After getting fired from his job, a 30something paralegal finds a new gig as a "manny" for a wealthy family in this SXSW ...

Matthew Shear makes an auspicious feature debut with a portrait of an actress (Amanda Peet) and her babysitter who feel as if ...

A review of 'Fantasy Life' , the writing and directing debut of Matthew Shear who also stars in this NY-centric comedy about ...

Narrative Feature Competition Director: Matthew Shear Logline: After losing his job as a paralegal, Sam Stein suffers a panic ...

Fantasy Life's Matthew Shear, Amanda Peet & Alessandro Nivola discuss mental health, blending comedy with reality & Battlestar Galactica at SXSW 2025.

Take a moment to think about how many professional opportunities would have to slip through your fingers before you seriously ...

This has happened before. It’s happened enough, in fact, that Peet encouraged her “Fantasy Life” filmmaker and co-star ...

With Amanda Peet in a remarkable star turn, it marks a promising debut for writer-director Matthew Shear. The younger man in question is Sam, also played by Shear. Though he was once a law school ...

It is probably no accident that among Matthew Shear’s acting credits are no less than four movies directed by New York filmmaker extraordinaire Noah Baumbach, or that one of his most recent is ...

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 ...

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