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Josephine Decker Talks ‘The Sky Is Everywhere,’ Visualizing Emotions & More [Interview]

February 15, 2022 11:34 am

Filmmaker Josephine Decker has been working as a director since her first short film, "Naked Princeton," in 2005, but she's become more recognizable and lauded in the last few years. With "Madeline's Madeline"...

‘The Sky Is Everywhere’ Review: Avant-Garde Flourishes Elevate Josephine Decker’s YA Romance

Marya E. Gates

February 10, 2022 12:00 pm

News, Reviews

In John Cassavetes’s 1977 psychological drama "Opening Night," star Gena Rowlands laments, “When I was 17, I...I could do anything. It was so easy. My emotions were so close to the surface.” It’s in this soil ...

‘The Sky Is Everywhere’ Trailer: Josephine Decker Tries Earnest, Romantic, Grief-Stricken YA For Apple In February

Ned Booth

January 20, 2022 11:00 am

News, Trailers

Will Josephine Decker ever stop surprising us? While her style isn't for everyone, there are a lot of devotees of Decker's free-form, immersive, and deeply personal experimental dramas (including this writer)....

The Breakthrough Directors Of 2020 [Be Reel Podcast]

Chance Solem-Pfeifer

December 22, 2020 2:30 pm

News, Podcasts

As we end a truly extraordinary year of movie-going (or movie-staying, maybe), and to add to our comprehensive array of Best of 2020 coverage, Be Reel assesses which directors broke through their indie roots t...

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The 5 Best Movies To Buy Or Stream This Week: ‘Shirley,’ ‘Lady Bird’ & More

Jason Bailey

June 9, 2020 2:14 pm

News

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a spla...

Elisabeth Moss On The “Role Of A Lifetime” In ‘Shirley’ [Interview]

Gregory Ellwood

June 3, 2020 11:00 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, Features, Interviews, News

Focusing on anything besides what's going on in America's streets is difficult at the moment. In another reality the entertainment industry is debating what can only be described as questionable standards for ...

‘Shirley’ Trailer: Elisabeth Moss Plays A Horror Author Going Mad For Director Josephine Decker

Edward Davis

May 8, 2020 12:03 pm

News, Trailers

Filmmaker Josephine Decker is arguably the heir apparent of Miranda July, in that she's sort of today's premiere female indie filmmaker now pushing the boundaries of narrative and trying to make her dramas as ...

Logan Lerman’s Unexpected Comeback Begins With ‘Hunters’ & ‘Shirley’ [Interview]

Gregory Ellwood

February 20, 2020 10:17 am

Awards Campaign, Interviews, News

Did you know that Logan Lerman starred in two of the bigger hits of 2014? Do you even remember? The two films were Darren Aronofsky's "Noah" and David Ayer's "Fury." And don't be discouraged if you don't re...

Josephine Decker Discusses ‘Shirley’ & Its Real-Life Literary Inspiration [Sundance Interview]

Tomris Laffly

January 30, 2020 1:03 pm

Festivals, Interviews, News

“I feel like the movies this year are better than they’ve ever been,” says “Madeline’s Madeline” writer-director Josephine Decker about this year’s Sundance fare, before settling into a conversation about her ...

‘Shirley’: Josephine Decker Returns To The Rich Landscape Of The Fragile Mind [Sundance Review]

Jason Bailey

January 25, 2020 6:35 pm

Features, Festivals, Reviews

Their first meeting does not go well. Shirley Jackson (Elisabeth Moss) writes with force and intensity, but when Rose (Odessa Young) approaches her at the summer house party to introduce herself and compl...

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