Exclusive: Following his critically acclaimed performance as Mike Von Erich in A24’s The Iron Claw, Stanley Simons has found a new agency to call home as he has signed with Gersh for representation.
Even though the film is filled with plenty of star power from Zac Efron to Jeremy Allen White, Simons holds his own as the youngest Von Erich brother and delivers some of the best moments from the movie. Following the film’s release, agencies from around town have been aggressive in trying to sign Simons with Gersh ultimately winning him over.
He gained attention for his role as Miles, the stoner ice cream store manager in Erin Vassilipoulos’ quirky feature film Superior, which premiered in the US Dramatic Competition at Sundance 2021. Stanley made his feature film debut in 2019 with the release of Peter Lee’s delightful Bronx love story Angelfish, playing alongside the remarkable Princess Nokia and Jimi Stanton.
Even though the film is filled with plenty of star power from Zac Efron to Jeremy Allen White, Simons holds his own as the youngest Von Erich brother and delivers some of the best moments from the movie. Following the film’s release, agencies from around town have been aggressive in trying to sign Simons with Gersh ultimately winning him over.
He gained attention for his role as Miles, the stoner ice cream store manager in Erin Vassilipoulos’ quirky feature film Superior, which premiered in the US Dramatic Competition at Sundance 2021. Stanley made his feature film debut in 2019 with the release of Peter Lee’s delightful Bronx love story Angelfish, playing alongside the remarkable Princess Nokia and Jimi Stanton.
- 1/11/2024
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Although the “Warrior Nun" live-action TV series, created by Simon Barry, based on the comic book title by Ben Dunn, was canceled after two seasons on Netflix, producer Barry confirms there is a 3-movie trilogy in development, to conclude the story on Netflix:
"...a 19-year-old woman wakes up in a morgue with a new lease on life and a divine artifact embedded in her back.
"She discovers she is now part of an ancient order...
"...that has been tasked with fighting demons on Earth...
"...while powerful forces representing heaven and hell want to find and control her..."
Cast includes Alba Baptista as 'Ava', Tristan Ulloa as 'Father Vincent', Toya Turner as 'Shotgun Mary', Sylvia De Fanti as 'Mother Superior', Lorena Andrea as 'Sister Lilith', Thekla Reuten as 'Jillian Salvius', Kristina Tonteri-Young as 'Young Sister Beatrice', Emilio Sakraya as 'Jc', Joaquim de Almeida as 'Cardinal Duretti' and Lope Haydn Evans as 'Michael'.
"...a 19-year-old woman wakes up in a morgue with a new lease on life and a divine artifact embedded in her back.
"She discovers she is now part of an ancient order...
"...that has been tasked with fighting demons on Earth...
"...while powerful forces representing heaven and hell want to find and control her..."
Cast includes Alba Baptista as 'Ava', Tristan Ulloa as 'Father Vincent', Toya Turner as 'Shotgun Mary', Sylvia De Fanti as 'Mother Superior', Lorena Andrea as 'Sister Lilith', Thekla Reuten as 'Jillian Salvius', Kristina Tonteri-Young as 'Young Sister Beatrice', Emilio Sakraya as 'Jc', Joaquim de Almeida as 'Cardinal Duretti' and Lope Haydn Evans as 'Michael'.
- 8/16/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
This year at Glasgow Film Festival, the 2023 FrightFest contingent offered eleven genre-bending feature films, packed into a horror-filled weekend of scares, screams, and…suddenly realizing you happened to pack a gun in your suitcase for the girls weekend – just after your best friend has been murdered by the psycho Bear-Man! A little too late…darn.
I had the great pleasure of catching ten out of the eleven films screened over the 10th and 11th of March 2023. Here are my thoughts and recommendations for which films you should catch if you can (or avoid like the plague) once they complete their festival runs and find distribution in the big, wide world.
#Chadgetstheaxe USA 2022 83 mins. International Premiere
What happens when a group of self-involved influencers decides to raid a house that was supposedly the site of a cult sacrifice – all whilst live-streaming the entire night? Filmed and told entirely through the camera-phones...
I had the great pleasure of catching ten out of the eleven films screened over the 10th and 11th of March 2023. Here are my thoughts and recommendations for which films you should catch if you can (or avoid like the plague) once they complete their festival runs and find distribution in the big, wide world.
#Chadgetstheaxe USA 2022 83 mins. International Premiere
What happens when a group of self-involved influencers decides to raid a house that was supposedly the site of a cult sacrifice – all whilst live-streaming the entire night? Filmed and told entirely through the camera-phones...
