Gillian Robespierre’s ‘Landline’ Is a Serious Story of Comic Miscommunication

There’s a short scene in Gillian Robespierre’s Landline that may as well be science fiction for younger audiences, in which protagonist Dana (Jenny Slate) stops at a phone booth (!) on her lunch break, pops in a quarter, and checks the messages on her voicemail remotely (!!). The film is a period piece, set in […]

‘Landline’ Trailer: The ‘Obvious Child’ Team Reunites for a New Ensemble Dramedy

Director Gillian Robespierre’s Obvious Child was such a pleasant surprise for a lot of people back in 2014 that news she was reuniting with star Jenny Slate for a new movie called Landline was greeted with cheers. Amazon Studios picked up the film and has debuted the first trailer for the dramedy, which is set in 1995 and focuses […]