Night Court fans, we’ve got a fresh off the press preview for the new Season 2 Episode 9 episode titled Taught and Bothered!
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Night Court Taught and Bothered Season 2 Episode 9 Preview
Get ready for a hilarious and heartwarming episode of “Night Court” titled “Taught and Bothered,” airing on NBC at 8:00 Pm on February 20, 2024!
In this uproarious installment, Abby finds herself in an unexpected predicament when she realizes she has developed a crush on the Hr representative who visits the Night Court crew to conduct a workshop on workplace respect. As she navigates the complexities of her newfound feelings while trying to maintain professionalism, Abby’s antics promise plenty of laughs and relatable moments.
Meanwhile, Wyatt finds himself in a sticky situation...
Find out everything you need to know about the Taught and Bothered episode of Night Court, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!
Night Court Taught and Bothered Season 2 Episode 9 Preview
Get ready for a hilarious and heartwarming episode of “Night Court” titled “Taught and Bothered,” airing on NBC at 8:00 Pm on February 20, 2024!
In this uproarious installment, Abby finds herself in an unexpected predicament when she realizes she has developed a crush on the Hr representative who visits the Night Court crew to conduct a workshop on workplace respect. As she navigates the complexities of her newfound feelings while trying to maintain professionalism, Abby’s antics promise plenty of laughs and relatable moments.
Meanwhile, Wyatt finds himself in a sticky situation...
- 2/13/2024
- by News
- TV Regular
Blue Finch Barbarians Sales
UK sales and distribution outfit Blue Finch Films has struck some key territory deals on Barbarians, the directing debut of British filmmaker Charles Dorfman, who also penned the script. The film has sold to the Middle East (Front Row), Scandinavia (NonStop Entertainment) and will join the Sky Original film line-up on Sky Cinema in the UK and Ireland on April 3. The pic previously sold to the U.S. with IFC Midnight, which will release the film in theaters and on demand on April 1. Barbarians stars Iwan Rheon (Game Of Thrones), Tom Cullen (Downton Abbey), Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full Of Grace), Connor Swindells (Sex Education) and Inès Spiridonov (Section Zero). It follows two couples celebrating a birthday at an intimate dinner party. As the night progresses, secrets begin to unravel, and an unexpected knock at the door sends the evening of celebration into a dark night of terror.
UK sales and distribution outfit Blue Finch Films has struck some key territory deals on Barbarians, the directing debut of British filmmaker Charles Dorfman, who also penned the script. The film has sold to the Middle East (Front Row), Scandinavia (NonStop Entertainment) and will join the Sky Original film line-up on Sky Cinema in the UK and Ireland on April 3. The pic previously sold to the U.S. with IFC Midnight, which will release the film in theaters and on demand on April 1. Barbarians stars Iwan Rheon (Game Of Thrones), Tom Cullen (Downton Abbey), Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full Of Grace), Connor Swindells (Sex Education) and Inès Spiridonov (Section Zero). It follows two couples celebrating a birthday at an intimate dinner party. As the night progresses, secrets begin to unravel, and an unexpected knock at the door sends the evening of celebration into a dark night of terror.
- 3/31/2022
- by Tom Grater and Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Spoiler Alert: This piece contains spoilers for the series finale of “Search Party.”
“Search Party” began with a simple premise: When a former college classmate goes missing, Dory Sief (Alia Shawkat) and her cohort of Brooklyn twenty-somethings embark on a mission to find her. Five seasons later, Dory — now a spiritual guru and cult leader — hides in an underground bunker as zombies ravage the streets of New York City.
While “Search Party” has never shied away from bold ideas — the HBO Max show killed off its protagonist-turned-antihero at the end of last season, only for Dory to reawaken 37 seconds later — Season 5 sunk its teeth into completely new territory: Dory escapes a psychiatric facility and teams up with billionaire tech mogul Tunnel Quinn (Jeff Goldblum) to produce “enlightenment pills,” which quickly turn the population into flesh-eating monsters. However, despite drastic genre shifts across seasons, at its core, the show remains the...
“Search Party” began with a simple premise: When a former college classmate goes missing, Dory Sief (Alia Shawkat) and her cohort of Brooklyn twenty-somethings embark on a mission to find her. Five seasons later, Dory — now a spiritual guru and cult leader — hides in an underground bunker as zombies ravage the streets of New York City.
While “Search Party” has never shied away from bold ideas — the HBO Max show killed off its protagonist-turned-antihero at the end of last season, only for Dory to reawaken 37 seconds later — Season 5 sunk its teeth into completely new territory: Dory escapes a psychiatric facility and teams up with billionaire tech mogul Tunnel Quinn (Jeff Goldblum) to produce “enlightenment pills,” which quickly turn the population into flesh-eating monsters. However, despite drastic genre shifts across seasons, at its core, the show remains the...
- 1/19/2022
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Spoiler Alert: This post contains details about the final series of Search Party, including the finale “Revelation.”
Enlightenment isn’t glorious, but gory and gross look in the series finale of HBO Max’s Search Party.
In the final hours of the dark comedy, created by Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers, Dory (Alia Shawkat) brings about the end of the world, after her quest to spread joy and love in the form of a pill backfires.
In true Search Party fashion, Dory’s intentions to do right by others, and selfishly herself, once again evolve into a much more complicated and fatal scenario that puts everyone around her at risk.
“I hate to say it babe, but you did it again,” Dory’s ever-faithful friend, and brief lover, Portia (Meredith Hagner) says. “Except it’s way worse this time.”
After escaping a fun house riddled with Dory’s disciples-turned-zombies, Portia...
Enlightenment isn’t glorious, but gory and gross look in the series finale of HBO Max’s Search Party.
In the final hours of the dark comedy, created by Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers, Dory (Alia Shawkat) brings about the end of the world, after her quest to spread joy and love in the form of a pill backfires.
In true Search Party fashion, Dory’s intentions to do right by others, and selfishly herself, once again evolve into a much more complicated and fatal scenario that puts everyone around her at risk.
“I hate to say it babe, but you did it again,” Dory’s ever-faithful friend, and brief lover, Portia (Meredith Hagner) says. “Except it’s way worse this time.”
After escaping a fun house riddled with Dory’s disciples-turned-zombies, Portia...
- 1/8/2022
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
The dark comedy TV series "Search Party" is now streaming its final season on HBO Max:
"...in the new season, 'Dory' (Alia Shawkat) enters a very public business partnership with charismatic tech billionaire 'Tunnel Quinn' on the other side of her near-death experience. Dory folds her old friends 'Portia' (Meredith Hagner), 'Elliott' (John Early) and 'Drew' (John Reynolds) into the venture as they embark on an altruistic but terrifying journey..."
Recurring guest stars include John Waters, Aparna Nancherla, Angela Trimbur, Grace Kuhlenschmidt, Greta Titelman, Joe Castle Baker, Larry Owens, Michelle Badillo, Jeffery Self and Clare McNulty.