- 4/8/2023
- by Gareth Tidball
- Horror Asylum
‘Bob’s Burgers’, ‘Elizabeth: A Portrait In Parts’ competing with the blockbuster.
Long-awaited sequel Top Gun: Maverick takes flight in 737 UK-Ireland cinemas this weekend through Paramount – the fifth widest opening of all time in the territory.
The number – coincidentally a significant one for the aviation industry – is also the third-widest opening for a 12A certificate film, behind Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker and No Time To Die.
Top Gun: Maverick is one of the last blockbusters that were originally scheduled for the pandemic months to hit cinemas. It was originally dated for July 12, 2019, before a delay to June 26, 2020 due filming certain action sequences.
Long-awaited sequel Top Gun: Maverick takes flight in 737 UK-Ireland cinemas this weekend through Paramount – the fifth widest opening of all time in the territory.
The number – coincidentally a significant one for the aviation industry – is also the third-widest opening for a 12A certificate film, behind Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker and No Time To Die.
Top Gun: Maverick is one of the last blockbusters that were originally scheduled for the pandemic months to hit cinemas. It was originally dated for July 12, 2019, before a delay to June 26, 2020 due filming certain action sequences.
- 5/27/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
There is no shortage of style or suspense in Erin Vassilopoulos’ feature debut, Superior, in a film packed with promise but doesn’t quite find its stride.
This ’80s noir instantly gives you Tarantino vibes with its aesthetics all against a backdrop of a great techno/synth/rock soundtrack. If yellow is to Kill Bill then red is to Superior where its presence is striking and becomes a reoccurring theme.
Vassilopoulos takes on double duties as director as well as co-writer and is a film that stems from her short of the same name from 2015. The story, however, differs somewhat and we see the return of both Alessandra and Ani Mesa.
In this setting of 1980s suburban America we see Marian (Alessandra Mesa), a wild child musician, return to her hometown under suspicious circumstances to reunite with her identical twin sister Vivian (Ani Mesa) – a bored housewife clearly fed-up with of her life.
This ’80s noir instantly gives you Tarantino vibes with its aesthetics all against a backdrop of a great techno/synth/rock soundtrack. If yellow is to Kill Bill then red is to Superior where its presence is striking and becomes a reoccurring theme.
Vassilopoulos takes on double duties as director as well as co-writer and is a film that stems from her short of the same name from 2015. The story, however, differs somewhat and we see the return of both Alessandra and Ani Mesa.
In this setting of 1980s suburban America we see Marian (Alessandra Mesa), a wild child musician, return to her hometown under suspicious circumstances to reunite with her identical twin sister Vivian (Ani Mesa) – a bored housewife clearly fed-up with of her life.
- 3/9/2022
- by Thomas Alexander
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Superior Review — Superior (2021) Film Review, a movie directed by Erin Vassilopoulos and starring Alessandra Mesa, Ani Mesa, Pico Alexander, Jake Hoffman, Stanley Simons, Liz Cameron, Sonia Conlin, L. Marie Denwood, Ashley Kalo, Charlie Kevin, Christine Lauer, Delian Lincourt, Alexa Mareka, Lianna Morra, Miki Reaume and Cara Ronzetti. Director Erin Vassilopoulos’ new film Superior [...]
Continue reading: Film Review: Superior (2021): A Fascinating David Lynch-style Thriller Set in the 1980’s...
Continue reading: Film Review: Superior (2021): A Fascinating David Lynch-style Thriller Set in the 1980’s...
- 2/12/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
"I'm worried about her." Factory 25 has revealed an official trailer for an indie film titled Superior, which initially premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival last year. This grainy, retro indie is about a woman on the run who returns to her hometown to hide out with her identical twin sister, Vivian, which alters the trajectory of both their lives. Described as an "Almodovarian psychodrama" with touches of Lynch and De Palma and 80s psychological thriller cinema. She realizes that she can pass as her sister and gets into even more trouble pretending to be her while trying to stay out of any trouble. Starring Alessandra Mesa and Anamari Mesa as sisters Marian and Vivian; along with Pico Alexander, Jake Hoffman, and Stanley Simons. This has a very specific pastiche that will some will be very attracted to, but for others it may just be grueling. But there's intricacy in...
- 1/21/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
One of the themes running through the 2021 North Bend Film Festival was Identity. There were so many films that focused on the varying ways that one can become oneself. Queer Identity, Immigrant Identity, finding your adult identity as you come of age. One of the more haunting explorations of identity came with Erin Vassilopoulos’ haunting film Superior.
