Joe Swanberg

Joe Swanberg
Country: USA
Total Credits at Criticker: 26 (Actor), 24 (Director), 21 (Writer), 1 (Creator)
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Titles you haven't rated - Actor (26) | Director (24) | Writer (21) | Creator (1)
LOL
The relationships of three men are examined through their use of technology.
Quiet City
Jamie is 21. She's from Atlanta. She's come to Brooklyn to visit her friend Samantha, but she can't find her. Jamie tries calling, but Samantha's phone is dead. Jamie meets Charlie when she asks him for directions. Nothing to do and nothing but time leads them to bowls of coleslaw, footraces in the park, art shows, and after parties. (imdb)
Nights and Weekends
Mattie and James are in love. But too many mornings and too many miles apart have taken a toll on them. As they struggle with the distance between New York and Chicago, their visits become reminders of the difficulties, not the pleasures, of their relationship.
Kissing on the Mouth
Raw. Honest. Naked. "Kissing on the Mouth" is post-college life in close-up. Ellen is sleeping with her ex-boyfriend while trying to ignore the fact that he's looking for more than just sex. Her roommate, Patrick, isn't helping matters with his secretive and jealous behavior. The small cast served as the only crew on this intimate and humorous film featuring real interviews with recent college graduates and a documentary approach to the graphic sex and conversations. (imdb)
Hohokam
After an old friend's visit ends, Lori is feeling a bit down. Bored with her job, agitated at home, and frustrated with money problems, Lori takes out her anger on her ex-marine boyfriend, Anson. However, after a broken mug, a trip to the zoo and a case of the shingles Lori's mood changes. (imdb)
Uncle Kent
A pothead kid's show cartoonist in Los Angeles spends a weekend trying to sleep with his visiting house guest - a woman from New York who he met on Chatroulette. (imdb)
A Horrible Way to Die
An escaped murderer is in pursuit of his ex-girlfriend, who has fled to start a new life in a small town. (imdb)
Art History
Jealousy is also a destructive force in Art History: a small film team shoots sex scenes whilst the protagonists themselves embark on an affair in private. The jealous director (also played by Swanberg himself) reacts by beginning to sabotage his own project. (Mubi.com)
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A family reunion spirals into a night of terror when mysterious assailants wearing animal masks lay siege against the clan. (mubi.com)
AutoErotic
Follow four interconnected Chicago couples as they explore the boundaries of self-pleasure and sexual exploration. (imdb)
V/H/S
When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire a rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they bargained for. (imdb)
Silver Bullets
A young actress is cast as the lead in a werewolf film which leads to many unexpected consequences in her life. (imdb)
Drinking Buddies
Luke and Kate are co-workers at a Chicago brewery, where they spend their days drinking and flirting. They're perfect for each other, except that they're both in relationships. Luke is in the midst of marriage talks with his girlfriend of six years, Kate is playing it cool with her music producer boyfriend Chris. But you know what makes the line between "friends" and "more than friends" really blurry? Beer. (imdb)
Proxy
Seeking consolation in a support group after a vicious attack, a young woman gradually comes to realize that nothing in her life is as it appears, in this shocking and challenging thriller from director Zack Parker (Scalene). (tiff.net)
The Sacrament
The latest film from indie genre icon Ti West (The House of the Devil, The Innkeepers) sends frequent collaborators AJ Bowen, Amy Seimetz, Joe Swanberg and Kentucker Audley on a harrowing journey into madness and messianic bloodshed. (tiff.net)
White Reindeer
After an unexpected tragedy, Suzanne struggles to put her life back together during a sad, strange Christmas time in suburban Virginia. (imdb)
The Zone
A mysterious visitor (Kentucker Audley) spends the night at an apartment belonging to a young engaged couple (Sophia Takal and Lawrence Michael Levine) and their friend (Kate Lyn Sheil.) Over the course of the night and the following day he sleeps with all three roommates and then disappears, leading to conversations about God, life and filmmaking. (KG)
Marriage Material
Emily and Andrew, a young couple living in Memphis, agree to babysit their friend's 6-month-old for a day. The experience causes them to examine their own relationship and their feelings about marriage and children. (MUBI)
Happy Christmas
Irresponsible 20-something Jenny arrives in Chicago to live with her older brother Jeff, a young filmmaker living a happy existence with his novelist wife Kelly and their two-year-old son. Jenny's arrival shakes up their quiet domesticity as she and her friend Carson instigate an evolution in Kelly's life and career. Meanwhile, Jenny strikes up a rocky relationship with the family's baby sitter-cum-pot dealer (imdb)
Thou Wast Mild and Lovely
There are places you go, where the things you do will matter to a lot of people. Then there are places you will go, where the things you will do matter only to a very few. But to those few, they will matter - a lot. (imdb)
Empire Builder
Jenny's life has changed significantly since she had a baby. her days of food activism and urban anthropology have been replaced by diapers and playtime at the park. When she inherits a cabin in Montana, she leaves the comfort of her Chicago high-rise and travels with her baby to a remote part of the country. (imdb)
Uncle Kent 2
A typist adopts a man-eating tortoise that he must keep from devouring his nephew. (imdb)
Caitlin Plays Herself
An actress and playwright runs into relationship troubles with her boyfriend after she performs naked on stage in a protest against the BP Oil Spill.
Joshy
After his engagement suddenly ends, Josh and a few his friends decide to take advantage of what was supposed to be his bachelor party in Ojai, California. (imdb)
Blackmail Boys
A sweet and sexually explicit love story becomes an exhilarating extortion tale for two boys, Aaron, and Sam, who plot to blackmail a prominent religious figure. (imdb)
Offseason
After receiving a mysterious letter, a woman travels to a desolate island town and soon becomes trapped in a nightmare.