Tiny Furniture

So the movers have finally arrived with Tiny Furniture, a film which got its premiere over 2 years ago at South by Southwest.

It tells the story of Aura, played by Lena Dunham who also wrote and directed the piece, as she returns home to New York having recently graduated from college. Here she is holed up with her child prodigy little sister and artistic mother who has made her name taking photos of miniature furniture.

She tries over the summer to figure out just what it is she wants to do having left the safe and secure campus life to be thrown head first into recession hit America. To help her on her quest is a long forgotten best friend Charlotte (Jemima Kirke) and the affections of the chef where she works as a hostess. It’s not so much a coming of age movie more so “I’ve come of age so what the hell do I do now?”. Read More