Superior opens with Marian (Alessandra Mesa) having a fight with her abusive husband. She manages to escape, running him over with her car in the process. Breathless and terrified, she makes her way to a small town in upstate New York. It is her hometown, in fact. The one that she left six years prior. It is the small hometown where her twin sister Vivian (Ani Mesa) still lives.
On the surface, Marian and Vivan are polar opposites. Marian is in a band. She lives a very free lifestyle, going from one place to another on a whim,...
Superior opens with Marian (Alessandra Mesa) having a fight with her abusive husband. She manages to escape, running him over with her car in the process. Breathless and terrified, she makes her way to a small town in upstate New York. It is her hometown, in fact. The one that she left six years prior. It is the small hometown where her twin sister Vivian (Ani Mesa) still lives.
On the surface, Marian and Vivan are polar opposites. Marian is in a band. She lives a very free lifestyle, going from one place to another on a whim,...
- 7/27/2021
- by Emily von Seele
- DailyDead
After being closed for over a year due to Covid-19, Bam Rose Cinemas will reopen Friday, June 11 for in-person screenings of first-run and repertory films, the Brooklyn mainstay has today announced. All four screens will reopen, with approximately 20 to 50 seats available in each theater, in accordance with reduced capacity New York State guidelines.
The theater will also be implementing a variety of enhanced safety measures, including mandatory masks unless eating or drinking (concessions will be available), socially-distanced seating, enhanced Hvac filtration, and increased time between screenings to facilitate thorough cleaning and minimize interactions.
The theater will play a variety of new releases and older selections when it opens, including several titles that initially premiered as virtual cinema titles, such as Ousmane Sembène’s “Mandabi,” which first played on the virtual platform in February. “Sembène is an artist I love to see on the big screen,” senior film programmer Jesse Trussell told IndieWire.
The theater will also be implementing a variety of enhanced safety measures, including mandatory masks unless eating or drinking (concessions will be available), socially-distanced seating, enhanced Hvac filtration, and increased time between screenings to facilitate thorough cleaning and minimize interactions.
The theater will play a variety of new releases and older selections when it opens, including several titles that initially premiered as virtual cinema titles, such as Ousmane Sembène’s “Mandabi,” which first played on the virtual platform in February. “Sembène is an artist I love to see on the big screen,” senior film programmer Jesse Trussell told IndieWire.
- 5/18/2021
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Animated family comedy Duncanville has been renewed for a third season at Fox ahead of its Season 2 premiere.
The series comes from Amy Poehler and her Paper Kite Productions, The Simpsons veteran Mike Scully and his wife, former Simpsons writer-producer Julie Scully.
Produced by 20th Television Animation, Universal TV and Fox Entertainment, the show’s second season is set to launch in May. It will premiere with two episodes on Sunday, May 23, before moving to a Monday timeslot following the debut of Housebroken on May 31.
The premiere will also see a mini-Parks and Recreation reunion with Adam Scott, Aubrey Plaza, Retta and Nick Offerman making guest voice appearances alongside Poehler and Rashida Jones.
Duncanville follows a spectacularly average 15-year-old boy (voiced by Poehler) with a rich fantasy life and the people in his world. Duncan can see adulthood on the horizon: money, freedom, cars, girls. But the reality is more like: always being broke,...
The series comes from Amy Poehler and her Paper Kite Productions, The Simpsons veteran Mike Scully and his wife, former Simpsons writer-producer Julie Scully.
Produced by 20th Television Animation, Universal TV and Fox Entertainment, the show’s second season is set to launch in May. It will premiere with two episodes on Sunday, May 23, before moving to a Monday timeslot following the debut of Housebroken on May 31.
The premiere will also see a mini-Parks and Recreation reunion with Adam Scott, Aubrey Plaza, Retta and Nick Offerman making guest voice appearances alongside Poehler and Rashida Jones.
Duncanville follows a spectacularly average 15-year-old boy (voiced by Poehler) with a rich fantasy life and the people in his world. Duncan can see adulthood on the horizon: money, freedom, cars, girls. But the reality is more like: always being broke,...
- 4/7/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The Sun Valley Film Festival has announced its film slate and honorees, who will include Ethan Hawke, Shaka King and Gal Gadot.
