“Noah [Baumbach] is one of those sort of savants. He knows exactly what he wants,” George Clooney told Tudum about the filmmaker. In Baumbach’s latest, Jay Kelly, the two-time Oscar Award–winner plays the titular role, a marquee actor who is considered “the last of the old movie stars.” After decades of glitzy Hollywood success but little real-world experience, he treks from Los Angeles to a film festival in Italy with his loyal manager, Ron (Adam Sandler). On the journey there, he reflects on his life, his relationships, and the legacy he wants to leave behind.
Jay Kelly, which Baumbach co-wrote with Emily Mortimer (Match Point),marks the Brooklyn-born filmmaker…