Topic - Noah Baumbach

Baumbach said Sandler is a very different breed of movie star from Jay Kelly, who has ostracized nearly everyone in his life from the people on his payroll to his family.

'Jay Kelly' -- with George Clooney playing a Clooney-esque movie star -- premieres in Venice →

“In 1985 my father and I drove from Brooklyn to see Kurosawa’s ‘Ran’ open the 23rd NYFF, the same year that he brought home the hardback of Don DeLillo’s ‘White Noise,’” said Baumbach in a statement.

Noah Baumbach's 'White Noise' to open New York Film Festival →