellotte and Tim Kazurinsky round out the cast.
According to Gravitas Ventures,...
- 8/16/2024
- by Selena Kuznikov
- Variety Film + TV
Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson imbue the paradoxes of performing arts so deeply into their film Ghostlight that it even extends to the title. In a poetic sense, the light stand that illuminates an unpopulated theater isn’t for human eyes. It’s to appease or rebuff spirits, depending on who’s asked. But in a practical sense, the ghost light exists to help the living—mostly to avoid a fate like falling into the orchestra pit and joining the dead.
Life subsumes legend for O’Sullivan and Thompson in a worthy follow-up to their previous collaboration on the small-scale humanist triumph, 2020’s Saint Frances. Their ambition broadens significantly in Ghostlight, though their firm footing in sincerity and simplicity isn’t diminished in the slightest. The creative and life partners deliver a moving apologia for the value of theater by exploring its central contradiction: a performance is an act of honesty,...
Life subsumes legend for O’Sullivan and Thompson in a worthy follow-up to their previous collaboration on the small-scale humanist triumph, 2020’s Saint Frances. Their ambition broadens significantly in Ghostlight, though their firm footing in sincerity and simplicity isn’t diminished in the slightest. The creative and life partners deliver a moving apologia for the value of theater by exploring its central contradiction: a performance is an act of honesty,...
- 6/12/2024
- by Marshall Shaffer
- Slant Magazine
Not many filmmakers can boast a 99 Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes for their small-scale debut, as Alex Thompson earned with 2019’s “Saint Frances.” Fewer still follow up with an even stronger second act.
Thompson co-wrote “Rounding” with his physician brother Christopher, and their psychological freakout is possessed of an almost visionary intensity. He’s described this film as inspired by the B-movie thrillers he watched on TV as a kid, but that significantly undersells its lingering power.
Indeed, the B-movie moments — ominous threats, manifested demons — are the weaker spots in an otherwise taut and terrifying emotional nightmare.
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Thompson co-wrote “Rounding” with his physician brother Christopher, and their psychological freakout is possessed of an almost visionary intensity. He’s described this film as inspired by the B-movie thrillers he watched on TV as a kid, but that significantly undersells its lingering power.
Indeed, the B-movie moments — ominous threats, manifested demons — are the weaker spots in an otherwise taut and terrifying emotional nightmare.
Also Read:
‘Saint Frances’ Film Review: Unhappy Millennial Matures While Caring for Kindergartner in Festival Fave
Namir Smallwood (“American Rust”) is exceptional as James, an ambitious medical resident who falls off the fast track when one of his patients dies. Though his sympathetic mentor urges him to push on, a shell-shocked James insists...
- 6/9/2022
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
Shining Girls is leading towards its finale episode this Friday, June 3, and Kirby (Elisabeth Moss) is seeking answers in an exclusive first look at the installment titled, “30.” Following the penultimate entry’s devastating encounter between Harper (Jamie Bell) and Dan (Wagner Moura), it appears that the latter wasn’t able to survive the stab wounds inflicted upon him by the man who travels through time. While visiting the morgue in the clip, above, Kirby speaks to Iris (Hanna Dworkin) about Dan and needing to see his body. “Hi there, how can I help you?” Iris asks when she finds Kirby standing in her office. “Who sent you over?” she further questions. (Credit: Apple TV+) “I came about Dan, I worked with him at the Sun Times,” Kirby explains as Iris acknowledges the man’s accomplishments. As Iris seeks out more information regarding Kirby’s interest in visiting, she asks why Kirby stopped by.
- 6/2/2022
- TV Insider
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