Often described as witty, insightful and unapologetically New York, it was no surprise that writer-director Noah Baumbach drew comparisons to Woody Allen and Whit Stillman – compliments the filmmaker has relished throughout his career. A childhood spent in art house theaters, soaking in Howard Hawks, François Truffaut and Jean Renoir, helped inform his lifelong ambition to become a filmmaker. Baumbach’s passionate, almost obsessive love for film was finally realized when he helmed his debut feature, “Kicking and Screaming” (1995), on through his seminal film, “The Squid and the Whale” (2005) –
