Ira Sachs

Ira Sachs on ‘Little Men,’ Boyhood, and Telling Authentic New York Stories
Ira Sachs on ‘Little Men,’ Boyhood, and Telling Authentic New York Stories
Ira Sachs on ‘Little Men,’ Boyhood, and Telling Authentic New York Stories
Watching an Ira Sachs film is a special type of experience. His work carries an air of authenticity, a naturalistic and unabashed look at characters and stories that don’t often get screentime in bigger studio movies. In Keep the Lights On Sachs told a story about addiction and intimacy through the lens of two men’s long-term relationship...
‘Little Men’ Review: Ira Sachs Explores Boyhood Friendship
‘Little Men’ Review: Ira Sachs Explores Boyhood Friendship
‘Little Men’ Review: Ira Sachs Explores Boyhood Friendship
Few filmmakers capture male relationships with as much compassion and New Yorkers with as much authenticity as Ira Sachs does. In ‘Little Men,’ the follow-up to 2014's ‘Love Is Strange,’ the filmmaker once again looks at two lives pulled apart by financial woes and the New York housing system. In the 2014 drama his leads were a newlywed gay couple forced to move out of their Manhattan apartment, and in his latest Sachs shifts his focus to two teenage boys caught in the middle of a lease dispute.