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2012 was the age of Millennial Ennui – Lena Dunham’s Girls was a think piece darling, you couldn’t go anywhere without hearing “Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye, and Greta Gerwig (with the help of future husband Noah Baumbach) was making a splash with her French New Wave-inspired critical darling FRANCES HA. Shot entirely in black and white, FRANCES HA follows aspiring dancer Frances (Gerwig) as she tumbles awkwardly through her early 20s in New York City. She has trouble keeping up with friends, constantly feels low on cash, and career setbacks feel like monumental blows. She successfully taps into the universal feeling everyone gets as a young adult: ambitious yet aimless. With a kno