In October 2008, young nun Colleen Lunsford (Addison Timlin) is avoiding all contact from her family, until an email from her mother (Ally Sheedy) announces, “Your brother is home.” On returning to her childhood home in Asheville, NC, she finds her old room exactly how she left it: painted black and covered in goth/metal posters. Her parents are happy enough to see her, but unease and awkwardness abounds. Her brother Jacob (Keith Poulson) is living as a recluse in the guesthouse since returning home from the Iraq war. During Colleen’s visit, tensions rise and fall with a little help from Halloween, pot cupcakes, and GWAR. Little Sister is a comedy about family – a schmaltz-free, pathos-drenched, feel-good movie for the little goth girl inside us all.

Official Selection - SXSW

“Sweet and sad… suggests that some kind of reconciliation might be possible in this deeply divided country, in a way that is funny, disarmingly sincere.” – A. O. Scott, New York Times

“Sweetly funky and impossibly pure-hearted… pleasingly mesh(es) a skuzzy digital aesthetic with dreamy pop-art intrusions.” – Guy Lodge, Variety

“Weird, winsome, and wonderful….The goth nun family dramedy you didn’t know you needed.” – Indiewire

“Ally Sheedy, better than ever…Addison Timlin, star to be” – Filmmaker

“Heartfelt and volatile” – Village Voice

“An instant classic” – The New Yorker

Little Sister
Comedy – NR – 91 min – Tickets $9 – Get tickets online
Fri, Oct. 21: 7:00, 9:00 p.m.
Sat, Oct. 22: 7:00, 9:00
Sun, Oct. 23: 5:00, 7:00
Mon, Oct. 24: 7:00, 9:00
Tues, Oct. 25: 7:00, 9:00
Weds, Oct. 26: 7:00, 9:00
Thurs, Oct. 27: 7:00, 9:00