Backstage – Ellen Seidler’s Fight Against Piracy

  Ellen Seidler isn’t in the indie game for the money. But when the filmmaker and her directing partner, Megan Siler, put up $250,000 of their own cash to make “And Then Came Lola,” they expected to at least be able to break even, paying off the...
Ashleigh Sumner in her studio

Ashleigh Sumner in her studio

Check out photographer Mollie McClure’s time-lapse video of Ashleigh Sumner painting in her LA studio. Ashleigh was the star of “And Then Came Lola” and Mollie’s photographs are featured in the film. Published on Jul 1, 2012 by mcclureimages...

Ashleigh Sumner’s Autostraddle Interview

Out Actress Ashleigh Sumner Arrives in “And Then Came Lola”: Autostraddle Interview Ashleigh Sumner is the adorable, every-girl star of the sexy lesbian romantic comedy, And Then Came Lola. Jess chats with her about her first on-camera sex scenes, seeing herself on...
Ashleigh Sumner and LOLA in Uppror Magazine

Ashleigh Sumner and LOLA in Uppror Magazine

A colourful, dizzying mash-up of German cult classic Run Lola Run made entirely by lesbians and starring lesbians. And Then Came Lola is a low budget feature film from San Francisco that has been winning accolades at LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender)...

GaydarNation.com Interviews Ashleigh

The star of new lesbian rom-com And Then Came Lola is causing ripples of excitement through the queer film industry. 30-year old Ashleigh Sumner plays the titular character alongside an all-lesbian cast in a part writer-directors Ellen Seidler and Megan Siler say she...

GaydarNation Talks to Jill Bennett

Jill Bennett’s acting career started with roles in Beverley Hills 90210 and she went on to star in beefcake supernatural soap opera Dante’s Cove. She’s since embraced internet TV with a vengeance producing We Have to Stop Now with her partner Cathy DeBuono and...

Toronto Film Scene Reviews LOLA

Ashleigh Sumner stars as Lola, who has been something of a train wreck in her previous relationships but she wants to have something more serious with her girlfriend Casey (Jill Bennett). Casey calls her one day in a panic asking her to pick up some photos for a...

GaydarNation.com Interviews Ellen & Megan

So what was it about Run Lola Run that inspired you to write and direct your own version? Megan: I think we both thought it was a great film obviously, but it affords you a lot of freedom to play with the media. The structure’s like Groundhog Day and this idea...

GaydarNation Reviews LOLA

Loosely based on Tom Tykwer’s 1998 hit Run Lola Run, Ellen Seidler and Megan Siler’s version tells the same story three times over with differing outcomes, just like its predecessor. The writer-director duo pay homage to the original whilst giving it their own style...

Review from the Boston Phoenix

The relationship-challenged Lola (Ashleigh Sumner, a dead ringer for Jodie Foster) sprints around San Francisco to prove her fealty to girlfriend Casey (Jill Bennett) before Casey can get seduced away by a new business partner. Although it preserves the frenetic...

Edge-Boston Review

Deja vu takes on a whole new meaning in the romantic comedyThen Came Lola. Filled with wall to wall pop music as well as vibrant performances, “Lola” is a lesbian romp done right. The film is buoyed by a charming performance in Ashleigh Sumner, who plays...
Afterellen.com Review

Afterellen.com Review

  And Then Came Lola is a sugar rush of a lesbian movie. Starring Ashleigh Sumner, Jill Bennett,and Cathy DeBuono, and directed by Ellen Seidler and Megan Siler, it plays out like a twisty, lighter Run Lola Run with a massive dose of queerness. Lola (Sumner) is a...

QFest Review-Kelly Burkhardt

What Go Fish did for lesbian independent cinema in the 90s — with its edgy style and sharp dialogue — And Then Came Lola will do for it now, ushering in a new era of lesbian filmmaking. This groundbreaking feature takes the classic Sapphic romantic comedy...

NBC Philadelphia, July 10, 2009

”And Then Came Lola” Déjà vu takes on a whole new meaning in the romantic comedy “Then Came Lola.” Filled with wall-to-wall pop music as well as vibrant performances, “Lola” is a lesbian romp done right. The plot essentially resembles that of the hit film “Run, Lola,...

Ashleigh Sumner in Independent Film Quarterly

Ashleigh Sumner’s lead breakthrough role occurs in the new indie lesbian romantic comedy “And Then Came Lola,” which is loosely inspired by German arthouse classic “Run Lola Run.” Her performance in the independent film has received much attention including Advocate...

From "Just Out" in Portland

Women are also behind the camera for And Then Came Lola. The film opens promisingly, with a pair of gorgeous young dykes making out in a stairwell, and it just gets better from there. Directed by Ellen Seidler and Megan Siler, this 70-minute feature transforms cult...