Starring past Golden Globe nominee Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig’s (also nominated, in 2014 for her role in Frances Ha) directorial debut is a coming of age story set in the artist’s native Sacramento, California. A deft and heartfelt portrayal of the fraught transition between girlhood and adult life with all the doubt, self-exploration and attending emotional turmoil of impending separation from family and childhood. Poignant and poetic, it marks the emergence of a new, distinctly female authorial voice. We spoke to the director.