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"...in the new season, 'Dory' (Alia Shawkat) enters a very public business partnership with charismatic tech billionaire 'Tunnel Quinn' on the other side of her near-death experience. Dory folds her old friends 'Portia' (Meredith Hagner), 'Elliott' (John Early) and 'Drew' (John Reynolds) into the venture as they embark on an altruistic but terrifying journey..."
Recurring guest stars include John Waters, Aparna Nancherla, Angela Trimbur, Grace Kuhlenschmidt, Greta Titelman, Joe Castle Baker, Larry Owens, Michelle Badillo, Jeffery Self and Clare McNulty.
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- 1/7/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
The dark comedy TV series "Search Party" streams its fifth and final season of 10 new episodes, January 7, 2022 on HBO Max:
"...in the new season, 'Dory' (Alia Shawkat) enters a very public business partnership with charismatic tech billionaire 'Tunnel Quinn' on the other side of her near-death experience. Dory folds her old friends 'Portia' (Meredith Hagner), 'Elliott' (John Early) and 'Drew' (John Reynolds) into the venture as they embark on an altruistic but terrifying journey..."
Recurring guest stars include John Waters, Aparna Nancherla, Angela Trimbur, Grace Kuhlenschmidt, Greta Titelman, Joe Castle Baker, Larry Owens, Michelle Badillo, Jeffery Self and Clare McNulty.
Click the images to enlarge...
"...in the new season, 'Dory' (Alia Shawkat) enters a very public business partnership with charismatic tech billionaire 'Tunnel Quinn' on the other side of her near-death experience. Dory folds her old friends 'Portia' (Meredith Hagner), 'Elliott' (John Early) and 'Drew' (John Reynolds) into the venture as they embark on an altruistic but terrifying journey..."
Recurring guest stars include John Waters, Aparna Nancherla, Angela Trimbur, Grace Kuhlenschmidt, Greta Titelman, Joe Castle Baker, Larry Owens, Michelle Badillo, Jeffery Self and Clare McNulty.
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- 12/24/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
One of the funniest shows on TV is coming to an end.
The Max Original comedy series Search Party returns to HBO Max for its fifth and final season Friday, January 7, with all ten episodes available to binge.
After the way Search Party Season 4 wrapped, the end date was inevitable, but it doesn't make it any less tough.
The good news is that all of the episodes will be available to binge at once. Waiting week-to-week for a show in its final season can be tough.
"In the new season, Dory (Alia Shawkat) enters a very public business partnership with charismatic tech billionaire Tunnel Quinn (Jeff Goldblum) on the other side of her near-death experience," reads the official logline.
"Dory folds her old friends Portia (Meredith Hagner), Elliott (John Early) and Drew (John Reynolds) into the venture as they embark on an altruistic but terrifying journey."
Joining the cast are recurring guest stars Kathy Griffin,...
The Max Original comedy series Search Party returns to HBO Max for its fifth and final season Friday, January 7, with all ten episodes available to binge.
After the way Search Party Season 4 wrapped, the end date was inevitable, but it doesn't make it any less tough.
The good news is that all of the episodes will be available to binge at once. Waiting week-to-week for a show in its final season can be tough.
"In the new season, Dory (Alia Shawkat) enters a very public business partnership with charismatic tech billionaire Tunnel Quinn (Jeff Goldblum) on the other side of her near-death experience," reads the official logline.
"Dory folds her old friends Portia (Meredith Hagner), Elliott (John Early) and Drew (John Reynolds) into the venture as they embark on an altruistic but terrifying journey."
Joining the cast are recurring guest stars Kathy Griffin,...
- 11/9/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
HBO Max announced that “Search Party” will end with its fifth season, which will premiere with all 10 episodes on Jan. 7, 2022.
The thriller comedy, which premiered on TBS in 2016 before moving to HBO Max for Season 3, follows a group of 20-somethings who end up on a dark path while searching for a missing college acquaintance. Season 5 will see Dory (Alia Shawkat) enter a business partnership with tech billionaire Tunnel Quinn (Jeff Goldblum) after a near death experience, bringing her friends Portia (Meredith Hagner), Elliott (John Early) and Drew (John Reynolds) along in the venture.
Cast members newly joining “Search Party” in Season 5 include Kathy Griffin, John Waters, Aparna Nancherla, Angela Trimbur, Grace Kuhlenschmidt, Greta Titelman, Joe Castle Baker, Larry Owens and Michelle Badillo. Jeffery Self and Clare McNulty return as recurring guest stars.
Showrunners Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers executive produce with Michael Showalter and Jax Media’s Lilly Burns and Tony Hernandez.
The thriller comedy, which premiered on TBS in 2016 before moving to HBO Max for Season 3, follows a group of 20-somethings who end up on a dark path while searching for a missing college acquaintance. Season 5 will see Dory (Alia Shawkat) enter a business partnership with tech billionaire Tunnel Quinn (Jeff Goldblum) after a near death experience, bringing her friends Portia (Meredith Hagner), Elliott (John Early) and Drew (John Reynolds) along in the venture.
Cast members newly joining “Search Party” in Season 5 include Kathy Griffin, John Waters, Aparna Nancherla, Angela Trimbur, Grace Kuhlenschmidt, Greta Titelman, Joe Castle Baker, Larry Owens and Michelle Badillo. Jeffery Self and Clare McNulty return as recurring guest stars.
Showrunners Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers executive produce with Michael Showalter and Jax Media’s Lilly Burns and Tony Hernandez.
- 11/9/2021
- by Selome Hailu and Katie Song
- Variety Film + TV
Search Party continues to build its stacked Season 5 cast as Kathy Griffin joins the HBO Max dark comedy in a recurring role, Deadline has confirmed.
From creators Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers and Michael Showalter, Search Party stars Alia Shawkat, John Reynolds, John Early and Meredith Hagner. The first three seasons followed best friends Dory (Shawkat), Drew (Reynolds), Elliott (Early) and Portia (Hagner) through a messy private investigation, semi-accidental murder, absurd cover-up and sensational trial. In Season 4, Dory was held prisoner by her psychotic stalker (Cole Escola), forcing Drew, Elliott and Portia to again become a search party – but this time for Dory.
The Emmy-winning My Life on the D-List comedian will recur as Liquorice Montague, a conspiracy theorist who takes Clare McNulty’s Chantal under her wing as a codependent apprentice. Season 5 will see Dory enter a very public business partnership with charismatic tech billionaire Tunnel Quinn, played byJeff Goldblum.
