Last year, as the industry was looking to lift itself out the pandemic’s purgatory at the box office, SXSW lit the wick on A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once, which wound up dynamiting the 18-34 hipster moviegoer set in what became the highest-grossing indie film of 2022, the best ever for the New York-based distributor, and now a potential Oscar Best Picture winner.
As such, it’s often been said that SXSW has been a place to launch big studio horror titles and comedies before genre-friendly crowds rather than sell them and discover frosh talent; it’s here where eventual Shang-Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton first made a big splash with the Brie Larson drama Short Term 12. Still, that slow rhythm has never deterred sellers from utilizing the Austin festival as place to launch fresh talent directly to a zeitgeist demographic, away from...
As such, it’s often been said that SXSW has been a place to launch big studio horror titles and comedies before genre-friendly crowds rather than sell them and discover frosh talent; it’s here where eventual Shang-Chi and the Legend of the 10 Rings filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton first made a big splash with the Brie Larson drama Short Term 12. Still, that slow rhythm has never deterred sellers from utilizing the Austin festival as place to launch fresh talent directly to a zeitgeist demographic, away from...
- 3/10/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Britt Rentschler is the star of Pretty Problems, a smart and hilarious new indie adult comedy which she also produced and helped write with screenwriter and co-star Michael Tennant. In this episode, she talks about their lengthy commitment to making the story work, building their characters with depth, and the risky but triumphant decision to cast their talented friends in supporting roles rather than famous actors who might have secured more money. She describes how her apprehension toward playing the lead role of Lindsay actually benefited her performance, the ways director Kestrin Pantera brought the best out of everyone, plus […]
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- 10/18/2022
- by Peter Rinaldi
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Britt Rentschler is the star of Pretty Problems, a smart and hilarious new indie adult comedy which she also produced and helped write with screenwriter and co-star Michael Tennant. In this episode, she talks about their lengthy commitment to making the story work, building their characters with depth, and the risky but triumphant decision to cast their talented friends in supporting roles rather than famous actors who might have secured more money. She describes how her apprehension toward playing the lead role of Lindsay actually benefited her performance, the ways director Kestrin Pantera brought the best out of everyone, plus […]
The post “This Is as Grassroots as It Gets”: Pretty Problems Star Britt Rentschler, Back To One Episode 225 first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “This Is as Grassroots as It Gets”: Pretty Problems Star Britt Rentschler, Back To One Episode 225 first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 10/18/2022
- by Peter Rinaldi
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
"I thought she was joking when she said she invited you up here." IFC Films has revealed an official trailer for an indie comedy titled Pretty Problems, which originally premiered at this year's SXSW Film Festival in the spring. Jack and Lindsay are invited on a getaway trip with affluent strangers: down the rabbit hole, and into the most unhinged weekend of their lives. Can their relationship survive? This wacky, wild comedy takes a look at the difference between the "haves" and "have nots" on this party trip to a Sonoma Chateau. The film stars Britt Rentschler and Michael Tennant as Lindsay and Jack, with J.J. Nolan, Charlotte Ubben, Graham Outerbridge, Alex Klein, Clayton Froning, Katarina Hughes, Vanessa Chester, and Amy Maghera. This looks like it's trying to make fun of "pretty people" and all their crazy problems, but it also looks so ludicrous it may not even be fun?...
- 8/18/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The premise of “Pretty Problems” is that two millennials, Lindsay (Britt Rentschler) and Jack (Michael Tennant), are stuck in a rut in their marriage and go on a long weekend to wine country. Invited by an ultra-wealthy housewife who has a vape in one hand and a glass of wine in the other, they find themselves in for a weekend alongside a self-made billionaire who *knows* how successful he is and an actress/model who is more like arm candy for the trust fund kid in attendance.
Continue reading ‘Pretty Problems’ Trailer & Poster: A Comedic Look At The Millennial Experience [Exclusive] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Pretty Problems’ Trailer & Poster: A Comedic Look At The Millennial Experience [Exclusive] at The Playlist.
