How Director Matthew Shear Finds The Dark & Light Humor In A "Mental Health Narrative" For ‘Fantasy Life' – SXSW Studio
Narrative Feature Competition Director: Matthew Shear Logline: After losing his job as a paralegal, Sam Stein suffers a panic ...
‘Fantasy Life’ Review: Amanda Peet Puts a Brave Face on an Uncomfortable Reality in Sensitive Dramedy
Matthew Shear makes an auspicious feature debut with a portrait of an actress (Amanda Peet) and her babysitter who feel as if ...
‘Fantasy Life’ Review: Writer/Director/Actor Matthew Shear Takes His Own Anxieties And Turns Into A Triple-Threat Filmmaker – SXSW
A review of 'Fantasy Life' , the writing and directing debut of Matthew Shear who also stars in this NY-centric comedy about ...
‘Fantasy Life’ Review: Babysitting Your Psychiatrist’s Grandkids Goes About as Well as You’d Expect
Take a moment to think about how many professional opportunities would have to slip through your fingers before you seriously ...
Amanda Peet Hadn’t Starred in a Movie for a Decade — Until a Fellow Actor Wrote Her an Irresistible Role
INTERVIEW: Peet, filmmaker and co-star Matthew Shear, and co-star Alessandro Nivola talk about a film ripped from real life, ...
Amanda Peet on ‘Fantasy Life’ and the greatness of older womens’ lust
Matthew Shear, Amanda Peet and Alessandro Nivola talk “Fantasy Life” at the L.A. Times studio at the 2025 SXSW Film Festival. Peet touches on how films seem to finally be focusing on what women want, ...
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Amanda Peet Hadn’t Starred in a Movie for a Decade — Until a Fellow Actor Wrote Her an Irresistible Role
This has happened before. It’s happened enough, in fact, that Peet encouraged her “Fantasy Life” filmmaker and co-star Matthew Shear to include it in his feature directorial debut, in which Peet plays ...
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‘Fantasy Life’ Review: Writer/Director/Actor Matthew Shear Takes His Own Anxieties And Turns Into A Triple Threat Filmmaker – SXSW
It is probably no accident that among Matthew Shear’s acting credits are no less than four movies directed by New York filmmaker extraordinaire Noah Baumbach, or that one of his most recent is ...