From creators Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers and Michael Showalter, Search Party stars Alia Shawkat, John Reynolds, John Early and Meredith Hagner. The first three seasons followed best friends Dory (Shawkat), Drew (Reynolds), Elliott (Early) and Portia (Hagner) through a messy private investigation, semi-accidental murder, absurd cover-up and sensational trial. In Season 4, Dory was held prisoner by her psychotic stalker (Cole Escola), forcing Drew, Elliott and Portia to again become a search party – but this time for Dory.
The Emmy-winning My Life on the D-List comedian will recur as Liquorice Montague, a conspiracy theorist who takes Clare McNulty’s Chantal under her wing as a codependent apprentice. Season 5 will see Dory enter a very public business partnership with charismatic tech billionaire Tunnel Quinn, played byJeff Goldblum.
- 8/11/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO Max is sending out a Search Party for Kathy Griffin, who will recur during Season 5, our sister site Variety reports. The comedian will play Liquorice Montague, a conspiracy theorist who takes Chantal (Clare McNulty) under her wing as a “co-dependent apprentice.”
“Working with Kathy was a huge life moment for us,” showrunners Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers said in a statement. “She brought so much warmth, humanity and professionalism to set, and delivered a performance that will delight the world.”
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“Working with Kathy was a huge life moment for us,” showrunners Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers said in a statement. “She brought so much warmth, humanity and professionalism to set, and delivered a performance that will delight the world.”
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- 8/11/2021
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Kathy Griffin has joined the upcoming fifth season of HBO Max’s “Search Party.”
Griffin will play Liquorice Montague, a conspiracy theorist who takes Chantal (Clare McNulty) under her wing as a “co-dependent apprentice.” Her role will be recurring.
Griffin joins fellow “Search Party” newcomer Jeff Goldblum, who plays tech billionaire Tunnel Quinn. The series stars McNulty, Alia Shawkat, Meredith Hagner, John Early and John Reynolds. It debuted on Comedy Central before moving to HBO Max for its fourth season.
Last week, Griffin shared that she had been diagnosed with lung cancer two weeks prior, and successfully underwent surgery. She said had never previously smoked and was optimistic about her prognosis. “The doctors are very optimistic as it is stage one and contained to my left lung,” she wrote. “Hopefully no chemo or radiation after this and I should have normal function with my breathing. I should be up and...
Griffin will play Liquorice Montague, a conspiracy theorist who takes Chantal (Clare McNulty) under her wing as a “co-dependent apprentice.” Her role will be recurring.
Griffin joins fellow “Search Party” newcomer Jeff Goldblum, who plays tech billionaire Tunnel Quinn. The series stars McNulty, Alia Shawkat, Meredith Hagner, John Early and John Reynolds. It debuted on Comedy Central before moving to HBO Max for its fourth season.
Last week, Griffin shared that she had been diagnosed with lung cancer two weeks prior, and successfully underwent surgery. She said had never previously smoked and was optimistic about her prognosis. “The doctors are very optimistic as it is stage one and contained to my left lung,” she wrote. “Hopefully no chemo or radiation after this and I should have normal function with my breathing. I should be up and...
- 8/11/2021
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Kathy Griffin has joined the cast of “Search Party” for its fifth season, Variety has learned exclusively.
Griffin will recur in the HBO Max comedy as Liquorice Montague, a conspiracy theorist who takes Chantal (Clare McNulty) under her wing as a “co-dependent apprentice.”
“Working with Kathy was a huge life moment for us. She brought so much warmth, humanity and professionalism to set, and delivered a performance that will delight the world,” showrunners Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers said in a joint statement.
The fourth season of “Search Party” ended with Dory’s (Alia Shawkat) friends thinking she died in a house fire after she was held prisoner in that house’s basement. However, in the final moments of the episode, she awoke on a medical gurney, gasping for air and saying she “saw everything.”
It looks like it won’t take long for her to reunite with her friends,...
Griffin will recur in the HBO Max comedy as Liquorice Montague, a conspiracy theorist who takes Chantal (Clare McNulty) under her wing as a “co-dependent apprentice.”
“Working with Kathy was a huge life moment for us. She brought so much warmth, humanity and professionalism to set, and delivered a performance that will delight the world,” showrunners Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers said in a joint statement.
The fourth season of “Search Party” ended with Dory’s (Alia Shawkat) friends thinking she died in a house fire after she was held prisoner in that house’s basement. However, in the final moments of the episode, she awoke on a medical gurney, gasping for air and saying she “saw everything.”
It looks like it won’t take long for her to reunite with her friends,...
- 8/11/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
The Season 3 finale of HBO Max’s Alia Shawkat-fronted dramedy Search Party came with a major sigh of relief and the unexpected kidnapping that brings it all full circle for Dory Sief.
From creators Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers and Michael Showalter, Search Party follows a close group of twentysomethings as they find themselves swept up in the trial of the century. Dory (Shawkat) and Drew (John Reynolds) are thrust in the national spotlight after they are charged for the murder of private investigator, Keith Powell (Ron Livingston). The season sees the gang take non-traditional measures to cover their trail, make the oddest of allies, and test their limits of friendship for the sake of pleading not guilty.
Bliss and Rogers wrote all episodes of the HBO Max series, including the Season 3 finale “The Reckoning.”
In addition to Shawkat and Reynolds, the series also stars John Early and Meredith Hanger. Additional...
From creators Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers and Michael Showalter, Search Party follows a close group of twentysomethings as they find themselves swept up in the trial of the century. Dory (Shawkat) and Drew (John Reynolds) are thrust in the national spotlight after they are charged for the murder of private investigator, Keith Powell (Ron Livingston). The season sees the gang take non-traditional measures to cover their trail, make the oddest of allies, and test their limits of friendship for the sake of pleading not guilty.
Bliss and Rogers wrote all episodes of the HBO Max series, including the Season 3 finale “The Reckoning.”
In addition to Shawkat and Reynolds, the series also stars John Early and Meredith Hanger. Additional...
- 6/4/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
This article contains spoilers for Search Party season 4 episodes 1-3.
Through two seasons on TBS and one on HBO Max, Search Party has defied genre expectations. While ostensibly a comedy about young Brooklyn millennials, each new year of the show has brought another unexpected tone to the table.
Season 1 was a Nancy Drew-style mystery, with Dory Sief (Alia Shawkat) and her friends searching for their old missing college acquaintance Chantal Witherbottom (Clare McNulty). When that search went…poorly, season 2 dealt with the life and death consequences and added “paranoid thriller” to its genre collection. Season 3 then took on the formatting of a legal drama, all the while maintaining the show’s original millennial comedy charms.
For season 4, which premieres its first three episodes Jan. 14 on HBO Max, the latest genre is a bit harder to identify. In fact, even the show’s creators Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers aren...
Through two seasons on TBS and one on HBO Max, Search Party has defied genre expectations. While ostensibly a comedy about young Brooklyn millennials, each new year of the show has brought another unexpected tone to the table.
