Judy Berlin
First screened in May 2000 / Most recently screened in May 2020
Director: Eric Mendelsohn. Cast: Aaron Harnick, Edie Falco, Barbara Barrie, Madeline Kahn, Bob Dishy, Betty Henritze, Carlin Glynn, Novella Nelson, Anne Meara, Julie Kavner, Glenn Fitzgerald, Arthur Anderson, Marcia DeBonis. Screenplay: Eric Mendelsohn. Twitter Capsule:
Appealingly odd, well-acted indie about small-town life as out-of-body experience. Director surrogate is weakest spot.
VOR:③
The sentiment about moviemaking and the alternate idealizing and denigrating of the female lead are nothing new, but observations and aesthetics elsewhere feel fresh.
