John Hawkes Is the Guest Who Ruins Dinner in the 'Jack & Christine' Trailer

"Jack & Christine," a thriller short starring John Hawkes, has released its first trailer ahead of a world premiere at Beyond Fest on Sunday. The trailer shows married couple Jack (Luke Barnett) and Christine (Nikki Lorenzo) hosting a dinner party that suddenly spirals into an intense, chaotic evening when a guest played by Hawkes turns up.

The dinner-party-gone-wrong remains one of film's most economical setups: one table, a handful of people, and a single arrival that detonates the room. Casting Hawkes as the arrival is doing a lot of the marketing work here.