Film
Landline
New Release
Jul 28Aug 17, 2017
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RUN TIME: 96min
GENERAL ADMISSION: $15
MEMBERS: $7.50 (free for Level 4 and above)
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Q&A with director Gillian Robespierre after the 7:00pm screening on 7/29
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Directed by Gillian Robespierre | 2017
With Jenny Slate, John Turturro, Edie Falco, Abby Quinn, Jay Duplass, Finn Wittrock
“[The] most elusive of indie dramedies: An honestly told story about the messiness of human relationships.”
—Indiewire
On the heels of their breakout hit Obvious Child, whirlwind talent Jenny Slate and writer-director Gillian Robespierre once again tackle a thorny subject with contagious irreverence. Landline tracks the splinters that form within a Manhattan family when sisters Dana (Slate) and Ali (Quinn) discover that their father (Turturro) is cheating on their mother (Falco), as they themselves give in to their own taboo temptations. Set amid the retro-wonderland of the 1990s with period-perfect detail—from stone-age Macintosh desktops to stonewashed jeans—this brash comedy is counterbalanced with deeply felt observations on family, relationships, and commitment
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