Amanda Peet stars in 'Fantasy Life,' Matthew Shear's directorial debut about a young man who falls in love with his aging actress employer.

Amanda Peet is not her character Dianne in Fantasy Life. While the fictional creation bears some similarities of also being an actress and facing the eternal insecurities and foibles of this ...

SXSW on Monday said that Matthew Shear’s Fantasy Life, Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal’s reteam The Accountant 2 and Paige Bethmann’s documentary Remaining Native were among the big winners of ...

After getting fired from his job, a 30something paralegal finds a new gig as a "manny" for a wealthy family in this SXSW narrative competition entry costarring Alessandro Nivola and Judd Hirsch.

SXSW on Monday said that Matthew Shear’s Fantasy Life, Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal’s reteam The Accountant 2 and Paige Bethmann’s documentary Remaining Native were among the big winners of the 32nd ...

If the recent rash of older-woman-younger-man romances have had one thing in common, it’s the emphasis on the first half of that equation. Films like The Idea of You or Babygirl may not have totally ...

The world of television is an unpredictable one, but for writer, director, actor, and producer Matthew Shear (The Alienist), that uncertainty offered an opportunity. Shear took the time between ...

As the sprawling festival comes to a close, these are the films and shows worth keeping on your radar screen. From star-studded headliners like Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s Hollywood satire ...

Her luminous return in Matthew Shear’s lightly comic drama about two people at a crossroads reminds that her fearlessness has been sorely missed as she throws any vanity out the window to play a ...