For anyone who’s been to a shiva, a Jewish mourning ritual, the anxiety-laced comedy “Shiva Baby” feels instantly recognizable: the lox, bagels and rugelach are as plentiful as the overly inquisitive ...

Shiva Baby arrives on HBO Max on a wave of acclaim for writer/director Emma Seligman and star Rachel Sennott, who’ve made a low-budget indie that’s one part femme-political comedy and three parts ...

The potential land mines of a young woman’s life are set to explode simultaneously in this tense comedy from Emma Seligman. By Jason Bailey When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed ...

The first iteration of Emma Seligman’s “Shiva Baby” was a short fiction film she produced for her thesis at NYU in 2018. In that short, college student Danielle runs into her on-the-side sugar daddy ...

“Shiva Baby” opens with a sex scene; the action is out of focus, which means it’s easier to hear Danielle (Rachel Sennott) and her sugar daddy Max (Danny Deferrari) than it is to see them. As their ...

Shiva Baby, a movie about a floundering young woman who feels walls closing in on her while attends a shiva for a family friend, doesn’t sound like an influential, long-tail comedy that would help ...

Trey Flynn is a Feature Writer and a Co-Host of The Extra Credits Podcast Contact: extracreditspod@gmail.com Emma Seligman’s Shiva Baby is full of essential themes that perfectly blend into an anxiety ...