As Svff Vision Award Recipients, Hawke and Gadot are recognized for their contributions to the art of cinema. Over his three decades in the industry, Hawke has earned four Academy Award nominations, acted in numerous beloved movies like “Dead Poets Society” and the “Before” trilogy and most recently made his TV debut with Showtime’s “The Good Lord Bird.” Gadot has similarly left a mark on pop culture, particularly in becoming synonymous with Wonder Woman. Outside of her superhero role, she executive produced the National Geographic documentary series “Impact” and will star in Fox’s remake of “Death on the Nile.”
King will be honored with the Pioneer Award, presented by Variety, for his work as an industry innovator and embodying the trailblazing spirit. His studio feature directorial debut,...
As Svff Vision Award Recipients, Hawke and Gadot are recognized for their contributions to the art of cinema. Over his three decades in the industry, Hawke has earned four Academy Award nominations, acted in numerous beloved movies like “Dead Poets Society” and the “Before” trilogy and most recently made his TV debut with Showtime’s “The Good Lord Bird.” Gadot has similarly left a mark on pop culture, particularly in becoming synonymous with Wonder Woman. Outside of her superhero role, she executive produced the National Geographic documentary series “Impact” and will star in Fox’s remake of “Death on the Nile.”
King will be honored with the Pioneer Award, presented by Variety, for his work as an industry innovator and embodying the trailblazing spirit. His studio feature directorial debut,...
- 4/5/2021
- by Haley Bosselman
- Variety Film + TV
Roster includes mountaineering documentary The Sanctity Of Space.
Ryan Kampe’s Visit Films has added acclaimed Sundance titles I Was a Simple Man, El Planeta and First Date to the sales roster for this week’s virtual EFM.
The slate includes previously announced Sundance thriller Superior, as well as mountaineering documentary The Sanctity Of Space, Tribeca 2020 selections Lorelei and My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To, 2020 SXSW selection The Surrogate, and survival thriller Wildcat.
Visit holds international rights to Christopher Makoto Yogi’s I Was A Simple Man, which takes place in the countryside of the north shore of O‘ahu,...
Ryan Kampe’s Visit Films has added acclaimed Sundance titles I Was a Simple Man, El Planeta and First Date to the sales roster for this week’s virtual EFM.
The slate includes previously announced Sundance thriller Superior, as well as mountaineering documentary The Sanctity Of Space, Tribeca 2020 selections Lorelei and My Heart Can’t Beat Unless You Tell It To, 2020 SXSW selection The Surrogate, and survival thriller Wildcat.
Visit holds international rights to Christopher Makoto Yogi’s I Was A Simple Man, which takes place in the countryside of the north shore of O‘ahu,...
- 3/1/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Oh say, can you see, Jermaine Fowler is Coming 2 America! The stand-up comedian and actor stopped by the New Hollywood Podcast to talk about the forthcoming sequel which is set to hit Prime Video on March 5.
Fowler is known for many film and TV projects including the Superior Donuts which ran for two seasons from 2017-2018 on CBS. He executive produced the series where he was the first Black lead of a CBS sitcom in a generation.
From broad comedy to something more indie and specific, Fowler also appeared in Boots Riley’s socially aware and hyperrealistic gentrification comedy Sorry to Bother You opposite Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson and Steven Yeun. He also executive produced Nickelodeon’s revival of All That and appeared in HBO’s Crashing.
Fowler stays busy as he has a bunch of projects on the horizon including the buddy comedy Dead Ass with Sony and...
Fowler is known for many film and TV projects including the Superior Donuts which ran for two seasons from 2017-2018 on CBS. He executive produced the series where he was the first Black lead of a CBS sitcom in a generation.
From broad comedy to something more indie and specific, Fowler also appeared in Boots Riley’s socially aware and hyperrealistic gentrification comedy Sorry to Bother You opposite Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson and Steven Yeun. He also executive produced Nickelodeon’s revival of All That and appeared in HBO’s Crashing.
Fowler stays busy as he has a bunch of projects on the horizon including the buddy comedy Dead Ass with Sony and...
