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Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #44. Jim Hosking’s An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn

Published on January 17, 2018

An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn

Jim Hosking‘s debut film The Greasy Strangler was sort of like the squid option at a restaurant — an acquired taste for most (we gave the film a solid ★★ in our review), but the film nonetheless found a passionate fanbase not only from Sundance programmers but among industry folk alike. He comes packing heat for his sophomore project, with a zany cast listing, and worth mentioning here, this serves as one quick turnaround from a first to second feature. Filming on An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn took place in February in Eureka, California.

Starring Aubrey Plaza, Emile Hirsch, Jemaine Clement, Matt Berry and Craig Robinson, Lulu Danger’s unsatisfying marriage takes a fortunate turn for the worse when a mysterious man from her past comes to town to perform an event called ‘An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn For One Magical Night Only.’ Can’t wait to see which direction Hosking brings us in.

Release Date/Prediction: This was selected for Sundance and Rotterdam Film Fests.

Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).