- 8/18/2022
- by Jamie Rogers
- The Playlist
Exclusive: Kristen Konvitz has joined UTA as an Agent in the Independent Film Group division. She will work from the agency’s Los Angeles headquarters, reporting to Partners Jim Meenaghan and Rena Ronson, who serve as Co-Heads of the Independent Film Group.
Konvitz comes to UTA from ICM, where she worked as an Agent in the Independent Film Group. She spent over five years at the agency prior to its acquisition by CAA, there working to structure and arrange financing, assemble and secure distribution for independent films.
Konvitz has brokered distribution deals on dozens of films coming out of such major festivals as Cannes, Sundance, TIFF and SXSW, among others. Her recent projects include Agnieszka Smoczynska’s Cannes Un Certain Regard entry The Silent Twins, SXSW Audience Award winner Pretty Problems, Sundance Best Director winner Palm Trees and Power Lines, and Spike Lee’s American Utopia. Additionally, she has negotiated...
Konvitz comes to UTA from ICM, where she worked as an Agent in the Independent Film Group. She spent over five years at the agency prior to its acquisition by CAA, there working to structure and arrange financing, assemble and secure distribution for independent films.
Konvitz has brokered distribution deals on dozens of films coming out of such major festivals as Cannes, Sundance, TIFF and SXSW, among others. Her recent projects include Agnieszka Smoczynska’s Cannes Un Certain Regard entry The Silent Twins, SXSW Audience Award winner Pretty Problems, Sundance Best Director winner Palm Trees and Power Lines, and Spike Lee’s American Utopia. Additionally, she has negotiated...
- 8/2/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
People often fall in love with the potential of new relationships, both romances and friendships, until they’re eventually faced with the truth about the actual circumstance of the other person’s life. The protagonists of the new romantic comedy-drama, ‘Pretty Problems,’ down-on-their-luck married couple Lindsay and Jack, feel as though they may not to be able […]
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- 5/31/2022
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Experienced programmer previously had a long assocation with the Seattle festival.
The Sonoma International Film Festival (Siff) has named longtime US festival programmer Carl Spence as its new artistic director.
Spence, previously the co-director and artistic director of the Seattle International Film Festival, assumes his Sonoma role from Kevin W McNeely, who becomes Siff chairman emeritus.
Siff stages its annual festival in the Northern California city of Sonoma each March, and hosts year-round live and virtual events including its Summerfest, this year set for August 4-6.
At this year’s festival, the jury award for best English language feature went...
The Sonoma International Film Festival (Siff) has named longtime US festival programmer Carl Spence as its new artistic director.
Spence, previously the co-director and artistic director of the Seattle International Film Festival, assumes his Sonoma role from Kevin W McNeely, who becomes Siff chairman emeritus.
Siff stages its annual festival in the Northern California city of Sonoma each March, and hosts year-round live and virtual events including its Summerfest, this year set for August 4-6.
At this year’s festival, the jury award for best English language feature went...
- 5/19/2022
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Kestrin Pantera’s satirical takedown of the rich elite, Pretty Problems, has been acquired by IFC Films following the pic’s Narrative Spotlight Audience Award win at SXSW. The pic will hit theaters and VOD this year.
IFC is taking all global rights to the pic written by Michael Tennant, Britt Rentschler and Charlotte Ubben, who also star in the movie alongside JJ Nolan, Graham Outerbridge, Alex Klein, Clayton Froning, Katarina Hughes, Vanessa Chester and Amy Maghera. Katya Alexander, Rentschler, Ubben and Tennant also produce.
Lindsay (Rentschler) is as bored with her marriage to Jack (Tennant) as she is working in a boutique — until Cat Flax (Nolan) swoops into the store, showering her with flattery and conspicuous displays of wealth. The pair bond over a bottle of wine, and Lindsay arrives home flushed with excitement about her rich new friend. Jack reluctantly agrees to accept Cat’s invitation for a weekend away,...
