Join us for a screening of Rainbow Time followed by a Q&A with actor/writer/director Linas Phillips and Melanie Lynskey.
Moderated by Emma Brown, Interview Magazine.
SYNOPSIS
Todd grew up under the strange shadow of his older mentally challenged brother Shonzi. As kids, Shonzi forced Todd to make action movies. As adults he pressures him to share love life details, even showing Shonzi a sex tape he made with an old girlfriend to help him cope when family tragedy hits. When their dad suffers a heart attack, Shonzi (now 40, and still a virgin) moves in with Todd and his new girlfriend Lindsay. Shonzi wants desperately to be included in their relationship like old times. When Shonzi’s begging become threats to reveal secrets from their past, Todd must find the courage to be honest with Lindsay, even if it means the end of their relationship.
PANELISTS
Linas Phillips - Actor/Writer/Director
A graduate of New York University's Experimental Theater Wing, Linas switched to filmmaking in 2006. His first film was the documentary Walking to Werner. Linas' follow-up film, the narrative feature Bass Ackwards, played Sundance in 2010. He has appeared in guest starring roles on Eastbound and Down and the Duplass Brothers’ Togetherness. More recently, he can be seen opposite Jay Duplass in Manson Family Vacation, which premiered at SXSW in 2015.
Melanie Lynskey - Actor
An accomplished and versatile actress, New Zealand born Melanie Lynskey's first role came in her award winning performance in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures opposite Kate Winslet. Since then, she has amassed a number of credits both in features and television. Her credits include Steven Soderbergh's The Informant, Tom McCarthy's Win Win, Billy Ray's Shattered Glass, Sam Mendes' Away We Go, Jason Reitman's Up In The Air, Andy Tennant's EverAfter and Sweet Home Alabama and Clint Eastwood's Flags Of Our Fathers.
In 2012, Lynskey played the lead role in Todd Louiso's film Hello I Must Be Going, written by Sarah Koskoff. The film opened the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and was rated one of the “Top Ten Independent Films” of the year by the National Board of Review. Lynskey’s performance in the film earned her critical praise and a nomination for a 2012 Gotham Independent Film Award in the category of 'Breakthrough Actor'.
In 2014 Lynskey starred alongside Anna Kendrick, Lena Dunham and Mark Webber in Joe Swanberg's Happy Christmas, which also premiered in Competition at Sundance.
Premiering at this year’s 2016 Sundance Film Festival, Lynskey stars in Clea DuVall’s The Intervention. She was most recently seen in the Duplass brothers' critically acclaimed HBO show, Togetherness, with Mark Duplass and Amanda Peet, for which she was nominated for a Critic's Choice Award.
