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Brent Simon is a regular contributor to Screen International, Magill's Cinema Annual and ShockYa, among many other outlets, and serves as film editor at H Magazine.

A three-term president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, Simon has contributed to many online sites, including New York Magazine's Vulture, IGN, Rotten Tomatoes, FilmStew and Reelz. He has worked with AFI Fest, served as a juror on COLCOA and many other film festivals (plus a nasty three-week criminal trial), and is currently working on a book project. SharedDarkness.com is his online blog, and he thanks you for stopping by.
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Shared Darkness: Lynn Shelton Talks Your Sister's Sister, Touchy Feely

Lynn Shelton Talks Your Sister's Sister, Touchy Feely

Filmmaker Lynn Shelton made quite a splash in 2009 with the Sundance-minted Humpday, about two straight guys who enter into an "art project" pact to make a gay porn film together, and find themselves locked in a circle of awkward uncertainty. Her new film, Your Sister's Sister, centers on an emotionally unstable guy, Jack (Mark Duplass). Worried about her friend, Jack's deceased brother's ex-girlfriend Iris (Emily Blunt) offers up her family cabin on an island in the Pacific Northwest so that he can try to locate catharsis in solitude. Unbeknownst to Iris, her lesbian sister Hannah (Rosemarie DeWitt), who just ended a long-term relationship, is also there. When Iris shows up to surprise Jack, a sisterly reunion and other complications ensue. Recently, I had a chance to speak to Shelton one-on-one, about her dedication to improvisation, her film's unusual title, her "ridiculous" diet, jean shorts and more. The conversation is excerpted over at ShockYa, so click here for the read.