Three estranged sisters reunite at their ailing father's New York City apartment. (101 minutes) TIFF Premiere
Release: 2024, September 6th Theatrical / September 20th Streaming
Distributor: Netflix
Won — Independent Spirit Award, Robert Altman Award (the whole cast + Azazel Jacobs)
Won — Gotham Award, Best Screenplay (Azazel Jacobs)
Won — Chicago Film Critics Association, Best Supporting Actress (Natasha Lyonne)
Named one of the Top 10 Independent Films of 2024 by the National Board of Review
A Tender, Funny Family Drama — Manohla Dargis, THE NEW YORK TIMES (Critic's Pick)
One of the Finest Films of the Year — Brian Tallerico, ROGEREBERT.COM
The Single Best Movie You'll Likely See This Year — David Fear, ROLLING STONE
Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen, Carrie Coon, Jovan Adepo, Jay O. Sanders, Rudy Galvan, Jose Febus, Jasmine Bracey
Cinematography Sam Levy | Music Rodrigo Amarante
Executive Produced by Elizabeth Olsen, Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne, Danielle Renfrew Behrens, Maya Rudolph, Peter Friedland, Neil Shah, Sophia Lin
Produced by Azazel Jacobs, Alex Orlovsky, Duncan Montgomery, Lia Buman, Marc Marrie, Mal Ward, Matt Aselton, Tim Headington, Jack Selby, Diaz Jacobs
Written/Directed/Edited by Azazel Jacobs
A broke Manhattan socialite and her son flee to Paris with their last of their money — and the family cat.
(110 minutes)
Closing Night New York Film Festival 2020
Berlinale Special Gala Berlin Film Festival 2021
Golden Globe nomination, Best Actress – Michelle Pfeiffer
Canadian Screen Award, Best Actress – Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle Pfeiffer Makes a Clean Break, Delivering a Role for Which She'll Be Remembered - Peter Debruge, VARIETY
Michelle Pfeiffer Delivers Oscar-Worthy Performance In Dazzling New York Film Fest Closing-Night Film 'French Exit' - Pete Hammond, DEADLINE
'French Exit': With No F*cks To Give, Michelle Pfeiffer Sets An Icy World Of Privilege Ablaze [NYFF Review] - Tomris Laffly, THE PLAYLIST
The Caustic Grace of French Exit - Vikram Murthi, THE NATION
Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics, February 12, 2021
Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, Valerie Mahaffey, Imogen Poots, Susan Coyne, Danielle Macdonald, Isaach de Bankolé, Tracy Letts
Casting Director Nicole Arbusto | Music Nicholas deWitt | Costume Designer Jane Petrie | Editor Hilda Rasula, ACE | Production Designer Jean Carriere | Director of Photography Tobias Datum
Produced by Christine Haebler, Christina Piovesan, Noah Segal, Trish Dolman, Katie Holly, Olivier Glaas
Based on the novel by Patrick deWitt | Written by Patrick deWitt | Directed by Azazel Jacobs
A married couple, each having an affair, unexpectedly fall back in love with each other.
94 minutes
World Premiere Tribeca Film Festival 2017
Released in theaters (U.S.) May 5, 2017 from A24 Independent
Spirit Award nomination, Best Screenplay
"An exquisitely funny portrait of modern marriage", LA TIMES
"The Lovers makes middle aged romance feel young again.", ESQUIRE
"Mandatory viewing...Debra Winger is radiant and ebullient.", HUFF POST
"Debra Winger and Tracy Letts are perfection", ROLLING STONE
Debra Winger, Tracy Letts, Aidan Gillen, Melora Walters, Tyler Ross, Jessica Sula
Casting Nicole Arbusto | Music Mandy Hoffman | Music Supervisor Dan Wilcox | Costume Designer Diaz Jacobs | Production Designer Sue Tebbutt | Editor Darrin Navarro | Director of Photography Tobias Datum
Produced by Chris Stinson, Ben LeClair
Written and Directed by Azazel Jacobs
(season one)
An actress hires her best friend to become her assistant.
