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Shirley Chen ‘22 discovered her love of theater through high school plays — but that happened long before she ever acted in one. As a kid, she’d sit in the audience of her older brother’s performances, awestruck by the magic of the show and the bonds between its actors. “Seeing all the cast members in all their wardrobe and their sweaty faces coming out, and people are handing them flowers,” Chen said, “theyve done this together and really connected, and I fel...

The South by SouthWest ( SXSW) festival, which takes place in Austin Texas, is affectionately known as ‘South By’ and is a yearly collection of film, interactive media, innovative technology, music festivals and conferences. The inaugural festival was in 1987 and since then it has grown not only in size but also in prestige, as corporate sponsorship, big-name acts, innovative technology and hundreds of undiscovered bands, filmmakers, and tech innovators flocking there every year. Unfortunat...

True Detective). “I grew up near the same small town where we shot  Werewolves Within,” Ruben wrote in a statement. “As a kid, I’d freak myself out, making up monster stories, running through the woods, pretending I was Chief Brody, fighting creatures in the brush (I LOVED  Jaws — hell, I loved horror). That hometown experience, where neighbors knew your business (whether you liked it or not) is so much of what makes  Werewolves so personal. But, as much as I love horror movies...

Coming on the heels of his acclaimed directorial debut  Scare Me, Josh Ruben is returning to the horror-comedy world as IFC Films has acquired the rights to his star-studded adaptation of the Ubisoft VR game  Werewolves Within and set it for a June theatrical release! Written by Mishna Wolff ( I’m Down) and helmed by Ruben, the film centers on the small town of Beaverfield as a proposed gas pipeline creates divisions within the town and a snowstorm traps its residents together inside the l...