IFC is taking all global rights to the pic written by Michael Tennant, Britt Rentschler and Charlotte Ubben, who also star in the movie alongside JJ Nolan, Graham Outerbridge, Alex Klein, Clayton Froning, Katarina Hughes, Vanessa Chester and Amy Maghera. Katya Alexander, Rentschler, Ubben and Tennant also produce.
Lindsay (Rentschler) is as bored with her marriage to Jack (Tennant) as she is working in a boutique — until Cat Flax (Nolan) swoops into the store, showering her with flattery and conspicuous displays of wealth. The pair bond over a bottle of wine, and Lindsay arrives home flushed with excitement about her rich new friend. Jack reluctantly agrees to accept Cat’s invitation for a weekend away,...
- 4/4/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Theatrical, VoD release planned for later this year.
IFC Films has acquired worldwide rights from to up SXSW audience award winner Pretty Problems.
Kestrin Pantera’s film stars Britt Rentschler as a woman bored in her marriage who befriends a charming affluent woman who invites her and her husband to a wild weekend getaway. Michael Tennant also stars and the cast includes JJ Nolan, Charlotte Ubben and Graham Outerbridge.
Tennant, Rentschler and Ubben co-wrote the screenplay to Pretty Problems, which won the Narrative Spotlight audience award last month at the in-person festival.
Katya Alexander, Rentschler, Ubben, and Tennant served as...
IFC Films has acquired worldwide rights from to up SXSW audience award winner Pretty Problems.
Kestrin Pantera’s film stars Britt Rentschler as a woman bored in her marriage who befriends a charming affluent woman who invites her and her husband to a wild weekend getaway. Michael Tennant also stars and the cast includes JJ Nolan, Charlotte Ubben and Graham Outerbridge.
Tennant, Rentschler and Ubben co-wrote the screenplay to Pretty Problems, which won the Narrative Spotlight audience award last month at the in-person festival.
Katya Alexander, Rentschler, Ubben, and Tennant served as...
- 4/4/2022
- ScreenDaily
Theatrical, VoD release planned for later this year.
IFC Films has acquired worldwide rights from to up SXSW audience award winner Pretty Problems.
Kestrin Pantera’s film stars Britt Rentschler as a woman bored in her marriage who befriends a charming affluent woman who invites her and her husband to a wild weekend getaway. Michael Tennant also stars and the cast includes JJ Nolan, Charlotte Ubben and Graham Outerbridge.
Tennant, Rentschler and Ubben co-wrote the screenplay to Pretty Problems, which won the Narrative Spotlight audience award last month at the in-person festival.
Katya Alexander, Rentschler, Ubben, and Tennant served as...
IFC Films has acquired worldwide rights from to up SXSW audience award winner Pretty Problems.
Kestrin Pantera’s film stars Britt Rentschler as a woman bored in her marriage who befriends a charming affluent woman who invites her and her husband to a wild weekend getaway. Michael Tennant also stars and the cast includes JJ Nolan, Charlotte Ubben and Graham Outerbridge.
Tennant, Rentschler and Ubben co-wrote the screenplay to Pretty Problems, which won the Narrative Spotlight audience award last month at the in-person festival.
Katya Alexander, Rentschler, Ubben, and Tennant served as...
- 4/4/2022
- ScreenDaily
Updated, 12:23 Pm: South by Southwest Conference and Festivals today announced the Audience Award winners for the 29th SXSW Film Festival, with the Patton Oswalt comedy I Love My Dad, FX’s comedy series Atlanta, Sony Pictures Classics’ music doc The Return of Tanya Tucker – Featuring Brandi Carlile and AMC’s drama series 61st Street coming in as notable recipients.
