The Squid and the Whale contest

You've already heard us wax poetic in our NYFF coverage about Noah Baumbach's latest cinematic foray, The Squid and the Whale, but how can we not? Based on events in Baumbach's life, the film looks at a family going through a messy, joint-custody divorce in Brooklyn in 1986. Each family member internalizes the bitter reality in their own way and Baumbach artfully brings the psychological unravelling to life in his bleeding dramedy. Jeff Daniels and Laura Linney give outstanding performances as the parents, Jesse Eisenberg (Roger Dodger) and Owen Kline play the kids. And if you're impressed by young Owen's performance and were wondering what rock he came out from under, well, he's the spawn of Phoebe Cates and Kevin Kline, so it seems he got that acting gene.

The Squid and the Whale opens at the Angelika and Lincoln Plaza theaters tomorrow and Gothamist is teaming up with IDP/Samuel Goldwyn to give away a prize package to a lucky Gothamist reader. The package includes two run of engagement passes to see the film at the Angelika, the soundtrack (with songs by Lou Reed, Tangerine Dream, The Feelies and The Cars) and a script book. To enter, click below and fill in the boxes. And we interviewed Baumbach today.