‘Fantasy Life’s’ Matthew Shear on His Directorial Debut and Drawing on His Experience as a New York City Manny

Matthew Shear’s “Fantasy Life” is, for all intents and purposes, his first real screenplay. “I had dabbled,” Shear says. “[But] I’d never completed anything.” So it’s all the more impressive that the film, which expands to theaters nationwide Friday, is his debut feature as a writer, director and star. A New York City-set spin on []