Season 1 was a Nancy Drew-style mystery, with Dory Sief (Alia Shawkat) and her friends searching for their old missing college acquaintance Chantal Witherbottom (Clare McNulty). When that search went…poorly, season 2 dealt with the life and death consequences and added “paranoid thriller” to its genre collection. Season 3 then took on the formatting of a legal drama, all the while maintaining the show’s original millennial comedy charms.
For season 4, which premieres its first three episodes Jan. 14 on HBO Max, the latest genre is a bit harder to identify. In fact, even the show’s creators Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers aren...
- 1/14/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Vulture Watch
Will Dory and the gang ever find Chantal? Has the Search Party TV show been cancelled or renewed for a third season on TBS? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Search Party, season three. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
Airing on the TBS cable channel, Search Party stars Alia Shawkat, John Early, Meredith Hagner, John Reynolds, and Brandon Micheal Hall. The dark serio-comedy mystery centers on five self-absorbed twenty-somethings. After an old college acquaintance disappears, they become entangled in an ominous mystery. Christine Ebersole, Christine Taylor, Clare McNulty, and Michael Showalter return as recurring players. Season two guest stars include Jay Duplass, Phoebe Robinson, Judy Reyes, Jessica Chaffin,...
Will Dory and the gang ever find Chantal? Has the Search Party TV show been cancelled or renewed for a third season on TBS? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Search Party, season three. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?
What's This TV Show About?
Airing on the TBS cable channel, Search Party stars Alia Shawkat, John Early, Meredith Hagner, John Reynolds, and Brandon Micheal Hall. The dark serio-comedy mystery centers on five self-absorbed twenty-somethings. After an old college acquaintance disappears, they become entangled in an ominous mystery. Christine Ebersole, Christine Taylor, Clare McNulty, and Michael Showalter return as recurring players. Season two guest stars include Jay Duplass, Phoebe Robinson, Judy Reyes, Jessica Chaffin,...
- 12/16/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The Search Party will continue in 2021.
The beloved series returns HBO Max for its fourth season in January 2021, the streamer has announced.
In the new season, Dory (Alia Shawkat) is held prisoner by her psychotic stalker Chip (Cole Escola), who is determined to make Dory believe that they are best friends.
Meanwhile, Portia (Meredith Hagner) is starring in a film about the trial, although not as herself; Elliott (John Early) has switched party lines to become a far-right conservative talk show host; and Drew (John Reynolds) is trying to escape his dark past by working as a costumed cast member in a theme park.
As the friends begin to connect the dots that Dory might not be touring Europe as her faked social media posts suggest, they must decide whether or not to put their traumatic pasts behind them and once again become a search party – but this time, for Dory.
The beloved series returns HBO Max for its fourth season in January 2021, the streamer has announced.
In the new season, Dory (Alia Shawkat) is held prisoner by her psychotic stalker Chip (Cole Escola), who is determined to make Dory believe that they are best friends.
Meanwhile, Portia (Meredith Hagner) is starring in a film about the trial, although not as herself; Elliott (John Early) has switched party lines to become a far-right conservative talk show host; and Drew (John Reynolds) is trying to escape his dark past by working as a costumed cast member in a theme park.
As the friends begin to connect the dots that Dory might not be touring Europe as her faked social media posts suggest, they must decide whether or not to put their traumatic pasts behind them and once again become a search party – but this time, for Dory.
- 11/24/2020
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
“Search Party” began with a missing girl and became a show about another girl who has gone missing in her own way. But its transformation along the way— from self-absorbed millennial comedy, to paranoid murder mystery, to something much darker and the way it straddles, humor, hipster youth irony, and existentialist moral dread—has been astonishing. Launched on TBS in 2016, “Search Party” was initially the story of the wonderfully named Chantal Witherbottom (Clare McNulty), who disappeared from her relatively posh NYC life.
Continue reading ‘Search Party’: The Dark Comedic Path Of No Return Turns Surreal In Season 3 [Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Search Party’: The Dark Comedic Path Of No Return Turns Surreal In Season 3 [Review] at The Playlist.
- 6/11/2020
- by Brian Tallerico
- The Playlist
"What is it? Just say it... I'm here..." Caterpillar Event has released an official trailer for an indie romantic drama titled We Used to Know Each Other, the latest from up-and-coming filmmaker Robert G. Putka. Amid the dried out-and-dead desert oasis of suburban Las Vegas, and after three years of living apart, a young couple decides it's finally time to move in with each other and take their relationship to the next level. It's another of these raw, touching, honest looks at modern relationships and how much strain and stress there is. It also takes a moment to try and remind us where all the real love originates from anyway, a bit like Baumbach's Marriage Story. We Used to Know Each Other stars Essa O'Shea and Hugo De Sousa as the main couple, Amanda & Hugo, with a cast including Sandra Cóias, Ashley Lenz, Clare McNulty, and David Norris. It seems fairly authentic and moving,...
- 11/18/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
TBS showcased its comedy series “Search Party” to prospective Emmy voters recently with an Fyc event. Gold Derby was on-hand at the Warner Bros. Studios backlot in Burbank, CA, for the occasion and chatted with stars Alia Shawkat and John Early on the red carpet. Scroll down and follow the links to see our complete interviews.
Now in its second season, the series centers on Dory Sief (Shawkat), a self-absorbed, twenty-something New Yorker who becomes entangled in a mystery when a college acquaintance named Chantal Witherbottom (Clare McNulty) disappears. She enlists the help of her friends — including the flamboyant, narcissistic Elliott Goss (Early) — to help find the missing millennial. The second season focuses on the death of a private investigator (Ron Livingston) who perished because Dory mistakenly thought he was a threat to Chantal’s life. As they try to cover up the investigator’s death, their lives continue to spiral out of control.
Now in its second season, the series centers on Dory Sief (Shawkat), a self-absorbed, twenty-something New Yorker who becomes entangled in a mystery when a college acquaintance named Chantal Witherbottom (Clare McNulty) disappears. She enlists the help of her friends — including the flamboyant, narcissistic Elliott Goss (Early) — to help find the missing millennial. The second season focuses on the death of a private investigator (Ron Livingston) who perished because Dory mistakenly thought he was a threat to Chantal’s life. As they try to cover up the investigator’s death, their lives continue to spiral out of control.
- 5/14/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Last year, TBS aired the entire first season of its Search Party TV show during Thanksgiving week. In the second season, the cabler is running two episodes of the mystery comedy series each Sunday night. With a different release pattern, can they keep a binge-prone audience engaged? Will Search Party be cancelled or renewed for season three? Stay tuned. A dark serio-comedy, Search Party stars Alia Shawkat, John Early, Meredith Hagner, John Reynolds and Brandon Micheal Hall. The TBS TV series centers on five self-absorbed twenty-somethings. After an old college acquaintance disappears, they become entangled in an ominous mystery. Christine Ebersole, Christine Taylor, Clare McNulty, and Michael Showalter return as recurring players. Season two guest stars include Jay Duplass, Phoebe Robinson, Judy Reyes, Jessica Chaffin, Michelle Sohn, Jeffery Self, Edward Hibbert, Adrienne C. Moore, J. Smith Cameron, Tymberlee Hill, Catherine Lloyd Burns, Jennifer...
