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John Gallagher Jr. relived his formative years opposite Winona Ryder in “Gone in the Night”.

This film was originally reviewed out of SXSW 2022 under its previous title, “The Cow.”In writer-director Eli Horowitz’s labyrinthine, mostly unpredictable thriller “Gone in the Night,” becoming increasingly risk-adverse is one clear symptom of getting older. Part unlikely friendship tale and part potpourri of genre tropes orchestrated as a parade of red herrings, this debut feature takes on modern culture’s blatant disdain of aging and veneration of youth.It begins with a common sequence: two people driving on an empty tree-lined road.

A cabin in the woods is the perfect site for a mystery.

From “Beetlejuice” to “Stranger Things,” Winona Ryder has grounded herself as an actress in the weird and wonderful. From her very first role in the 1985 film “Lucas,” Ryder has made her name for herself, starring in franchises like “Star Trek” and “Friends.” The “Stranger Things” star is more famously known for her work with director Tim Burton, but her latest project is neither gothic and strange nor part of the upside-down.

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has prevailed in a bidding war surrounding SXSW thriller The Cow—landing worldwide rights to the film starring Winona Ryder (Stranger Things) and John Gallagher Jr. (10 Cloverfield Lane), and slating it for an exclusive theatrical release later this year.

There are certain actors who seem to have grown up before the public’s eye. Whose very existence serve to remind us of our own mortality.

The Cow is a film about a mystery that comes with many mysteries of its own, chief among them being the question of why Winona Ryder’s career is so shaped by her past. Stranger Things may have brought her back to the public eye, but it seemed to claim her as an ’80s icon when Ryder only had a walk-on part in that decade’s final reel. Her role in Darren Aronofsky’s 2010 ballet psychodrama Black Swan likewise came with a sting in the casting, pitting Ryder as the outgoing grand dame against Natalie Portman as an ingenue snapping at her heels. And here again, much mention is made of her age when Sandra Bullock—seven years her senior—could lead a bigger movie without a peep.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorIndependent finance and production company SSS Entertainment is launching a sales arm dubbed The Syndicate, offering titles including two films starring and directed by Katie Holmes and Neil Labute’s “House of Darkness” starring Justin Long and Kate Bosworth.Shaun Sanghani, owner and CEO of SSS Entertainment, says the company will focus on “using its depth of experience to deliver independent features that are daring and empathetic while being accessible and recognizable to a wide audience.”Among the half dozen titles that SSS Entertainment has recently produced and financed are “Alone Together” and period piece “Rare Objects,” both starring and directed by Holmes.At SXSW this week, SSS Entertainment is premiering Eli Horowitz’s “The Cow” with Winona Ryder and Dermot Mulroney. Sanghani produced and financed “The Fallout,” which won last year’s SXSW Grand Jury and Audience awards.

EXCLUSIVE: Winona Ryder is starring alongside Dermot Mulroney, John Gallagher Jr., Owen Teague and Brianne Tju in The Cow, a mystery thriller that marks the feature directing debut of Eli Horowitz, co-creator of Amazon’s anthology series Homecoming. Plot details are under wraps in the script co-penned by Horowitz and Matthew Derby. Production has just wrapped.

Janelle Monae is more than just an incredible singer, dancer, songwriter and actor. She’s an activist and a community leader.

When, the half-hour drama about a caseworker working at a mysterious facility that helps soldiers transition back to civilian life, debuted in 2018, it marked Julia Roberts’ first starring TV role three decades into her celebrated career. Not long after the Amazon original premiered, it was revealed that the star would not be returning as Heidi Bergman despite the show’s initial two-season order. 

One of Amazon's most buzzed-about series of 2018 was Julia Roberts' Homecoming, which told the story of the Homecoming Transitional Support Center, a live-in facility designed to helped soldiers transition into civilian life. The 10-episode season turned into a psychological thriller that grabbed audiences around the world.

Janelle Monáe doesn’t “live [her] life in a binary way.” Therefore, she doesn’t look at her body of work as being a musician first and an actor second, or vice versa. Instead, she just wants to “tell stories that need to be told,” she said at the Television Critics Assn. press tour panel for her upcoming season of “Homecoming” on Amazon Prime Video.