Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iliza Shlesinger appears in Chasing Summer by Josephine Decker, an official selection of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy ...

At SXSW, stories aren’t just told on screen—they’re shared in conversation, in reflection, and in the moments between screenings. During this year’s festival, actress Cassidy Freeman sat down with ...

In 2018, Iliza Shlesinger wrote down, "what if high school came back to bite you in the ass?" Over many, many rewrites, as well as several false starts and stops, that germ of an idea culminated in ...

The SXSW red carpet is always full of standout moments, and one of this year’s most memorable came from actress Kristin Slaysman, who stopped to chat with Studio 512’s Blake Haynes ahead of the ...

One comes to Sundance looking for novelty, for strangeness, for bold reimaginings of hoary forms. In that sense, I suppose Josephine Decker's new film Chasing Summer fulfills a core mission of the ...

Chasing Summer has been one of the most talked-about movies at Sundance this year. We went inside the edit with the film's editor David Barker. Here's how he managed to hit the deadlines, how his NLE ...

When the SXSW red carpet rolls out in Austin, Texas, it’s not just about film premieres—it’s about stories, community, and unforgettable moments. Actress Lauren Aboulafia brought all of that and more ...

Sundance: This messy soufflé of millennial nostalgia has appealing bites, though, thanks to up-and-comer Garrett Wareing as the wildly hot new boy toy to Shlesinger's bottoming-out disaster relief ...

Logline: After losing both her job and boyfriend, Jamie (Iliza Shlesinger) retreats to her small Texas hometown where friends and flings from a fateful high school summer turn her life upside down.

The SXSW Film & TV Festival is known for celebrating bold storytelling, authentic voices, and the undeniable spirit of Texas—and this year’s red carpet premiere of Chasing Summer delivered all three.

Over many, many rewrites, as well as several false starts and stops, that germ of an idea culminated in “Chasing Summer,” a comedy about a 40-something woman who returns to the Texas hometown she fled ...