SLEEP NO MORE is a Los Angeles neo noir crime thriller directed by Antonia Boganovich, and Executive Produced by Peter Bogdanovich.  Warren, once a master Shakespearian actor, is now a gambling drunk. Puck-like Samuel enchants crowds on the 3rd Street Promenade, reciting Shakespeare. And brother Beckett, a master pickpocket, makes his way through the unsuspecting crowd. When  Warren gets in deep with a loan shark, his sons need to find a way to escape and like Samuel’s beloved comic book hero, Phantom Halo, they must break free of the mud that traps them. There is counterfeit money, a Bentley, a beautiful woman, knives, guns and an ending that is more like a Shakespearean tragedy than a film about growing up in the urban decay of Hollywood. Featuring a cast that includes; Sebastian Roché, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Luke Kleintank, Rebecca Romijn (Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, The Librarians, X-Men), Tobin Bell (The Saw series, The Flash), Ashley Hamilton (Gothic Harvest, Rules Don’t Apply) and Jordan Dunn (Read the Room). Director and co-screenwriter Antonia Bogdanovich joins us for a revealing conversation about the traumatic origin story for Sleep No More, working with her dad on the project, her decision to re-cut and re-release the film after nearly 10 years, and growing up in a household steeped in arts, literature and film.

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About the filmmaker – Director/ Producer/ Screenwriter Antonia Bogdanovich rose to prominence in 2015 with the release of her directorial debut, “Phantom Halo.” As a Hollywood native, Bogdanovich was surrounded by the movie industry. Of course, it also helped that her father was Oscar-nominated director Peter Bogdanovich. Growing up immersed in all things movies, Bogdanovich was practically groomed to have a career in the film industry. She started acting at age 4, having appeared in an uncredited role in her father’s Oscar-winning drama, “The Last Picture Show” (1971), and eventually went on to appear in “They All Laughed” (1981), “Illegally Yours” (1988), and “The Whole Wide World” (1996). However, Bogdanovich eventually found that her true passion was for writing. She wrote her first screenplay while attending UCLA, and found that she had a knack for the script format. After college she worked as a freelance journalist for local papers throughout the Los Angeles region, while spending her free time crafting screenplays. She eventually decided to focus her efforts entirely on screenplay writing, and in 2011, wrote and directed her debut short film, “My Left Hand.” The task of directing actors – something her father knew all too well – came effortlessly to Bogdanovich, and it wasn’t long before she realized she had found her calling. She then set out to write and direct a feature film. That film, 2015’s “Phantom Halo,” starring Rebecca Romijn and Tobin Bell, was well-received by critics upon its release. 

The story behind the re-release of Sleep No More: As a child of Hollywood (Antonia Bogdanovich’s mother was renowned producer Polly Platt and her father was legendary film director Peter Bogdanovich), Antonia was smack dab in the middle of it all, and though she began her career as a freelance journalist, she eventually followed in her parent’s acclaimed footsteps behind the camera. Following the death of her father, Peter Bogdanovich in January 2022, Antonia thought about how she could carry on the legacy of her family, and her father – a storyteller of the first order – and it finally came to her: her first feature, SLEEP NO MORE (Originally titled Phantom Halo) had been largely misunderstood. After nearly 10 years she decided it was time to revisit the film with the goal of releasing a more clear and concise version; a film which, at the end of the day, is really about her intense relationship with her father and her very complicated home life.  Unfortunately, upon the film’s initial release in 2014, the distributor quickly went under, leaving SLEEP NO MORE in theatrical limbo. Though it was a New York Times Critic’s Pick and a launch pad for many actors who’d go on to much larger things, including the two leads, Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Luke Kleintank, it languished in relative obscurity… until now. For more go to: thegmfilms.com

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“Sleep No More may not be flawless, but it is a solid and entertaining watch. The pacing is mostly excellent as things move so fast audiences barely have time to breathe.” – Bobby LePire, Film Threat