Laura Albert and Jeff Feuerzeig Visit The Criterion Collection

The folks at Criterion have released a brand new video showing actress Laura Albert and dierctor Jeff Feuerzeig visiting their office and picking up some of his favorite films from the now rather famous DVD/Blu-ray closet.

Jeff Feuerzeig's new film, Author: The JT LeRoy Story (2016), starring Laura Albert, Bruce Benderson, Dennis Cooper, and Winona Ryder opens today in select theaters across the nation. It is Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures.

Synopsis: In 2006, The New York Times sent shockwaves through the literary world when it unmasked "it boy" wunderkind JT LeRoy, whose tough prose about a sordid childhood had captivated icons and luminaries internationally. It turned out LeRoy didn't actually exist. He was the creative expression of 40-year-old San Francisco former phone-sex operator turned housewife, Laura Albert. From the director of The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Author: The JT LeRoy Story takes us down the infinitely fascinating rabbit hole of how Laura Albert—like a Cyrano de Bergerac on steroids—breathed not only words, but life, into her avatar for a decade. Her epic and entertaining account plunges us into a glittery world of rock shows and fashion events, ultimately revealing that channeling her brilliant fiction through another identity was the only possible path to self-expression.