Arizona Public Radio | Your Source for NPR News
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Tamara Jenkins, Laughing with 'The Savages'

As with her first film, Tamara Jenkins' latest draws on elements of her own experience.
Mark Mainz
/
Getty Images for AFI
As with her first film, Tamara Jenkins' latest draws on elements of her own experience.

In Tamara Jenkins' new film The Savages, two 40-something siblings have to put their lives on hold while they learn how to deal with their elderly father, who's slipping slowly into dementia.

The film — it's a comedy — stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney, plus Broadway veteran Philip Bosco as their ailling dad. (Watch a clip.)

Jenkins' previous film work includes The Slums of Beverly Hills.

Copyright 2022 Fresh Air. To see more, visit Fresh Air.