Actor and filmmaker James Sweeney follows his Independent Spirit Award-nominated debut feature, Straight Up, with the twisty and poignant comedy drama Twinless starring opposite Dylan O’Brien as young men who meet in a support group for bereaved twins and form an unlikely friendship. Roman (O’Brien) and Dennis (Sweeney) both search for solace and an identity without their other halves and soon become inseparable outside the group. But when Roman meets Dennis’ ebullient co-worker, Marcie (Aisling Franciosi), and Dennis is introduced to Roman’s grief-stricken mother, Lisa (Lauren Graham), all is revealed to be not what it seems, as each man harbors secrets that could unravel everything.
Twinless world premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize and won the US Dramatic Audience Award and a Special Jury Award for O’Brien’s performance. Ahead of the film’s US theatrical release from Roadside Attractions on Friday, September 5th, The Queer Review’s editor James Kleinmann spoke exclusively with James Sweeney, Dylan O’Brien, Aisling Franciosi, and Lauren Graham. Watch the conversations and trailer below:
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