As of Yet is an 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.
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Directed by | Taylor Garron Chanel James |
Screenplay by | Taylor Garron |
Produced by | Taylor Garron Ashley Edouard |
Starring | Taylor Garron Eva Victor Ayo Edebiri Quinta Brunson Amir Khan |
Production company | Duplass Brothers Productions |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The film "centers on Naomi (Garron), who navigates a problematic roommate and a burgeoning romance, all while locked down during the coronavirus pandemic."[1]
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.[4] The Duplass Brothers produced the film with Garron and Ashley Edouard.[1]
The film is depicted entirely though Facetime calls and video diary entries,[1] similar to other movies released during the pandemic such as Language Lessons.[2]
The film premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in June 2021.[5][6] It later screened at the Philadelphia Film Festival.[7]
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".[8]
In Hype, Darren Paltrowitz hailed Garron's performance: "Garron herself shines in As Of Yet, a smartly-paced comedic portrait of a young single woman navigating through a very-troubling 2020."[4] Similarly, 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".[9]
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