# Alex Karpovsky on Returning to Filmmaking (and Maybe ‘Girls’) After More Than a Decade Away

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/alex-karpovsky-on-returning-to-filmmaking-and-maybe-girls-after-more-than-a-decade-away/
- Published: 2026-11-05T18:53:47+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-05T19:36:13+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hollywood Reporter
- Original article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/alex-karpovsky-on-returning-to-filmmaking-girls-1236747708/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment

## Key points

- Alex Karpovsky has made his first feature in 14 years.
- Riptides is a low-budget comedy set in Mexico.
- He has not confirmed whether he will appear in the Girls revival.

## Summary

Alex Karpovsky has returned to filmmaking with Riptides, his first feature in 14 years. The low-budget comedy marks a return to the independent films he made before Girls brought him wider recognition as an actor, while Lena Dunham’s announced revival of the series adds a coincidental sense of a full circle.

Set in Sayulita, Mexico, Riptides follows an American hotel manager who becomes entangled with a self-help author and his daughter after a tragedy creates an opportunity to change his life. Karpovsky, 51, said earlier ultra-low-budget films were exhausting and that he lacked the drive to make another feature for years; his later acting work included Homecoming, Nobody Wants This and several Coen brothers films. The new film premiered at New/Next Film Festival and is due to screen at Indie Memphis.

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