A wildly prolific pioneer of the early-2000s microbudget filmmaking boom, writer, director, and sometimes actor Joe Swanberg brought a startlingly relatable naturalism to his intimate, warts-and-all portraits of twentysomething millennial discontent with his early features HANNAH TAKES THE STAIRS and NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS. Featuring breakout performances from DIY-scene stars like Greta Gerwig and Mark Duplass, these raw and resourceful looks at the awkward realities of postcollege romance jolted American independent filmmaking to new life, while practically defining the movement that would come to be known (for better or worse) as mumblecore.