Noah Baumbach & George Clooney — On Creation and Connection

5 December, 2025

This interview explores how Noah Baumbach and George Clooney collaborated on Jay Kelly — from the screenplay’s creation and the casting process to the personal experiences, sacrifices, and artistic philosophies that shaped the film and their performances.

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Nataliia Serebriakova
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[:ro]Nataliia Serebriakova este o critică de film ucraineană stabilită la Berlin, a cărei sensibilitate cinematografică a fost modelată de cinematografia franceză difuzată pe UT-1 și de lumea suprarealistă din Twin Peaks de David Lynch. O vizionare transformatoare a filmului My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days de Andrzej Żuławski a convins-o să se dedice pe deplin acestei vocații, iar astăzi gusturile ei gravitează spre Żuławski, Terrence Malick și Michelangelo Antonioni. Nataliia scrie pentru Korydor, DTF Magazine, Skvot și Vogue Ucraina.[:en]Nataliia Serebriakova is a Berlin-based Ukrainian film critic whose cinematic sensibility was shaped by daytime French cinema on UT-1 and the surreal world of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks. A transformative viewing of Andrzej Żuławski’s My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days convinced her to fully commit to the craft, and today her tastes gravitate toward Żuławski, Terrence Malick, and Michelangelo Antonioni. Nataliia writes for Korydor, DTF Magazine, Skvot, and Vogue Ukraine.[:]