- 4/24/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
“Search Party,” the crime comedy that turned hipster ennui into a truly perilous prospect, is the best show about millennials on TV. After just two seasons, the show has received widespread critical acclaim for building wry humor and hate-to-love characters into a refreshingly gripping mystery. There is far less mystery (but just as many laughs) in “Men Don’t Whisper,” a new short film from Charles Rogers, who co-created “Search Party,” and Jordan Firstman, a writer on the show. The short, which premiered at SXSW before making its online debut Wednesday, follows a gay couple who attend a sales conference and attempt to sleep with two women in order to prove their masculinity.
Partners in real life, Firstman and Rogers play the movie’s lead characters, Reese and Peyton. Like gay characters in “Search Party,” they don’t conform to gay stereotypes often found onscreen, though in a more understated way.
Partners in real life, Firstman and Rogers play the movie’s lead characters, Reese and Peyton. Like gay characters in “Search Party,” they don’t conform to gay stereotypes often found onscreen, though in a more understated way.
- 3/14/2018
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
One of the TV hits of last season was TBS’s new show, Search Party. As a comedy, it stretched across genres as Dory (Alia Shawkat) led her friends on a search for their missing friend Chantal (Clare McNulty). By the end, it got very dark, complete with existential angst and a possible murder. Search Party is back […]
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- 11/17/2017
- by Fred Topel
- Slash Film
Shows about the misadventures of twentysomethings are a television staple, but the TBS breakout Search Party -- with its sly combination of suspenseful thrills and tons of character-driven laughs -- is in a class all its own.
Alia Shawkat, whose rising profile includes work on Arrested Development and Transparent, plays Dory, the face of this ragtag search party. Dory’s restlessness to do something meaningful with her life leads her to look for former schoolmate Chantal Witherbottom after happening on a missing person sign at the series outset. She winds up dragging her reluctant friends into the search: her soon-to-be ex-boyfriend Drew (Stranger Things’ John Reynolds), her aggressively vapid-seeming besties Portia (Meredith Hagner, of Younger and Strangers on Facebook Watch) and Elliott (John Early, of the Wet Hot American Summer Netflix series and High Maintenance), and her ex-boyfriend-turned-journalist Julian (Brandon Micheal Hall, who also stars on The Mayor).
By the season one finale, the four friends...
Alia Shawkat, whose rising profile includes work on Arrested Development and Transparent, plays Dory, the face of this ragtag search party. Dory’s restlessness to do something meaningful with her life leads her to look for former schoolmate Chantal Witherbottom after happening on a missing person sign at the series outset. She winds up dragging her reluctant friends into the search: her soon-to-be ex-boyfriend Drew (Stranger Things’ John Reynolds), her aggressively vapid-seeming besties Portia (Meredith Hagner, of Younger and Strangers on Facebook Watch) and Elliott (John Early, of the Wet Hot American Summer Netflix series and High Maintenance), and her ex-boyfriend-turned-journalist Julian (Brandon Micheal Hall, who also stars on The Mayor).
By the season one finale, the four friends...
- 11/17/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
Time: Sunday, Nov. 19 at 10/9c
Channel: TBS
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Dory (Alia Shawkat) and her friends may have solved the mystery of what happened to Chantal (Clare McNulty), but they've just opened themselves up to a slew of other problems in Season 2 of Search Party.
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- 11/10/2017
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVGuide - Breaking News
After moving to New York City at 18 years old, Meredith Hagner has been busy working her way from one-time soap actress on As the World Turns -- which, after all, is where Julianne Moore got started -- to one of 2017’s breakouts. As star of the TBS dark comedy series, Search Party, and Facebook’s first scripted series, Strangers, and a recurring role on Younger’s fourth (and highest-rated) season, one could argue the actress is something of a millennial TV “It Girl.”
In fact, Strangers, which is now streaming in full on Facebook’s original video content platform, Watch, is very much a show about what’s happening now. Loosely inspired by creator Mia Lidofsky’s experiences of renting out her NYC apartment on Airbnb, the dramedy tells the emotional, sexual and professional adventures of two friends, Isobel (Zoe Chao) and Cam (Hagner), whose lives are impacted by the rotation of eccentric guests staying in their...
In fact, Strangers, which is now streaming in full on Facebook’s original video content platform, Watch, is very much a show about what’s happening now. Loosely inspired by creator Mia Lidofsky’s experiences of renting out her NYC apartment on Airbnb, the dramedy tells the emotional, sexual and professional adventures of two friends, Isobel (Zoe Chao) and Cam (Hagner), whose lives are impacted by the rotation of eccentric guests staying in their...
- 10/9/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
"I need all of us to pretend to be normal, good, non-murderers." Today, TBS released a new trailer for season two of Search Party.The new season will see Dory (Alia Shawkat), Portia (Meredith Hagner), Elliott (John Early), and Drew (John Reynolds) "deal with the disastrous consequences of successfully tracking down missing classmate Chantal (Clare McNulty)."Read More…...
- 9/15/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
The first hour or so of the Williamsburg comedy “Fort Tilden” is an endurance test. Watching aimless hipsters Harper (Bridey Elliott) and Allie (Clare McNulty) snipe at each other and everyone around them is rather like being forced to listen to a loud and inane conversation between two nasty idiots on the bus. By the fifth time the two start whining about how they need coffeeeee soooooo baaaaad (like, Omg), you start hoping writer-directors Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers will do you a solid and have their defiantly unlikable characters hit by a truck. Stat. Unlikability is a tricky game.
- 8/13/2015
- by Inkoo Kang
- The Wrap
“The distress is authentic,” Harper (Bridey Elliott) says, describing a barrel on a beach, admiring its organically worn qualities in contrast to a similar barrel that she and Bff Allie (Clare McNulty) impulse-bought on a Brooklyn street corner mere hours before. Of course, that barrel now sits at the bottom of their stairs, devoid of umbrellas or whatever it is they feel like filling it with, while this one rests freely on the sand, a somehow superior bit of nothing. Is it a spoiler to say that these two broke girls do in fact make it to Fort Tilden when the entire plot of “Fort Tilden,” insomuch as there is one, concerns their misguided day-long adventure to locate said beach? Perhaps it’s a tad trite to say that the journey matters more than the destination, but in the case of Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers’ comedy, it really does.
