In 1972, “Last Tango in Paris” told the story of two strangers who hung out in a Parisian apartment for several days, doing nothing but talk and have sex, and it was one of the most electrifying and ...

“Duck Butter” may be about an experiment with sex and intimacy, but the movie itself became an experiment in putting sex and intimacy on film. Directed by Miguel Arteta (“Beatriz at Dinner”) and ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Ever wanted to hurry love? Just get that early awkwardness out of the way and revel in the comfort of a long-term relationship? That’s exactly what the leading ladies of ...

One of the quiet charms of “Duck Butter,” a sweetly funny, sometimes tough little movie about a woman on a journey into self, is how its modest scale works in its favor. Directed by Miguel Arteta, it ...

The Duplass Brothers Productions has become the Blumhouse of character-driven indies, an established label that upcoming filmmakers gravitate towards to work with smaller budgets and more control, ...

Actress Alia Shawkat has been quietly building one of the most interesting careers around, from television (“Arrested Development”) to independent films, finding a unique, almost auteurist groove in ...

Duck Butter is about the romantic equivalent of spending the night in a haunted house in order to collect an inheritance. But it doesn't sound that way to Naimi (Shawkat) and Sergio (Laia Costa), who ...

Alia Shawkat and Laia Costa play young women embarking on a 24-hour romantic and sexual experiment in 'Duck Butter,' the latest from Miguel Arteta ('Beatriz at Dinner'). By Jon Frosch Senior Editor, ...