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14-505: Silver Bullets is a 2011 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Joe Swanberg . The film stars Kate Lyn Sheil , Ti West , Swanberg and Amy Seimetz . It is one of six films released by Swanberg in 2011. The film had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival on February 12, 2011, and was then released in a limited release on October 28, 2011, by Factory25. Actress Claire (Sheil) has been cast in

28-410: A "B+" grade. A New York Times reviewer concluded that the film "neither pleases the eye nor stimulates the mind. At one point Mr. Swanberg’s character announces that he couldn’t care less about getting good reviews. Whew, I feel so much better." Joe Swanberg Joe Swanberg is an American independent filmmaker. Known for micro-budget films which make extensive use of improvisation, Swanberg

42-546: A film major, earning a bachelor's degree in 2003. As a teenager, he worked at Hollywood Video . In 2005, Swanberg write, directed, edited, shot, produced, and starred in Kissing on the Mouth , his first feature film, for a modest budget . He followed it with LOL (2006), which marked Swanberg's first time working with actress Greta Gerwig . Gerwig and Swanberg collaborated on the director's next two features: Hannah Takes

56-538: Is considered a major figure in the mumblecore film movement. His films often focus on relationships, sex, technology, and the filmmaking process. He is also known for his early collaborations with Greta Gerwig . Swanberg was born in Detroit, Michigan and raised in Georgia and Alabama. He graduated from Naperville Central High School in suburban Chicago and attended Southern Illinois University at Carbondale as

70-474: Is further thrown into turmoil after Ben tries to kiss her. The film had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival on February 12, 2011. and screened at SXSW on March 13, 2011. The film was released in a limited release by Factory25 on October 28, 2011. Richard Brody of The New Yorker named it the 9th best film of 2011 Variety stated that the film "probably contains Swanberg's clearest exposition of his philosophy, yet its sad aimlessness, from

84-685: The 2015 Sundance Film Festival and stars Jake Johnson . The film was released on August 21, 2015, by The Orchard . Swanberg wrote, directed, and produced Easy , an anthology series for Netflix. The series premiered in 2016 and ran for three seasons ending in 2019. Easy featured many of Swanberg's frequent collaborators from his films, including Jake Johnson, Joe Lo Truglio, and Nicky Excitement. In 2017, Swanberg and Jake Johnson co-wrote Win It All . Johnson stars with Aislinn Derbez , Joe Lo Truglio and Keegan-Michael Key . The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 11, 2017. It

98-841: The Sundance Film Festival in January 2011 and Silver Bullets and Art History premiered at the Berlinale in February. The rest of the 2010 films premiered theatrically in 2011 after screenings at film festivals. Four of these were later included in Joe Swanberg: Collected Films 2011 , a DVD boxed set from the music and video label Factory 25. In 2012, Swanberg wrote and directed the film Drinking Buddies , starring Olivia Wilde , Jake M. Johnson , Anna Kendrick and Ron Livingston . The film

112-875: The Stairs (2007), which also starred filmmakers Andrew Bujalski , Ry Russo-Young , and Mark Duplass and marked Swanberg's first collaboration with animator and actor Kent Osborne ; and Nights and Weekends (2008), on which Gerwig shared a directing credit. Swanberg's next feature, Alexander the Last , was produced by Noah Baumbach , who later cast Gerwig in his 2010 film Greenberg . After spending all of 2009 working on Silver Bullets , Swanberg finished seven features in 2010: Uncle Kent , Caitlin Plays Herself , The Zone , Art History , Silver Bullets , Privacy Setting and Autoerotic (co-directed with horror filmmaker Adam Wingard ). Uncle Kent premiered at

126-573: The back room of Borelli's Pizzeria in Chicago. In 2024, it was announced that he is working on a slate of five horror-themed feature films for Yale Entertainment. Swanberg cites Elaine May , Paul Mazursky , Lars von Trier , Marco Ferreri , and Eric Rohmer as primary influences on his work. Autoerotic (2011 film) Four couples in Chicago attempt to deal with their relationship troubles by resorting to masturbation , frequently. The characters are all unnamed. IFC Midnight released

140-430: The film on July 22, 2011. Rotten Tomatoes , a review aggregator , reports that 30% of 10 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating was 4.71/10. Metacritic rated it 48/100 based on five reviews. Peter Debruge of Variety called it "vaguely titillating" but of questionable interest to audiences. A. O. Scott of The New York Times likened it to R-rated O. Henry stories and said it

154-416: The lead role, as a werewolf, in the upcoming movie Silver Bullets by indie horror filmmaker Ben (West). Her boyfriend Ethan (Swanberg) is also a filmmaker, though aimless and self-doubting in contrast to Ben's confidence. Ethan decides to cast Claire's best friend Charlie (Seimetz) as his character's girlfriend in his next movie, and the two film some love scenes together, which Claire is unhappy about. Claire

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168-457: The mouth of an unhappy director (played by the helmer), elicits only a begrudging pity." A review in The A.V. Club stated that " Silver Bullets ’ introspection feels earned", but that the film "splinters into an ending that isn’t entirely satisfying, though a prologue and epilogue suggest these issues of control and the line between pretense and reality continue throughout one’s creative life" and gave

182-406: Was acquired by Magnolia Pictures shortly after its SXSW premiere. The following year. Swanberg shot Happy Christmas , starring himself, Melanie Lynskey , Lena Dunham , and Anna Kendrick. This was the first of his films to be shot on 16mm film, rather than digital. The film premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival . His next film as director was Digging for Fire , which premiered at

196-471: Was released on April 7, 2017, by Netflix . Swanberg is a noted proponent of Internet-based distribution for independent films and has made his 2011 feature Marriage Material available for free on his Vimeo page. He also released his 2020 feature, Build the Wall , starring Kent Osborne and Jane Adams , on his Vimeo page. In 2021, Swanberg opened Analog Pizza and Video Store, a VHS video rental shop in

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