Exclusive Releasing has nabbed the U.S. rights to the sexually charged and critically polarizing drama "Two Mothers," a spokeswoman for the company told TheWrap. 

The film is adapted from Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing's short story, features a screenplay from Oscar-winner Christopher Hampton and stars Naomi Watts and Robin Wright as two women who embark on affairs with each other's sons.

Anne Fontaine ("Coco Before Chanel") directed  the film, which premiered last week at the Sundance Film Festival to mixed reviews and...

What to do with a husband, beautiful house, adorable preschooler and too much time on your hands?  Think: strip club.

Jill Soloway’s well-done debut feature, “Afternoon Delight” is among the best of a crop of movies dealing with a grown-up identity crisis at Sundance this year, notable for treating the woman at the center of its story with sophistication and honesty.

Update: Soloway won the festival's directing award in the dramatic competition on Saturday night.

The woman would be Kathryn Hahn (“Parks and Recreation”) as Rachel, a housewife who brings a young stripper named McKenna (Juno Temple) into her Silver Lake home with a vague notion of saving the latter from a life of prostitution. But Rachel’s generosity is a cover for her own boredom, her fascination with Temple’s unencumbered morality and titillation...

Filmmakers from Italy, Brazil and India are among the four directors honored with global filmmaking awards at this year's Sundance Film Festival.

The honors carry a $10,000 cash prize and are designed to encourage emerging filmmakers from around the world. They are part of a three year partnership between the Sundance Institute and the Indian multi-national Mahindra Group that is now in its third year. 

The winning directors and projects are: Sarthak Dasgupta, "The Music Teacher" from India; Jonas Carpignano, "A Chjana" (pictured left) from Italy-US; Aly Muritiba, "The Man Who Killed My Beloved Dead" from Brazil; and Vendela Vida & Eva Weber,...

Fox Searchlight has acquired the Sundance coming-of-age story “The Way, Way Back,” the directorial debut of Oscar-winning screenwriters Nat Faxon and Jim Rash.

The film debuted at Sundance on Monday and immediately drew significant interest from buyers. Searchlight brought the rights for North America and several other territories and will distribute it in the summer.

Faxon and Rash, who won an Academy Award for writing “The Descendants,” also wrote this coming-of-age tale, which follows 14-year-old Duncan on summer vacation with his mother, her boyfriend and the boyfriend’s daughter....