Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig, and Adam Driver Bring an Intentional Cloud of Dread to New York Film Festival’s Opening Night

“I wanted this to have more jokes, but it’s fairly sincere,” Noah Baumbach said about his introductory remarks at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall Friday Friday night before the North American premiere of White Noise. The surreal (or is it hyper-real?) meditation on media saturation, academic absurdity, and a looming cloud of existential poison had the distinction of being the opening night selection for the 60th New York Film Festival, White Noise, “There might be one joke,” he warned. For a Baumbach movie to play at the annual Lincoln Center festival is no great surprise—this new one makes nine of… Read Full Article