"For flash and rumble, F1 doesn't have an equal this summer," said Jordan Hoffman in Entertainment Weekly. Sure, "the characters are rote," the dialogue "wooden," and the narrative "extremely ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Director Sarah Friedland knew she wanted to set her debut feature, "Familiar Touch," in Los Angeles. The decision was, in part, ...

An elderly woman rises, gets dressed and makes breakfast in a well-appointed kitchen. With a chef’s precision, she fries the eggs, chops onions and parsley, takes a piece of toast and leaves it on the ...

Kathleen Chalfant in ‘Familiar Touch.’ Photo Courtesy of Music Box Films. Veteran actress Kathleen Chalfant chatted about starring in the movie “Familiar Touch,” which has been generating Oscar buzz ...

Veteran actress Kathleeen Chalfant (“The Affair”) stars in the new movie “Familiar Touch,” which was written and directed by Sarah Friedland in her directorial debut. In “Familiar Touch,” Kathleen ...

Built around a performance of immense care and delicacy by Kathleen Chalfant, Sarah Friedland's debut feature is a precise, funny and deeply moving portrait of a woman adjusting to assisted living.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 54th annual New Directors/New Films festival is almost here. IndieWire can unveil this year’s lineup of the beloved program ...

If the thought of seeing a film which closely observes an older woman’s life shift into an assisted living home gives you pause, think again. Familiar Touch is a sensitive, moving, humor-speckled, and ...

Film Forum will present the US theatrical premiere of Sarah Friedland’s FAMILIAR TOUCH on Friday, June 20. The movie stars Tony Award-nominated actress Kathleen Chalfant as Ruth, an elegant, ...

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