Desiree Akhavan plays Shirin, a young and directionless Brooklynite who finds herself in a rut after experiencing a break up with her former lover Maxine (Rebecca Henderson). Shirin is a woman that ...
The latest entrant in an emerging subgenre of character-driven comedies about neurotic young New Yorkers (epitomized by the success of HBO’s “Girls”), Desiree Akhavan’s “Appropriate Behavior” provides ...