- 2/23/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos and Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Duplicity in all its forms lurks just below the surface in Erin Vassilopoulos’s debut feature, Superior, which had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival last weekend. Expanded from a short she made in film school, Vassilopoulos’s feature concerns two fraternal twin sisters (Alessandra and Ani Mesa) unexpectedly reuniting after six years apart. The film opens in October of 1987, with Marian (Alessandra), a touring musician on the run from a secretive past, returning to her hometown to spend a few days with her sister, Vivian (Ani). The two sisters haven’t spoken in six years, spending the interim leading […]
The post "We Sat Down and Considered Pushing Production to Spring of 2020": Erin Vassilopoulos on Superior first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post "We Sat Down and Considered Pushing Production to Spring of 2020": Erin Vassilopoulos on Superior first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 2/3/2021
- by Erik Luers
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Duplicity in all its forms lurks just below the surface in Erin Vassilopoulos’s debut feature, Superior, which had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival last weekend. Expanded from a short she made in film school, Vassilopoulos’s feature concerns two fraternal twin sisters (Alessandra and Ani Mesa) unexpectedly reuniting after six years apart. The film opens in October of 1987, with Marian (Alessandra), a touring musician on the run from a secretive past, returning to her hometown to spend a few days with her sister, Vivian (Ani). The two sisters haven’t spoken in six years, spending the interim leading […]
The post "We Sat Down and Considered Pushing Production to Spring of 2020": Erin Vassilopoulos on Superior first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post "We Sat Down and Considered Pushing Production to Spring of 2020": Erin Vassilopoulos on Superior first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 2/3/2021
- by Erik Luers
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Having lensed several notable works that have been released in the last couple of years, New York-based Dp Mia Cioffi Henry arrives at Sundance with Erin Vassilopolous’s stylish psychodrama, Superior, based on the director’s 2015 short, which Henry also shot. Below, Henry discusses her own journey back to this material following the short, how references find their way into finished works, and being open to the truth of practical locations. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the […]
The post "The Lighting Started from a Real Place of Honesty": Dp Mia Cioffi Henry on Superior first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post "The Lighting Started from a Real Place of Honesty": Dp Mia Cioffi Henry on Superior first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 2/2/2021
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Having lensed several notable works that have been released in the last couple of years, New York-based Dp Mia Cioffi Henry arrives at Sundance with Erin Vassilopolous’s stylish psychodrama, Superior, based on the director’s 2015 short, which Henry also shot. Below, Henry discusses her own journey back to this material following the short, how references find their way into finished works, and being open to the truth of practical locations. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the […]
The post "The Lighting Started from a Real Place of Honesty": Dp Mia Cioffi Henry on Superior first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post "The Lighting Started from a Real Place of Honesty": Dp Mia Cioffi Henry on Superior first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 2/2/2021
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Thriller inspired by director’s short film and Sundance 2015 selection of same name.
Ryan Kampe’s Visit Films has boarded international rights to Sundance neo-noir Superior and will launch sales at the upcoming virtual EFM.
Erin Vassilopoulos’s U.S. Dramatic Competition selection stars twins Alessandra Mesa (who co-wrote the screenplay) and Ani Mesa in the story about estranged sisters who reconnect under frightening circumstances.
When Marian (Alessandra Mesa) is forced to go on the run she flees to the small-town home of her housewife sister, Vivian (Ani Mesa). The identical twins live vastly different lives, and the arrival of...
Ryan Kampe’s Visit Films has boarded international rights to Sundance neo-noir Superior and will launch sales at the upcoming virtual EFM.
Erin Vassilopoulos’s U.S. Dramatic Competition selection stars twins Alessandra Mesa (who co-wrote the screenplay) and Ani Mesa in the story about estranged sisters who reconnect under frightening circumstances.
When Marian (Alessandra Mesa) is forced to go on the run she flees to the small-town home of her housewife sister, Vivian (Ani Mesa). The identical twins live vastly different lives, and the arrival of...
- 2/2/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Erin Vassilopoulos’ Superior isn’t your classic film about twins. While on the run, Marian (Alessandra Mesa) returns to her childhood home where her housewife sister Vivian (Ani Mesa) lives. Marian’s past begins to catch up with her, endangering both her and her sister’s life tremendously. Editor Jenn Ruff shares what it was like to collaborate with one of her students and the brilliant madness that came from working during Covid. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the editor of your film? What were the factors and attributes that led to your being hired for this job? Ruff: How? […]
The post "Create the Spell and Then Not Break It": Editor Jenn Ruff on Superior first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post "Create the Spell and Then Not Break It": Editor Jenn Ruff on Superior first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 2/1/2021
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Erin Vassilopoulos’ Superior isn’t your classic film about twins. While on the run, Marian (Alessandra Mesa) returns to her childhood home where her housewife sister Vivian (Ani Mesa) lives. Marian’s past begins to catch up with her, endangering both her and her sister’s life tremendously. Editor Jenn Ruff shares what it was like to collaborate with one of her students and the brilliant madness that came from working during Covid. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the editor of your film? What were the factors and attributes that led to your being hired for this job? Ruff: How? […]
The post "Create the Spell and Then Not Break It": Editor Jenn Ruff on Superior first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post "Create the Spell and Then Not Break It": Editor Jenn Ruff on Superior first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 2/1/2021
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Superior begins with a woman in a bright red jumpsuit sprinting away from a violent man, intercut with another woman, at home, frying an egg. It might not immediately be clear, because of the former’s bleach blonde hair and the latter’s natural brown, but they are identical twin sisters. By cutting back and forth in the opening, filmmaker Erin Vassilopoulos immediately establishes the tension between the sisters: Marian lives a wild and dangerous life, while Vivian quietly plays housewife to a mild-mannered, somewhat inconsiderate husband. Soon, they will reunite for the first time in six years, and come to terms with how different they’ve become in the interim.
