Greta Gerwig

2019 · Greta Gerwig · 135 min · Drama / Romance

Little Women is Greta Gerwig's warm, structurally daring take on Louisa May Alcott's novel, and it turns a story adapted half a dozen times into something that feels newly written. The nonlinear structure cuts between the March sisters' childhood and their adult disappointments so that each timeline sharpens the other, Saoirse Ronan makes Jo's ambition burn, and Florence Pugh performs the seemingly impossible rehabilitation of Amy. Viewers unfamiliar with the story can find the time jumps disorienting, and traditionalists miss the book's linear comfort. For nearly everyone else, this is the definitive modern version.

2017 · Greta Gerwig · 94 min · Comedy / Drama

Lady Bird is a nearly perfect coming-of-age film that captures the chaos, cruelty, and unexpected tenderness of being seventeen with more precision than any American film in years. Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf are extraordinary as a mother and daughter locked in a battle that is really a love story, and Greta Gerwig's directorial debut is so assured it feels like she's been doing this for decades. It's funny, sharp, and ultimately devastating in the quietest possible way.

2023 · Greta Gerwig · 114 min · Comedy

Barbie is a cleverly subversive studio blockbuster that uses a beloved toy brand to explore identity, patriarchy, and the contradictions of being a woman in the modern world. Its ambition occasionally outpaces its execution, but Greta Gerwig's wit and Margot Robbie's warmth make it impossible to dismiss.