Writer/director Craig Johnson’s Skeleton Twins was supported by the Sundance Institute Creative Producing Lab and Summit in 2009 before premiering during the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and winning the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award. Craig Johnson’s second feature sensitively explores Maggie and Milo’s lives of quiet desperation with remarkable finesse. It unfolds a rich backstory through subtle interactions between its characters and finds the agility to be funny, melancholic, touching, and devastating within the space of a single scene. Kristin Wiig and Bill Hader give astonishing, dramatic performances. Their connection to the characters and to each other is magical, emotional, and hilarious. Check out Johnson's Meet the Artist interview from the Festival here. Skeleton Twins opens on Friday, September 12. Film still by Reed Morano