Vassilopoulos’s visually meticulous film, which is styled in a delightfully retro fashion, is a fun but thin entry to Sundance’s U.S. Dramatic Competition. It’s easy to see where the narrative is going: once reunited, the...
Vassilopoulos’s visually meticulous film, which is styled in a delightfully retro fashion, is a fun but thin entry to Sundance’s U.S. Dramatic Competition. It’s easy to see where the narrative is going: once reunited, the...
- 1/31/2021
- by Orla Smith
- The Film Stage
Back at the Sundance Film Festival in 2015, director Erin Vassilopoulos debuted the short film “Superior” starring twin sisters Alessandra Mesa and Ani Mesa. The project, a nominee for the Short Film Grand Jury Prize, focused on two sisters living in upstate New York who experience an awakening of self when a stranger comes to stay with them and their father for a brief spell.
The film also sparked a creative relationship among its director and stars. Six years later, the trio is back at Sundance with a continuation, of sorts, of the original short. Also called “Superior,” the new film takes place over one transformative Halloween weekend in the late 1980s and catches up with twin sisters Vivian (Ani Mesa) and Marion (Alessandra Mesa) after years of estrangement.
“A lot of the themes from the short still live on in the feature and are kind of the continuation of that exploration,...
The film also sparked a creative relationship among its director and stars. Six years later, the trio is back at Sundance with a continuation, of sorts, of the original short. Also called “Superior,” the new film takes place over one transformative Halloween weekend in the late 1980s and catches up with twin sisters Vivian (Ani Mesa) and Marion (Alessandra Mesa) after years of estrangement.
“A lot of the themes from the short still live on in the feature and are kind of the continuation of that exploration,...
- 1/31/2021
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
For the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, IndieWire is again partnering with Canada Goose for a series of events to celebrate the female filmmakers showing new films at this year’s fest, including a private virtual version of our annual sit-down dinner honoring filmmakers. While this year’s mixer will look a little bit different than years past, the Zoom-based event promises to bring together some of indie film’s best and brightest, albeit through virtual means.
At this year’s Sundance, female filmmakers aren’t in short supply: 50 percent were directed by one or more women. Their projects include some of the hottest at the festival, including Rebecca Hall’s “Passing,” Robin Wright’s “Land,” Sian Heder’s “Coda,” Nanfu Wang’s “In the Same Breath,” and Mona Fastvold’s “The World to Come.”
And that’s just one piece of Sundance’s offerings, as some of the best films of...
At this year’s Sundance, female filmmakers aren’t in short supply: 50 percent were directed by one or more women. Their projects include some of the hottest at the festival, including Rebecca Hall’s “Passing,” Robin Wright’s “Land,” Sian Heder’s “Coda,” Nanfu Wang’s “In the Same Breath,” and Mona Fastvold’s “The World to Come.”
And that’s just one piece of Sundance’s offerings, as some of the best films of...
- 1/28/2021
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Recently featured as a work in progress at the US in Progress during the American Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland, NYC based Erin Vassilopoulos‘ dramatic thriller directorial debut arrives after a quartet of shorts in almost in just as many years. Vassilopoulos arrived in Park City back in 2015 with Superior – the short on which this feature is based on and here she once again employs actress/twin sisters Alessandra Mesa and Anamari Mesa for the lead parts.
Gist: On the run, Marian returns to her hometown in upstate New York to hide out with her estranged identical twin sister, Vivian, who she hasn’t seen in six years….…...
Gist: On the run, Marian returns to her hometown in upstate New York to hide out with her estranged identical twin sister, Vivian, who she hasn’t seen in six years….…...
- 11/24/2020
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
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