The writer/director of the Sundance hit talks to THR about his film's cringe factor and the unlikely tale, on screen and off. By Jordan Zakarin The Sessions Film Still - H 2012 Ben Lewin, a childhood ...

IFC Films has nabbed U.S. rights to “Falling for Figaro,” a romantic comedy set in the world of opera singing competitions. The film is directed by Ben Lewin, the filmmaker behind “The Catcher Was A ...

Directed by Ben Lewin (The Sessions), Please Stand By follows Wendy (Dakota Fanning), a fiercely independent and brilliant young woman with autism, who also deeply loves Star Trek, which she uses to ...

IFC Films has acquired the U.S. rights to “Falling For Figaro,” a romantic comedy about competitive opera singing that stars Joanna Lumley and Danielle Macdonald. The film will be released in 2021.

The Sessions is based on the story of Mark O'Brien, a disabled man who used a sex surrogate to achieve intimacy for the first time. Director Ben... Disability biopics, especially the kind that bring ...

The most shocking thing about “The Sessions” is not the very graphic sex scenes between the 38-year-old quadriplegic protagonist Mark O’Brien and the sex therapist he hires to help him lose his ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. From Sundance, I interview director Ben ...

"Captain: there is only one logical direction in which to go - forward." Magnolia Pictures has unveiled an official trailer for an indie dramedy titled Please Stand By, from director Ben Lewin, who ...

"You can't allow yourself to be captured." IFC Films has debuted an official trailer for an indie true story film titled The Catcher Was a Spy, the latest from director Ben Lewin (The Sessions, Please ...

EXCLUSIVE: The story of disability pioneer Sylvia Flexer is set for the big screen. Ben Lewin, director of The Sessions and The Catcher was a Spy, is to write and direct a feature film for Keshet ...

Polish born and Australian raised, Ben Lewin has always had a passion for photography and creative writing. After a briefly diverting career as a criminal lawyer, and through “sheer accident” he would ...