20th CENTURY WOMEN (full review at The Reel Word)

Writer / director Mike Mills follows up the wonderful Beginners with 20th Century Women, a semi-autobiographical drama/comedy that centres on the relationship between single parent Dorothea (Annette Bening) and her 15-year-old son Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann). Set in California in 1979, Dorothea and Jamie live in a large, mouldering old house with tenants Abbie (Greta Gerwig) and William (Billy Crudup). Dorothea enlists Abbie and Jamie’s best friend Julie (Elle Fanning) to help raise him in areas where she, as his mother, cannot make a connection. We follow this unconventional family through a character rather than plot-driven narrative.

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IMDB: 20th Century Women

MISTRESS AMERICA (full review at The Reel Word)

Lonely and adrift at the start of her college year, Tracy Fishko (Lola Kirke) is encouraged by her mother to look up her soon-to-be step sister, Brooke Cardinas (Greta Gerwig), in New York City. The two hit it off immediately, and Tracy becomes enamoured with her older, confident friend’s bustling, sophisticated big city lifestyle. As Tracy orbits Brooke’s life, growing in confidence, the pair become good friends.

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IMDB: Mistress America