Whether for relatability, or digestibility, the American coming-of-age genre tends to focus on broadly awkward characters ...

Actor-turned-director Will Ropp talks about tackling mental health in his directorial debut "Brian" ahead of its SXSW ...

SXSW: Writer/director Will Ropp's feature directing debut signals a promising voice who captures the angst of a 17-year-old ...

Brian, starring Ben Wang, is the best film from this year’s SXSW Festival, and one of the funniest comedies of 2026 so far.

After a planned feature fell apart, the actor-turned-filmmaker convinced a ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’ writer to let him make his feature debut with his screenplay: “I know that I can go out and ...