Silver Bullets

An actress finds her personal and professional lives are at odds in this independent drama. Claire (Kate Lyn Sheil) is an actress who often appears in independent films with her boyfriend Ethan (Joe Swanberg), who acts, writes, and directs his own low-budget projects. Claire is hoping to move her career up a few notches, and when she's offered a role in a horror film by director Ben (Ti West), she jumps at the chance. However, while Claire will be working on a formulaic werewolf picture, Ethan decides to move forward on his next project, a thoughtful and arty romance, with another actress, Claire's friend Charlie (Amy Seimetz). Claire becomes jealous as Ethan is also playing the male lead in his new movie and will have several nude love scenes with Charlie, while Ethan is troubled by Ben's reputation for becoming involved with his actresses. Both Claire and Ethan become increasingly distraught as they find it difficult to separate their personal relationships from their work. Silver Bullets received its North American premiere at the 2011 South by Southwest Film Festival; it was one of three feature films writer, director, and actor Joe Swanberg would release that year.