I Love My Dad was previously awarded the Narrative Feature Competition Grand Jury Award, and today took home the Narrative Feature Competition Audience Award. Atlanta won out in the Headliners section, with The Return of Tanya Tucker prevailing in 24 Beats Per Second, and 61st Street taking the Audience Award for Episodic Premieres.
The SXSW Audience Awards follow the previously-announced 2022 Jury Awards, as well as the 40 Years of Massive Talent Award, which was presented to Nicolas Cage at the festival screening of his Lionsgate pic The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent on Saturday night.
I Love My Dad was previously awarded the Narrative Feature Competition Grand Jury Award, and today took home the Narrative Feature Competition Audience Award. Atlanta won out in the Headliners section, with The Return of Tanya Tucker prevailing in 24 Beats Per Second, and 61st Street taking the Audience Award for Episodic Premieres.
The SXSW Audience Awards follow the previously-announced 2022 Jury Awards, as well as the 40 Years of Massive Talent Award, which was presented to Nicolas Cage at the festival screening of his Lionsgate pic The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent on Saturday night.
- 3/23/2022
- by Valerie Complex and Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
A couple have a wild weekend away in Pretty Problems, Kestrin Pantera’s laugh-out-loud comedy premiering at SXSW.
Written by Michael Tennant, who also co-stars, it’s a witty look at wealth, privilege and relationships over a couple of days of hedonism in wine country.
Lindsay (Britt Rentschler) is as bored with her marriage to Jack (Tennant) as she is working in a boutique — until Cat Flax (JJ Nolan) swoops into the store, showering her with flattery and conspicuous displays of wealth. The pair bond over a bottle of wine, and Lindsay arrives home flushed with excitement about her rich new friend. Jack reluctantly agrees to accept Cat’s invitation for a weekend away, and they jump into a car and drive into another world: of butlers, gift bags, massages and astronomically expensive wine their hosts forget even buying.
Cat’s married to Matt Flax (Graham Outerbridge), a self-made billionaire...
Written by Michael Tennant, who also co-stars, it’s a witty look at wealth, privilege and relationships over a couple of days of hedonism in wine country.
Lindsay (Britt Rentschler) is as bored with her marriage to Jack (Tennant) as she is working in a boutique — until Cat Flax (JJ Nolan) swoops into the store, showering her with flattery and conspicuous displays of wealth. The pair bond over a bottle of wine, and Lindsay arrives home flushed with excitement about her rich new friend. Jack reluctantly agrees to accept Cat’s invitation for a weekend away, and they jump into a car and drive into another world: of butlers, gift bags, massages and astronomically expensive wine their hosts forget even buying.
Cat’s married to Matt Flax (Graham Outerbridge), a self-made billionaire...
- 3/14/2022
- by Anna Smith
- Deadline Film + TV
Directed by SXSW alum Kestrin Pantera (Mother’s Little Helpers), Pretty Problems is yet another indie picture about a floundering 30-something couple stuck in a rut while others around them seem to have it easy from the privilege of headstarts. Perhaps this is a condition of living in places where the haves and have-nots are so extreme, with a robust service industry that caters to the old money, new money, and Henry segment.
In that regard, yes, having multiple homes, an addiction to $500 bottles of wine, a support staff, and kids that can be outsourced to an au pair really are pretty problems to have, especially in light of real suffering outside these bubbles. This is not to say Pretty Problems isn’t fun in passages—it just feels expressly tailor-made for an SXSW audience and the echo chamber of the festival landscape.
The plot is fairly straightforward. Couple Lindsay...
In that regard, yes, having multiple homes, an addiction to $500 bottles of wine, a support staff, and kids that can be outsourced to an au pair really are pretty problems to have, especially in light of real suffering outside these bubbles. This is not to say Pretty Problems isn’t fun in passages—it just feels expressly tailor-made for an SXSW audience and the echo chamber of the festival landscape.
The plot is fairly straightforward. Couple Lindsay...
- 3/14/2022
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
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