Comedy Gold — THE INDEPENDENT
Brilliantly Original New Sitcom — THE TELEGRAPH
A Genuinely Touching Examination of Friendship — THE GUARDIAN
4 Stars — Revel In It — THE TIMES (LONDON)
HBO / Sky TV
Emily Mortimer, Dolly Wells | Music Mandy Hoffman | Cinematography Tobias Datum | Edited by Darrin Navarro
Written by Emily Mortimer, Dolly Wells & Azazel Jacobs
Directed by Azazel Jacobs
TERRI
The story of a kid who is too big for his small town.
Streaming: Amazon
Running time: 106 minutes
“With a sensitive eye and an even more perceptive heart, Azazel Jacobs brings new life to the outsider’s ordeal with a story about a large, lonely high-school boy (beautifully played by Jacob Wysocki) who discovers a sense of self-worth with the help of some charming oddballs.” Manohla Dargis / The New York Times
“TERRI” is impossible not to love. Nearly everything about this very fine film is surprising.” Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times
“Extraordinary…gentlyfunny and genuinely touching” David Fear, Time Out NY
Jacob Wysocki, John C. Reilly, Creed Bratton, Olivia Crocicchia, Bridger Zadina
Music Mandy Hoffman | Cinematography Tobias Datum | Edited by Darrin Navarro
Executive Produced by Johnathan Dorfman, Temple Fennell, Sarah Lash, Cameron Brodie, Tyler Brodie, Dawn Cullen Jonas, David Guy Levy, Jacob Pechenik
Produced by Hunter Gray, Alex Orlovsky, Alison Dickey, Lynette Howell
Written by Patrick deWitt | Directed by Azazel Jacobs
Momma's Man
A 30-something man on a business trip finds himself unable to leave his parents' downtown New York loft and return to his wife and newborn at home.
(94 minutes)
World Premiere Sundance Film Festival 2008
Off Plus Camera Kraków Film Award
IndieLisboa FIPRESCI Award
Viennale Reader Jury Award
This Is Independent Cinema Defined — Manohla Dargis, THE NEW YORK TIMES (Critics Pick)
At Once Funny, Sad, and Exhilaratingly Transgressive — Amy Taubin, FILM COMMENT
Wryly Comic, Sometimes Heart Breaking, and Altogether Original — Scott Foundas, VARIETY
A Beautiful, Wise, Shaggy, Poker-Faced Comedy — Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
Distributed by Kino International
Matt Boren, Ken Jacobs, Flo Jacobs, Dana Varon, Richard Edson, Piero Arcilesi
Music Mandy Hoffman | Cinematography Tobias Datum | Editor Darrin Navarro
Executive Produced by Tyler Brodie, Paul Mezey Produced by Hunter Gray, Alex Orlovsky
Written and Directed by Azazel Jacobs
THE GOODTIMESKID
A story about stolen love and stolen identities, shot on stolen film.
Streaming: iTunes, Amazon Prime
Purchase: Kino International
Running time: 77 minutes
A story about stolen love and stolen identities, literally shot on stolen film... Momma's Man writer-director Azazel Jacobs' second feature is an absurdist comedy of errors, a punk-rock slice of DIY rebellion, and a warmhearted frolic that captures the "amour fou spirit of the early French New Wave" Karina Longworth, The Village Voice
"The GoodTimesKid has a whimsy, a passion, a sophistication and, above all, a vigor that's mostly drained out of Amerindie cinema over the last decade or so. "
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon
"Descended from a long line of minimalist filmmakers, from Jacques Tati up through Jim Jarmusch, The GoodTimesKid dances in its own sweet style. Beguiling!" Matt Zoller Seitz, The New York Times
Gerardo Naranjo, Diaz, Azazel Jacobs
Music Mandy Hoffman | Cinematography Eric Curtis, Azazel Jacobs, Gerardo Naranjo
Executive Produced by Richard Abramowitz, Andrew Mencher | Produced by Sara Diaz, Ernesto Garabito, Georgina Riedel
Written by Azazel Jacobs & Gerardo Naranjo | Edited and Directed by Azazel Jacobs
NOBODY NEEDS TO KNOW
An actress attempts to step away from the camera while a young Black man discovers the ability to step behind it.
Running time: 98 minutes
Starring: Tricia Vessey, Alvin Seme, Liz Stauber, Matt Boren and Norman Reedus.
