Following a frustrating experience with 2017's It Comes At Night, writer/director Trey Edward Shults found a "therapeutic and cathartic" experience in mounting his third feature, Waves.
Feeling the pressure that comes when one's work is falsely framed, or misunderstood, Shults channeled it into Waves protagonist Tyler…
Sterling K. Brown is known for playing Randall Pearson, the loving father in This Is Us, but in Trey Edward Shults' family drama Waves, he shows us a very different side. As Ronald, he's the domineering parent of Tyler (Kelvin Harrison Jr.), a young man painfully striving to impress his pushy dad by becoming a great…
Waves, the new film from director Trey Edward Shults, left audiences reeling after its debut at the Telluride Film Festival a couple of months ago. Now everyone will get to see why it did. Shults, who showed promise in two previous films, Krisha and It Comes at Night, goes to a whole new level with this devastating…
Writer/director Trey Edward Shults’ Waves, which recently got a coveted Nov. 1 limited release slot from A24, released its first trailer today, showcasing the family drama’s ensemble cast headed by Sterling K. Brown and set to Frank Ocean’s “Godspeed.”
In addition to Brown, Waves features Kelvin Harrison Jr., Lucas…
EXCLUSIVE:Â The first weekend of November is a magical place for limited releases, when a slew of Oscar contenders have launched.
It’s when Open Road debuted Spotlight in 2015 which went on to win Best Picture, and it’s also the release date for a number of other Academy Award nominees such as A24’s Lady Bird (2017, 5…
EXCLUSIVE: It Comes at Night breakout Kelvin Harrison Jr. has been tapped to star in Waves, a dramatic musical in which he’ll reteam with director Trey Edward Shults and A24. Lucas Hedges, Sterling K. Brown and Taylor Russell also have signed on to the film, which will mark the third collaboration between A24 and…
Trey Edward Shults’ Krisha is screening in Critics’ Week here tonight, a few days after the debut feature helmer entered a two-picture deal with A24 which also acquired Krisha. The film earlier world premiered at SXSW, winning the Grand Jury and Audience Awards. I spoke with Shults a few weeks ago, as he was prepping…
EXCLUSIVE: In the continuing evolution of A24, the indie distributor has found a young filmmaker it wants to back long-term and has made its first multi-picture deal with a director. The company has acquired Krisha, the first film by director Trey Edward Shults that won 2015 SXSW's grand jury and audience awards for…
Trey Edward Shults, whose film Krisha won the Special Jury and Audience awards for feature film at SXSW this month, has signed with WME. Adapted from Shults’ 2014 short film of the same name, Krisha follows an alcoholic woman struggling to reconnect with her family after years of distance. It is Shult’s first feature…
