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Ben Stiller’s ‘Nothing Is Lost’ Debuts at NYFF, Pairing Family Archive With Personal Reckoning

Drawing on decades of home recordings, the documentary uses his parents’ story to examine his own choices as a husband, father, filmmaker.

Overview

  • Following its Oct. 5 world premiere at the New York Film Festival, the film opens in select theaters Oct. 17 and streams on Apple TV+ Oct. 24.
  • Stiller recounts feeling "out of balance," "disconnected" and "a little bit lost" during a separation from Christine Taylor that began in 2017, with the couple later reconciling in 2022.
  • He tells Taylor on camera that the split left him feeling he was "failing" and unable to "live up" to his parents’ five-decade marriage.
  • Reviews highlight candid exchanges with his children, including son Quin saying he and his sister felt they came second to Stiller’s work.
  • Begun after Jerry Stiller’s 2020 death, the five-year project draws on extensive materials saved by his parents as Ben and sister Amy sorted the family’s Upper West Side home.