The Summer of Griffin In Summer

Hello! Good to see you all. Sorry it's been even quieter than I warned you it would be last week -- I am fully engulfed in the maw of the 2024 Tribeca Film Fest. But it should slow down as of tomorrow afternoon. For right this second I'm popping in because I want to direct you to jmy favorite movie of the entire fest (as of this moment) -- I've now seen 34 movies for Tribeca and my heart belongs (as of this moment) to writer-director Nicholas Colia's first-time-feature called Griffin in Summer, which stars the tremendously talented Everett Blunck as an overbearing tween slash playwright who falls for the twentysomething handyman (Owen Teague, pictured above and below) that his mother (Melanie Lynskey) hires for the summer. Click here to read my review at Pajiba -- the movie is very clearly influenced by my beloved Todd Solondz but measures Solondz's acidity out with a dash of sweetness that makes it feel like it's own thing. I've watched it twice now and I wholeheartedly adore this movie. Prepare for me to be real obnoxious about it between now and whenever it gets released! (Also prepare yourselves for me to regularly moon over Owen Teague, because this movie forged a big-time crush. Hubba hubba.)