FilmBuff has licensed the worldwide rights to Veep co-star Matt Walsh’s second directorial feature film. The company will distribute A Better You in select theaters and VOD beginning October 9. The film, which premiered at this year’s Santa Barbara International Film Festival, is an improvised comedy about…

Matt Walsh has been a staple of improv comedy going on 25 years. Starting out in Chicago, he would make his way to both New York and L.A., going on to cofound the Upright Citizens Brigade in the process. But before all that, Walsh was a psychology major who worked for a time in that industry before making the jump to…

Lobbyists against onscreen smoking could have a friend in comedic actor Andrew Daly (Comedy Central’s Review), or at least his persnickety neighbor character who is trying to clean up the streets in Matt Walsh's second directorial comedy A Better You. The film follows Dr. Ron (Brian Huskey), a Hollywood quack…

"I am a doctor!" declares hypnotherapist Dr. Ron in the new trailer for  A Better You premiering at the 30th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Friday, Jan. 30.  The comedy follows a Hollywood-based therapist, "Dr. Ron" (Brian Huskey of Neighbors) who thinks he has a cure for everyone, but just can’t…

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival has unveiled its 2015 line-up which includes films representing 54 countries, 23 world premieres and 53 U.S. premieres. The U.S. premiere of Niki Caro’s McFarland USA will close out the 30th fest. Based on the 1987 true story and starring Kevin Costner and Maria Bello, the…