- 8/12/2015
- by William Goss
- The Playlist
Read More: SXSW Review: Why 'Fort Tilden,' A Satire of Privileged Young Brooklynites, Won the Grand Jury Prize Directors Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers look to take some jabs at millennials in their debut feature "Fort Tilden," showing how absurd the iPhone- and iced coffee-filled lives of post-adolescents can be. The SXSW winner is heavy on the iced coffee in this clip, as Allie and Harper, played by Clare McNulty and Bridey Elliott, are shocked to find that not everyone knows how coffee and ice are a natural pairing. The official synopsis reads: "Fort Tilden -- New York City's secluded seaside nirvana where, like flies to honey, Brooklyn's hip millennial set flocks on sweltering weekend afternoons for unbridled summertime indulgence. Amidst the vexing stagnation of quarter-life crises, Allie (McNulty) struggles to prepare for the Peace Corps, while Harper (Elliott) awaits checks from her father to fund her artistic dreams.
- 8/12/2015
- by Ethan Sapienza
- Indiewire
If you happened upon a grimy, abandoned barrel sitting on the street, your first thoughts might run to, Ew, or even, How many spiders does that probably contain? In this very important way, you are different from deliriously privileged hipsters Harper (Bridey Elliott) and Allie (Clare McNulty), whom we follow in the new comedy Fort Tilden (out this Friday in New York). These two Brooklynites spy that street barrel and immediately respond to its "wear" — how authentic! — and start making an overpriced deal with the dude who just happens to be sitting next to it. Their hilariously blinkered perspective led our critic David Edelstein to call Fort Tilden a "cheerfully caustic comic odyssey," even if satirizing hipsters is a little bit like shooting fish in a ... well, you know.
- 8/11/2015
- by Kyle Buchanan
- Vulture
In the cheerfully caustic comic odyssey Fort Tilden, two privileged, 20-something Williamsburg slackers, Harper (Bridey Elliott) and Allie (Clare McNulty), decide they deserve a day off from doing nothing and head across Brooklyn in their rompers on bikes to the beach at Fort Tilden, where they plan to meet up with cute guys (Jeffrey Scaperrotta and Griffin Newman) they chatted with at a rooftop concert and take molly and get laid. The movie is broad and mean and for a while very funny, but even when it goes sour — when the world slaps them in the face for their sins — it doesn’t lose its momentum.Directors Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers keep the timing brisk and have the taste to make even their whiniest, silliest characters deliciously whiny and silly. I loved the toxically dweebish neighbor (Neil Casey), the dealer–cult figure of Prospect Park (Peter Vack), the pair...
- 8/7/2015
- by David Edelstein
- Vulture
Read More: SXSW Review: Why 'Fort Tilden,' A Satire of Privileged Young Brooklynites, Won the Grand Jury Prize Indiewire's Springboard column profiles up-and-comers in the film industry worthy of your attention. You're going to have an opinion about Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers' "Fort Tilden" or, at least, that's how the SXSW winner is being marketed to movie-goers. The purposely uncomfortable comedy won the Narrative Grand Jury Prize at SXSW in 2014 and is finally getting a theatrical and VOD release later this summer. Written and directed by former Nyu classmates Bliss and Rogers, the feature follows best pals Allie (Clare McNulty) and Harper (Bridey Elliott) as they attempt to venture across Brooklyn to Fort Tilden beach to hang out with some hot dudes they're interested in getting to know better (yes, in a Biblical sense). Their quest is complicated by a number of problems, from their almost...
- 7/31/2015
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Read More: SXSW Review: Why 'Fort Tilden,' A Satire of Privileged Young Brooklynites, Won the Grand Jury Prize After winning the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature at the 2014 SXSW Film Festival, "Fort Tilden" is finally getting ready to premiere in theaters this summer. The comedy stars Clare McNulty and Bridey Elliott as Allie and Harper, two millennials struggling with their quarter-life crises, who decide to blow off their responsibilities for the day to go to a secluded beach with two guys. Throughout the film, Allie procrastinates preparing to join the Peace Corps and Harper waits for money from her father to pursue her unclear artistic dreams, all while facing new challenges along the way. The film will be released in New York on August 14 and in Los Angeles in mid-August, with a national release to follow. Check out the bright, angsty poster for "Fort Tilden" above.
- 6/29/2015
- by Kaeli Van Cott
- Indiewire
Emblematic of the protracted journey that its clueless protagonists embark on, almost 365 days since it premiered, Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers’ SXSW Grand Jury Prize winner will have travelled far and wide until finally landing a suitor. Starring Bridey Elliott and Clare McNulty, IndieWIRE reports that Fort Tilden will receive a theatrical/multi-platform/VOD release this August via the relaunched Orion Releasing label.
Gist: Fort Tilden: New York City’s secluded seaside nirvana where, like flies to honey, Brooklyn’s hip millennial set flocks on sweltering weekend afternoons for unbridled summertime indulgence. Amidst the vexing stagnation of quarter-life crises, Allie (McNulty) struggles to prepare for the Peace Corps, while Harper (Elliott) awaits checks from her father to fund her artistic dreams. But the two friends quickly shun responsibilities for the day when a pair of good-looking guys invites them along for a carefree Fort Tilden afternoon.
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Gist: Fort Tilden: New York City’s secluded seaside nirvana where, like flies to honey, Brooklyn’s hip millennial set flocks on sweltering weekend afternoons for unbridled summertime indulgence. Amidst the vexing stagnation of quarter-life crises, Allie (McNulty) struggles to prepare for the Peace Corps, while Harper (Elliott) awaits checks from her father to fund her artistic dreams. But the two friends quickly shun responsibilities for the day when a pair of good-looking guys invites them along for a carefree Fort Tilden afternoon.
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- 3/19/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Orion Releasing has picked up U.S. and Latin America distribution rights to SXSW’s 2014 Grand Jury Prize winner for Best Narrative Film “Fort Tilden,” the company announced Wednesday. Written and directed by Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers, the day-in-the-life comedy follows two slacker Brooklynites (played by Bridey Elliott and Clare McNulty) experiencing mishap after mishap on a journey to the beach. The film will be released theatrically and on VOD in August 2015. Also Read: SXSW Party Report in Pictures: Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher, Ronda Rousey, Ryan Gosling (Photos) “Fort Tilden” was produced by Mollye Asher and Geoff Mansfield and executive producers.
- 3/19/2015
- by Linda Ge
- The Wrap
Comedy will be released theatrically and on VoD in August.
Orion Releasing has acquired Us and Latin American distribution rights to SXSW 2014 Grand Jury winner Fort Tilden.
Written and directed Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers, the comedy stars Bridley Elliott and Clare McNulty as slacker Brooklynites who experience mishap after mishap on a journey to the beach.
The film will be released theatrically and on VoD in August.
Josh Braun from Submarine negotiated the deal with Orion on behalf of the film-makers.
Fort Tilden was produced by Mollye Asher and Geoff Mansfield and executive producers Ariana Ciri Bernstein and Zach Gerbarg.
