‘Paint It Black’ Clip: Alia Shawkat Gets Her Heart Broken in Amber Tamblyn’s Gutsy Directorial Debut — Watch. Based on Janet Fitch's novel of the same name, ...

When Josie (Alia Shawkat), bleary eyed after another night in L.A.’s punk clubs, wakes up to a phone call early in Paint it Black, she doesn’t expect good news.But nothing can prepare her for ...

With a dynamite central performance from Alia Shawkat, Amber Tamblyn's directorial debut embraces strength and vulnerability in equal measure. Early on in her new film “Paint It Black,” not ...

‘Paint It Black’ Review: Amber Tamblyn’s Directorial Debut Pits Girlfriend vs Mommie-in-Law Dearest. A grounded Alia Shawkat and an over-the-top Janet McTeer play off each other as though ...

Alia Shawkat and Oscar nominee Janet McTeer star as two women trying to fathom a young artist's suicide in actress Amber Tamblyn's directorial debut. By Stephen Farber Paint It Black Still ...

Tamblyn's passion for Janet Fitch's novel guided her through a nearly decade-long process from page to screen.

Paint It Black is powerful, but not forceful, touching, ... Alia Shawkat is matched on-screen by Janet McTeer, who portrays Josie's adversary Meredith, and she is just as beguiling.

Amber Tamblyn, Janet McTeer and Alia Shawkat gathered at the Museum of Modern Art on Monday night for a special screening of “Paint It Black,” Tamblyn’s directorial debut. Tamblyn’s father ...

First-time feature director Amber Tamblyn sparked to Janet Fitch’s big, bruising novel “Paint It Black” the very first time she read it. “I just had this very instantaneous, cinematic ...