PARK CITY, UTAH – JANUARY 25: Director Miranda July attends the 2020 Sundance Film Festival – “Kajillionaire” Premiere at Eccles Center Theatre on January 25, 2020 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)
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Miranda July: How Parenting and Grifting Come Together in ‘Kajillionaire’
October 16, 2020
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Michele Manelis
and her friendship with bands such as Bikini Kill, Excuse 17, and Heavens to Betsy. Often described as quirky, the material she gravitates towards has been compared to that of Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach, as evidenced in her movies, Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) and The Future (2011).
20th Century Women
Evan Rachel Wood, Debra Winger, Gina Rodriguez, and Richard Jenkins is about the dayto day rigors of a family of grifters and scammers. According to a vast array of reviews, it’s her best work yet.
Debra Winger, Richard Jenkins, and Evan Rachel Wood in Kajillionaire (2020)
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Do you write every day?
Yeah! Yeah, I’m writing another novel now but it’s too early to say anything about it.