The 'Transparent' actress levels up her creative ambitions as writer-producer of a bawdy new film, premiering at SXSW, about a sober mom who has a fling with a hot young thespian.

Inspired by the Game of Thrones’ creator’s 1982 short story, which was part of Amazons II, the first reviews for the film have come in, though it doesn’t make for pleasant reading as several critics ...