SXSW on Monday said that Matthew Shear’s Fantasy Life, Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal’s reteam The Accountant 2 and Paige Bethmann’s documentary Remaining Native were among the big winners of ...

Narrative Feature Competition Director: Matthew Shear Logline: After losing his job as a paralegal, Sam Stein suffers a panic attack and stumbles into a job babysitting his psychiatrist’s three ...

It is probably no accident that among Matthew Shear’s acting credits are no less than four movies directed by New York ...

Matthew Shear makes an auspicious feature debut with a portrait of an actress (Amanda Peet) and her babysitter who feel as if ...

After getting fired from his job, a 30something paralegal finds a new gig as a "manny" for a wealthy family in this SXSW ...

Exclusive: Amanda Peet, Alessandro Nivola, and Matthew Shear discuss their award-winning SXSW film, Fantasy Life.

Matthew Shear, Amanda Peet and Alessandro Nivola talk “Fantasy Life” at the L.A. Times studio at the 2025 SXSW Film Festival. Peet touches on how films seem to finally be focusing on what women want, ...

SXSW: Frequent Noah Baumbach collaborator Matthew Shear makes his directorial debut with an anxious film that wears its influences on its sleeve but nevertheless sticks the landing. Take a moment ...

Another SXSW has come and gone, bringing premieres of many of the biggest movies and shows coming out later in 2025. The ...

The younger man in question is Sam, also played by Shear. Though he was once a law school student with potential, he dropped out over mental health issues and, at the start of the film ...