EXCLUSIVE: When Power Ballad opened the Sands Film Festival in St. Andrews, Scotland, recently, the audience reaction was rapturous. Same with showings at SXSW, Dublin and in a limited release last week. Sending festival audiences into a lather has been a regular occurrence for writer-director John Carney since he premiered Once at the 2007 Sundance […]

EXCLUSIVE: Briarcliff Entertainment has acquired domestic distribution rights to Greg Yagolnitzer and Raviv Ullman’s Drag, the offbeat thriller comedy that premiered at the 2026 SXSW and stars Lizzy Caplan, Lucy DeVito, John Stamos and Christine Ko. Briarcliff CEO Tom Ortenberg has set a fall theatrical release. Written and directed by Raviv Ullman and Greg Yagolnitzer […]