{"id":104963,"date":"2025-07-30T14:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T14:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/104963\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T14:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T14:00:09","slug":"bradley-coopers-is-this-thing-on-world-premiere-to-close-new-york-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/104963\/","title":{"rendered":"Bradley Cooper\u2019s \u2018Is This Thing On?\u2019 World Premiere To Close New York Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/new-york-film-festival\/\" id=\"auto-tag_new-york-film-festival\" data-tag=\"new-york-film-festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Film Festival<\/a> has set Bradley Cooper\u2019s Is This Thing On? as the closing night selection of its 63rd edition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe Searchlight Pictures film stars Will Arnett and Laura Dern as play Alex and Tess Novak, whose marriage has reached an impasse. With amicable sorrow, the couple\u2014parents of two young boys\u2014mutually agree to split up. But their separation leads to unpredictable midlife self-reckonings, most dramatically in Alex\u2019s wild career pivot to become a confessional stand-up comedian in New York City\u2019s West Village, where he finds new direction and camaraderie.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe screenplay by Cooper, Arnett,and Mark Chappell is inspired by British comedian John Bishop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/is-this-thing-on-2\/\" id=\"auto-tag_is-this-thing-on-2\" data-tag=\"is-this-thing-on-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Is This Thing On?<\/a>, following A Star Is Born and Maestro (NYFF61), \u201cconfirms his dexterity for representing the complexities of human relationships, constructing a film that is both lacerating and sweet-souled, funny and tender,\u201dsays NYFF.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tSupporting cast includes Andra Day, Christine Ebersole, Ciar\u00e1n Hinds, Sean Hayes, Peyton Manning and Amy Sedaris with New York stand-up standbys Chloe Radcliffe, Reggie Conquest and Jordan Jensen supplying downtown authenticity<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cWe are honored and humbled to premiere our film at the New York Film Festival. Earlier this year we had the wonderful opportunity to shoot this story all throughout the city, so it\u2019s very exciting to debut it on the closing evening of the festival. NYC injects an energy into every aspect of filmmaking that just can\u2019t be replicated.,\u201d said Cooper.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tNYFF Artistic Director Dennis Lim, said the fest is \u201cthrilled to close the festival with Bradley Cooper\u2019s delightful third feature. Is This Thing On? is a film of many dimensions and surprises: a fond tribute to New York City\u2019s comedy scene, a sensitive study of midlife discontent, and a modern-day comedy of remarriage, pitch-perfect in its balance of humor and feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe festival runs Sept. 16-Oct. 13. It opens with <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/07\/luca-guadagnino-after-the-hunt-to-open-new-york-film-festival-julia-roberts-1236465863\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luca Gudagnino\u2019s After The Hunt<\/a> and has set <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/Jim%20Jarmusch%E2%80%99s%20Father%20Mother%20Sister%20Brother%20is%20the%20Centerpiece%20Selection\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Jarmusch\u2019s\u00a0Father Mother Sister Brother\u00a0<\/a>as the Centerpiece Selection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Film Festival has set Bradley Cooper\u2019s Is This Thing On? as the closing night selection&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":104964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,67582,67581,405,403,58178,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-104963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-bradley-coooper","10":"tag-is-this-thing-on","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-new-york-film-festival","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114942549975013160","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}