As of Yet

As of Yet
The poster depicts the writer, co-director, and star Taylor Garron in a towel looking straight ahead. She's in front of a wall with bold shaped print.
Directed byTaylor Garron
Chanel James
Screenplay byTaylor Garron
Produced byTaylor Garron
Ashley Edouard
StarringTaylor Garron
Eva Victor
Ayo Edebiri
Quinta Brunson
Amir Khan
Production
company
Release date
  • June 11, 2021 (2021-06-11) (Tribeca)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

As of Yet is a 2021 American comedy film written by Taylor Garron and co-directed with Chanel James. Garron also stars. It premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival, where it received the Nora Ephron Award.

Plot

The film "centers on Naomi (Garron), who navigates a problematic roommate and a burgeoning romance, all while locked down during the coronavirus pandemic."[1]

Cast

  • Taylor Garron as Naomi, a young woman based in Brooklyn, trying to adjust to life at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Eva Victor as Sara, Naomi's roommate, who goes to Florida to stay with her parents during the pandemic lockdown
  • Amir Khan as Reed, a man Naomi meets through a dating app
  • Quinta Brunson as Lyssa, one of Naomi's best friends
  • Ayo Edebiri as Khadijah, another of Naomi's best friends
  • Paula Akpan as Sadie, Naomi's British cousin

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Production

Taylor Garron and Chanel James co-directed As of Yet, which Garron also wrote and in which she also stars.[3][1] The pair worked together previously on James' directorial debut The Things We Do When We’re Alone.[citation needed] The Duplass Brothers produced the film with Garron and Ashley Edouard.[1]

The majority of the film is depicted though Facetime calls and video diary entries.[1]

Release

The film premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in June 2021.[4][5] It later screened at the Philadelphia Film Festival.[6]

Reception

The film received mainly positive reception. In a positive review, Lovia Gyarkye wrote in The Hollywood Reporter, "Garron and Victor’s portrayal of friends who are struggling to understand each other’s point of view is refreshingly honest and appropriately cringey. Conversations are at the heart of As of Yet, and Garron manages to capture how they ebb and flow with the different rhetorical quirks people develop."[2] Candice Frederick of TheGrio noted that "nothing is particularly innovative about its style", but also described the film as "engaging to watch obviously resonant reflections of life’s new challenges articulated on screen".[7]

M.G. Mailloux of In Review Online praised her acting: "Garron is charismatic and lively as a performer, her presence never deflating or grating", but also stated that "as of yet never quite figures out how to say all that it wants to say without forsaking nuance or elegance".[8]

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Grobar, Matt (2021-06-09). "Duplass Brothers Productions Unveils First Clips From Tribeca-Premiering Features 'As Of Yet' And '7 Days'". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  2. ^ a b Gyarkye, Lovia (2021-06-15). "'As of Yet': Film Review | Tribeca 2021". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  3. ^ Clark, Anne Victoria (2021-06-18). "Taylor Garron and Chanel James Made a Whole Movie From Separate Homes". Vulture. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  4. ^ "Everything You Need to Know About the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival". Vman. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  5. ^ Acevedo, Joyzel (2021-06-23). "Director Taylor Garron Wants to Let People of Color Be Mediocre on Screen". Jezebel. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  6. ^ Staff, 6abc Digital (2021-10-07). "30th Philadelphia Film Festival | Full line-up of movies". ABC Philadelphia. Retrieved 2021-10-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Frederick, Candice (2021-06-11). "2021 Tribeca Festival: 'As of Yet' reflects life's new challenges on screen". TheGrio. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
  8. ^ "as of yet | Taylor Garron & Chanel James". In Review Online. 2021-06-12. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  9. ^ Lattanzio, Ryan (2021-06-17). "Tribeca Festival Unveils 2021 Jury Award Winners". IndieWire. Retrieved 2021-11-02.