Bliss and Rogers have since signed on to write for Netflix’s upcoming series Wet Hot American Summer.
Orion Releasing has acquired Us and Latin American distribution rights to SXSW 2014 Grand Jury winner Fort Tilden.
Written and directed Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers, the comedy stars Bridley Elliott and Clare McNulty as slacker Brooklynites who experience mishap after mishap on a journey to the beach.
The film will be released theatrically and on VoD in August.
Josh Braun from Submarine negotiated the deal with Orion on behalf of the film-makers.
Fort Tilden was produced by Mollye Asher and Geoff Mansfield and executive producers Ariana Ciri Bernstein and Zach Gerbarg.
Bliss and Rogers have since signed on to write for Netflix’s upcoming series Wet Hot American Summer.
- 3/18/2015
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Read More: SXSW Review: Why 'Fort Tilden,' A Satire of Privileged Young Brooklynites, Won the Grand Jury Prize Orion Releasing, a company focused on multi-platform releases via specialized theatrical runs and premium video on demand services, has acquired U.S. distribution rights to "Fort Tilden." Written and directed by Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers, the film's acquisition comes after a full year of acclaimed festival wins, including the Grand Jury Prize for Narrative Film at the 2014 SXSW Film Festival and the Special Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature at the 2014 Independent Film Festival Boston. The comedy-drama was also nominated for the Audience Choice Award at the 2014 Chicago International Film Festival. Starring Bridey Elliott and Clare McNulty as two slacker Brooklynites experiencing mishap after mishap on a journey to the beach, "Fort Tilden" will receive a theatrical and VOD release in August 2015. Read...
- 3/18/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Title: Fort Tilden Director: Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers Starring: Bridey Elliott, Clare McNulty, Griffin Newman, Jeffrey Scaperrotta, Neil Casey, Alyssia Reiner, Will Hines, Peter Vack. We all know that road trips are never about the destination, but about the journey. Naturally the one of self-discovery; even when the trip is a simple route from Brooklyn to the Rockaway Peninsula, that becomes crazed for the mishaps that happen along the way. This is how writer-directors Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers decide to make their protagonists Allie (Clare McNulty) and Harper (Bridey Elliott) confront their life standpoints. In the midst of their respective quarter-life crises, Allie procrastinates preparing for her forthcoming [ Read More ]
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- 5/11/2014
- by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
- ShockYa
If one's searching for the responsible for the rise of the so-called millennial hipster filmmaker, then blame Lena Dunham. When her film, “Tiny Furniture,” won the award for Best Narrative Feature at SXSW in 2010, it sparked a genre of filmmaking that lead to “Fort Tilden” recently winning SXSW's Best Feature trophy — and with it, firmly establishing that the genre has taken root with audiences. From directors Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers, “Tilden” centers on two self-absorbed Brooklyn twentysomething girls, Harper (Bridey Elliot) and Allie (Clare McNulty), who decide to bike to a remote beach in the Rockaways. In doing so,...
- 3/14/2014
- by Jordan Zakarin
- The Wrap
“The distress is authentic.” Harper (Bridey Elliott) is describing a barrel on a beach, admiring its organically worn qualities in contrast to a similar barrel that she and Bff Allie (Clare McNulty) impulse-bought on a Brooklyn street corner mere hours before. Of course, that barrel now sits on the bottom of their stairs, devoid of umbrellas or whatever it is they feel like filling it with, while this one rests freely on the sand, a somehow superior bit of nothing. Is it a spoiler to say that these two broke girls do in fact make it to Fort Tilden when the entire plot of “Fort Tilden,” insomuch as there is one, concerns their misguided day-long adventure to locate said beach? Perhaps it’s a tad trite to say that the journey matters more than the destination, but in the case of Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers’ comedy, it really does.
- 3/13/2014
- by William Goss
- The Playlist
Fort Tilden
Directed by Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers
Written by Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers
Zeitgeist may be a bit ambitious for Fort Tilden which is more content with bludgeoning viewers with an onslaught of oversimplification and contrived contemptibility . Whether one agrees or not with the popular views of Millennials, SXSW’s Grand Jury Award Winner for Narrative Feature picks a side and then proceeds to overgeneralize and simplify.
Harper (Bridey Elliott) is a vain and talentless artist who subsides from her rich father; Allie (Clare McNulty) is a pouty, codependent Peace Corp applicant. Together, the two live their mid-twenties in New York being completely unlikeable. After meeting to guys at a party, they decide to shirk any and all responsibilities in favor of trekking to the eponymous beach. Along the way, their ignorance, indecisiveness, and self-entitlement result in setback after setback.
Bliss and Rogers get kudos for confidently presenting two incredibly contemptuous characters.
Directed by Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers
Written by Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers
Zeitgeist may be a bit ambitious for Fort Tilden which is more content with bludgeoning viewers with an onslaught of oversimplification and contrived contemptibility . Whether one agrees or not with the popular views of Millennials, SXSW’s Grand Jury Award Winner for Narrative Feature picks a side and then proceeds to overgeneralize and simplify.
Harper (Bridey Elliott) is a vain and talentless artist who subsides from her rich father; Allie (Clare McNulty) is a pouty, codependent Peace Corp applicant. Together, the two live their mid-twenties in New York being completely unlikeable. After meeting to guys at a party, they decide to shirk any and all responsibilities in favor of trekking to the eponymous beach. Along the way, their ignorance, indecisiveness, and self-entitlement result in setback after setback.
Bliss and Rogers get kudos for confidently presenting two incredibly contemptuous characters.
- 3/12/2014
- by David Tran
- SoundOnSight
Some movies comment on a generation by virtue of the colorful personalities who epitomize it, with Richard Linklater's "Slacker" still the paragon of the genre. Others take the simpler route of turning their characters into symbols of the times. "Fort Tilden," directors Sarah-Violet Bill and Charles Rogers' goofy portrait of self-involved millenials over the course of a problematic Brooklyn day, falls into the latter camp. While frequently very funny and sustained by a pair of boldly unlikable female protagonists, "Fort Tilden" adopts the glorious stupidity of its stars, and echoes their gratingly obnoxious temperaments. Of course, the ability to tolerate the limited world views of flighty 25-year-olds Harper (Bridey Elliot) and Allie (Clare McNulty) is a dare that the movie establishes early on, when the Williamsburg roommates text snarky comments to each other during a horrible acoustic rooftop show. "I should've peed before this," Harper writes, her words popping up onscreen in.
