Noah's Manhattan, shot in dark black and white by Sam Levy, with Harris Savides credited as 'visual consultant' (the film credits begin 'For Harris', who died that year). Tracking shots of people running along New York streets to Georges Delerue's Truffaut music are pretty irresistible.
Greta Gerwig is great as self-deluded nitwit trying to get through life and relationships in New York and elsewhere. She falls out with her friend Mickey Sumner, and manages to achieve not a lot else... Though somehow (and to totally contradict myself), at the end, she's put on her own dance number, and finally moved into her own apartment. It is, in fact, a touching story about friendship, made with no little irony.
With Adam Driver, Michael Esper, Michael Zegen (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel), Grace Gummer (The Newsroom).
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