Some say that being surprised by a movie’s unexpected quality is the best part of going to film festivals, but it’s also dope when you get to see a filmmaker you’re rooting for blow the roof off of a motherfucking theater. That was our experience with Love Lies Bleeding, the new film from Saint Maud director Rose Glass, and we cannot wait for you to be able to check this one out.
We’re pretty sure that A24 realizes they’ve got a hit on their hands, but they also want to make you aware that this is not Drive Away Dolls, the film by Ethan Coen with a very similar premise that is due to hit theaters in just a few weeks.
So, they dropped a new trailer, full of all the cool shit that this movie has that Coen’s (most likely) doesn’t, earlier on Wednesday, and it’ll pump you the fuck up.
Take a look:
Instead of reading this (lovely) description from this year’s Sundance program, why not read our Vanyaland review? But we’re not gonna leave you hanging, so don’t worry too much:
“Reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Las Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family.
Following her critically acclaimed first feature ‘Saint Maud,’ Rose Glass makes her Sundance Film Festival debut with a bombastic, larger-than-life sophomore effort. An off-the-wall, rambunctious lesbian love story crashes into a family drama of the darkest ilk in this muscular thriller. As a small-town gym and a ravine just outside city limits become the playground for all flavors of mischief and mayhem, a heightened Americana sensibility and Glass’ deliciously distinctive, bold style create a world that is at once familiar and entirely fresh. Helmed by Sundance regular Kristen Stewart (‘Speak,’ ‘Adventureland,’ ‘Certain Women’) and Katy O’Brian, ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ is somehow as sweetly romantic about loyalty as it is doggedly hedonistic. With a vaulting imagination and its roots in deeply human places, this film packs a gut punch unlike any other.”
Love Lies Bleeding hits select theaters on March 8 before expanding everywhere on March 15. Go ahead and get yourself that mullet now. You know you want to.