In the Press
Film Critic DK Holm recounts his experience on the set of The Auteur.
See the full article HERE
Tribeca Press Release announcing the premiere of The Auteur, calling the movie, a “hilarious spoof”. READ MORE
The Auteur is pleased to receive some pretty big mentions in indieWIRE, The Hollywood Reporter, and Variety in their announcements of its inclusion in this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Click the logos to READ MORE
James Westby gets a proper Page 6 mention in the Willamette Week, Portland, Oregon’s local alternative press.
“Add James Westby to the list of Portland movie directors making a national splash.” READ MORE
Chad Crouch of Hush Records, posts his thoughts on the movie after a rare advance screening:
“Not since Drugstore Cowboy have my expectations for a locally produced film been so exceeded.” READ MORE
Cinematical starts its Tribeca coverage with a write-up on the movie.
see the entry HERE
Spike.com features The Auteur saying “hopefully Hollywood will take note” .
read the full article HERE
The Auteur hits the Japanese press. Time to brush up on our kanji.
see the entry HERE
Jamon writes up The Auteur as one of two films to catch at this year’s festival, saying Melik Malkasian’s starring turn could be, “the year’s must-be-seen-to-be-believed” performance.
See the full coverage HERE
Martin A. Grove interviews James about the film HERE, you don’t want to miss some of Westby’s responses!
James blogs out on the Huffington Post, getting personal about his connection to all that “wiener”.
read the full article HERE
Variety includes The Auteur in their exclusive gallery of Tribeca “must sees”.
read the full article HERE
Mina Hochberg includes the film in her coverage of the upcoming fest HERE.
FilmWad releases an exclusive look at never-before-seen posters from the film - check em out HERE, because you won’t see them anywhere else for awhile!
Time Out is feeling some love for The Auteur - placing the trailer on their entertainment homepage as well as a revealing Q&A with James. The Auteur even inspires Dustin Goot to delve into the history “highbrow smut”. Follow the logo on the left for James’ interview, and click HERE for the Dustin Goot article.
Noah Forrest talks with James and Melik about the film for Movie City News.
read the full article HERE
The New York Observer calls out The Auteur as one of eight Tribeca films to watch.
read the full article HERE
AMC asks James to keep a video diary of his experience throughout the festival - to some surprising results.
see it HERE
WNBC News includes The Auteur in their Tribeca coverage.
video coming soon!
Phil Nuggent reviews The Auteur, calling out Melik’s performance.
read the full article HERE
Scott Weinberg reviews the film, calling it “really, really funny”.
read it HERE
Andrea Chalupa interviews Byrd about the production of The Auteur for her article on indie filmmaking for Portfolio magazine.
read the full article HERE
Spike covers the film and its Tribeca buzz.
see it HERE
Access Hollywood interviews Katherine Flynn and her mother Jane Seymour about the film.
see the clip HERE
Vanity Fair calls The Auteur, “laugh-out-loud funny” and “intelligent”.
see the review HERE
Adult Video News gets excited about The Auteur’s crossover potential.
see the article HERE
IFC News interviews James and the cast about the film.
see the clip HERE
Variety reviews the film after the Los Angeles premiere.
read the review HERE
