Ponsoldt is just 3 movies old but there is a certain maturity in all his films. His films have damaged people who are both happy and unhappy with their life, mostly the later. There is a huge exposure to alcohol as well but what makes his films fresh and charming are the shades of growing up. He very conveniently slips in subtle messages of coming-of-age in his films that aren’t always about growing teenagers. As I sit in anticipation for his fourth film The End Of the Tour starring Jesse Eisenberg as a Rolling Stone reporter and his quest with Jason Segel as David Foster Wallace, concerning their 5 days interview in 1996 I look back at all his films trying to rate them in an order that I feel is right.