Elizabeth Banks May Be the Lead in Austin Peters’s Debut Feature, ‘Skincare,’ but Los Angeles Is the Star
Peters describes the film as ‘sunshine noir.’ Although it takes place under the beneficent light of the California sun, it’s also populated by characters who are on the make, on the take, and up to no good.

If Elizabeth Banks isn’t a renaissance woman, I don’t know who is. Forget her appearing in any number of movies and television programs, Ms. Banks has acted on the stage — she was Chérie in William Inge’s “Bus Stop,” the role essayed in the film version by Marilyn Monroe — and has served as actor, director, and producer for the “Pitch Perfect” franchise. She also helmed last year’s improbable hit, “Cocaine Bear.” Did you see it? The picture is, or so I’ve been told, better than it has any right to be.
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