The actress gives an astonishing performance as a woman with dementia in this delicate feature debut from Sarah Friedland.

Familiar Touch is transcendent in its ability to take a challenging topic and fill it with hope, depth, and emotion from ...

The film—which premiered at the Venice Film Festival last year, winning best debut, best director, and best actress in the Orizzonti section—explores dementia and identity through Ruth (the regal, ...

Imbued with loving warmth by its director and star, Familiar Touch is among the most graceful and dignified portraits of ...

In this empathetic debut feature, Kathleen Chalfant plays Ruth, a woman who moves into an assisted living facility and adapts ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to actress Kathleen Chalfant and director Sarah Friedland about their new film, "Familiar Touch," following an elderly woman adjusting to life at an assisted living facility.

Mainly known for his voiceover work in animation, Benjamin proves himself as a skilled physical performer, especially in a ...

Shot on location at a Los Angeles retirement community and featuring a masterful central performance by Kathleen Chalfant, the picture focuses on aging and memory loss, though dementia is never ...

Friedland and cinematographer Gabe Elder kept the lens at Ruth’s eye level, echoing the posture of a care worker kneeling to ...

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It stars Kathleen Chalfant, who has spent much of her career in New York theater, as Ruth, a woman with dementia, and she delivers the sort of performance that feels at once utterly authentic and ...

By Jesse Green Rebecca Gilman’s one-woman show stars Kathleen Chalfant as Mabel Loomis Todd, who burnished herself with Emily Dickinson’s celebrity. Pam Tanowitz’s “Four Quartets” brings ...