MISTRESS AMERICA

With Woody Allen "trying something new" of late and Edward Burns... actually I don’t know what’s happened to Edward Burns these days, there’s been a gap in the market for sharp, witty, irreverent, strangely honest New York storytelling. Luckily for us, the niche has been welcomely and successfully filled by Noah Baumach along with his co-collaborator and muse Greta Gerwig in their latest offering, ‘Mistress America’.

Brooke (Gerwig) is everything you want to be but glad you aren’t at the same time. She’s an interior decorator, a spin instructor, an avid tweeter and currently a wannabe restauranteur who thinks living in Times Square is cool. Tracy (Lola Kirke) is a fresh off the bus wannabe writer/college freshman who's finding New York lonely and dull until she’s encouraged to call her soon-to-be step-sister Brooke. When Brooke shows Tracy the New York night of her life, Tracy quickly becomes enamoured with her new sibling and also finds herself with a hot new protagonist for her latest pros. But when Brooke suddenly finds herself down an investor for her new restaurant, the pair (and a few others) have a once in a lifetime experience to track down an old flame, a current enemy and hopefully the money she needs to make today’s dream come true.