Nights And Weekends (2008)

It’s telling that the two acts of this modest and claustrophobic film are set in Chicago and New York respectively, and yet viewers are barely given a glimpse of either city: the main characters, James and Mattie (played by co-directors Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig), rarely leave the cramped bedrooms, bathrooms, and stairwells that define the very small territory of their love. (more…)















