Killing Priscilla

A filmmaker with three films to his name -- including one huge hit and one enormous flop -- attempts to get his career back on track and direct a stylish thriller in this behind-the-scenes documentary by costume designer Lizzy Gardiner. Australian director Stephan Elliott made a huge splash with his ...more

Not since Madonna's Truth or Dare has a showbiz documentary taken the maxim "warts and all" to heart quite like Killing Priscilla. A witty, manipulative film about a witty, manipulative director whose reckless bravado may well cost him his career, Lizzy Gardiner's directorial debut prefigured the HBO series Project Greenlight, but tackled its behind-the-scenes subject without setting up a clueless first-time director as a patsy. Instead, Gardiner lets the charming but skewed Stephan Elliott hang ...more