How Director Matthew Shear Finds The Dark & Light Humor In A "Mental Health Narrative" For ‘Fantasy Life' – SXSW Studio
Narrative Feature Competition Director: Matthew Shear Logline: After losing his job as a paralegal, Sam Stein suffers a panic ...
‘Fantasy Life’ Review: Writer/Director/Actor Matthew Shear Takes His Own Anxieties And Turns Into A Triple Threat Filmmaker – SXSW
It is probably no accident that among Matthew Shear’s acting credits are no less than four movies directed by New York ...
‘Fantasy Life' Review: Babysitting Your Psychiatrist's Grandkids Goes About as Well as You'd Expect
SXSW: Frequent Noah Baumbach collaborator Matthew Shear makes his directorial debut with an anxious film that wears its ...
Amanda Peet on ‘Fantasy Life’ and the greatness of older womens’ lust
Matthew Shear, Amanda Peet and Alessandro Nivola talk “Fantasy Life” at the L.A. Times studio at the 2025 SXSW Film Festival. Peet touches on how films seem to finally be focusing on what women want, ...
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Amanda Peet Hadn’t Starred in a Movie for a Decade — Until a Fellow Actor Wrote Her an Irresistible Role
SXSW: Matthew Shear tells IndieWire how his own career anxieties inspired his feature debut, "Fantasy Life," while Peet explains why she couldn't say no to a role that's all about finding that ...