- 3/12/2014
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Fort Tilden was the big winner at the 2014 SXSW Film Awards, with the feel-bad hipster comedy taking the grand jury prize for narrative feature. Video: SXSW Hipster Comedy 'Fort Tilden' Angling for Breakout Success The debut film from writer-directors Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers follows two Williamsburg roommates, Harper (Bridey Elliott) and Allie (Clare McNulty), during an ill-fated day trip to the beach. The filmmakers cite Romy and Michele's High School Reunion and Ferris Bueller's Day Off as inspiration, and told The Hollywood Reporter that the idea struck them last May. "We kind of just made
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- 3/11/2014
- by Seth Abramovitch, Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Co-written and directed by Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers, Fort Tilden will most likely be a bitter pill for many viewers to swallow. While there are some recent precedents for films (and television series) that have succeeded at least partially due to the sublimely unlikeable personalities of their protagonists, it will be interesting to see if Fort Tilden can ride a similar wave. But that is not to compare Fort Tilden with any of those films (and television series), because this is an incredibly unique production with a narrative arc that takes the form of a surrealist odyssey, leading its protagonists in a menagerie of totally unexpected directions. And while Allie and Harper's personalities may be like nails on the chalkboard, it takes a hell of a lot of work to create such irritating personas -- that is a high compliment to Bliss and Rogers' writing and the performances of Clare McNulty and Bridey Elliott.
- 3/11/2014
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
A comedy of errors through the borough of Brooklyn, Fort Tilden follows the aimlessly entitled Allie (Clare McNulty) and Harper (Bridey Elliott) on their quest for a day at the beach. What begins as a seemingly superfluous mission soon crumbles into a dismantling force on both the girls’ psyches and their relationship. Co-written and directed by feature first timers Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers, Fort Tilden premieres today in the Narrative Competition at SXSW. Filmmaker: This was your first time working together as co-writer/directors. How did that come about and what was it like sharing a brain for X months/years? We’re you […]...
- 3/8/2014
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
A comedy of errors through the borough of Brooklyn, Fort Tilden follows the aimlessly entitled Allie (Clare McNulty) and Harper (Bridey Elliott) on their quest for a day at the beach. What begins as a seemingly superfluous mission soon crumbles into a dismantling force on both the girls’ psyches and their relationship. Co-written and directed by feature first timers Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers, Fort Tilden premieres today in the Narrative Competition at SXSW. Filmmaker: This was your first time working together as co-writer/directors. How did that come about and what was it like sharing a brain for X months/years? We’re you […]...
- 3/8/2014
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Every year, SXSW's film competition sees new directors vying for attention, buzz, and possible breakthroughs, with recent triumphs including "The Cabin in the Woods" and "Short Term 12." This year, writer/directors Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers hope to be among the new breakouts with their comedy "Fort Tilden." The film stars Bridey Elliott and Clare McNulty as a pair of women entering their quarter-life crises. The two join a pair of cute guys for a day at Fort Tilden beach to avoid their responsibilities. "Fort Tilden" is the duo's feature-length debut, but the two each have an attention-grabbing short on the festival circuit. Bliss's short "Three, two" will play at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's New Directors/New Films festival, while Charles's "Oysters Rockefeller" played the Sarasota Film Festival, Bahamas International Film Festival, and the L.A. Shorts Fest over the course of 2012 and 2013. Now, "Oysters Rockefeller" is making its online debut on Indiewire.
- 2/28/2014
- by Max O'Connell
- Indiewire
Sundance just ended, and we are already preparing for the next big film festival, South By Southwest. Not too long ago, the festival announced a few of the films premiering this year, but now they’ve announced the main slate. The midnight selections and some inevitable late-breaking additions are still to be announced, but this should be more than enough to get you excited. Along with many World Premieres, and Sundance favorites like Richard Linklater’s Boyhood and Gareth Evans’ The Raid 2, the line up also includes an anniversary screening of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and an extended Q&A screening of The Grand Budapest Hotel with Wes Anderson. SXSW 2014 runs March 7 through 15 in Austin, Texas. Check out the line up after the jump.
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Narrative Feature Competition
Eight world premieres, eight unique ways to celebrate the art of storytelling. Selected from 1,324 films submitted to SXSW 2014. Films screening in Narrative...
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Narrative Feature Competition
Eight world premieres, eight unique ways to celebrate the art of storytelling. Selected from 1,324 films submitted to SXSW 2014. Films screening in Narrative...
- 1/31/2014
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Today the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival announced a diverse features lineup for this year’s Festival, the 21st edition and running March 7 – 15, 2014 in Austin, Texas. The 2014 program expands on SXSW tradition of embracing a range of genres and span of budgets, featuring a wealth of vision from experienced and developing filmmakers alike.
For more information visit http://sxsw.com/film.
Listed in the announcement are 115 of the features that will screen over the course of nine days at SXSW 2014. The lineup below includes 68 films from first-time filmmakers, and consists of 76 World Premieres, 10 North American Premieres and 7 U.S. Premieres. These films were selected from a record 2,215 feature-length film submissions composed of 1,540 U.S. and 675 international feature-length films. With a record number of 6,482 submissions total, the overall increase was 14% over 2013. The Midnighters feature section and the Short Film program will be announced on February 5, with the complete...
For more information visit http://sxsw.com/film.
Listed in the announcement are 115 of the features that will screen over the course of nine days at SXSW 2014. The lineup below includes 68 films from first-time filmmakers, and consists of 76 World Premieres, 10 North American Premieres and 7 U.S. Premieres. These films were selected from a record 2,215 feature-length film submissions composed of 1,540 U.S. and 675 international feature-length films. With a record number of 6,482 submissions total, the overall increase was 14% over 2013. The Midnighters feature section and the Short Film program will be announced on February 5, with the complete...
- 1/31/2014
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
After announcing earlier this month that Jon Favreau’s Chef and the Veronica Mars movie will be making their world debuts at SXSW this year, the festival has revealed its full line-up, including further very promising world premieres, alongside appearances from some of the year’s most high-profile films.
The Midnight programme will be announced early next month, along with the Shorts line-up, and the complete Conference slate a little later as well.
Led by Seth Rogen and Zac Efron, Nicholas Stoller’s anticipated R-rated comedy, Neighbors, will be making its world debut at the festival, notably marked out as a ‘work-in-progress’ ahead of its theatrical release in May.
David Gordon Green’s acclaimed Joe will make its Us premiere, having bowed at Venice and then Toronto last year. Early reviews have Nicolas Cage giving one of the finest performances of his career, with Tye Sheridan (Mud) excellent alongside him.
The Midnight programme will be announced early next month, along with the Shorts line-up, and the complete Conference slate a little later as well.
Led by Seth Rogen and Zac Efron, Nicholas Stoller’s anticipated R-rated comedy, Neighbors, will be making its world debut at the festival, notably marked out as a ‘work-in-progress’ ahead of its theatrical release in May.
David Gordon Green’s acclaimed Joe will make its Us premiere, having bowed at Venice and then Toronto last year. Early reviews have Nicolas Cage giving one of the finest performances of his career, with Tye Sheridan (Mud) excellent alongside him.
- 1/30/2014
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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