**This podcast was recorded before the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the movie being covered here wouldn’t exist.**

In The Adults, the plan to make a trip back home as short as possible begins to unravel as Eric finds himself balancing the challenging relationship with his two sisters and his addiction to a local poker game. Directed by Dustin Guy Defa and starring Sophia Lillis, Bryan Sudfield discusses the film during its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival 2023. The film is now playing in limited release in theaters. Dustin Guy Defa is an actor and director, known for Person to Person (2014), Person to Person (2017) and Bad Fever (2011). Sophia Lillis has starred in films including It (2017), It Chapter Two (2019), Gretel & Hansel (2020), and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023).

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