SHIRLEY
Directed by JOSEPHINE DECKER
2020 / 107 min
Available on June 5
$5.99 rental for 72 hour rental period
A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.
Director Josephine Decker was part of the The Future of Film is Female: Part 2 program at the Museum of Modern Art for her previous film, Madeline’s Madeline.
ABOUT THE FILM…
Renowned horror writer Shirley Jackson is on the precipice of writing her masterpiece when the arrival of newlyweds upends her meticulous routine and heightens tensions in her already tempestuous relationship with her philandering husband. The middle-aged couple, prone to ruthless barbs and copious afternoon cocktails, begins to toy mercilessly with the naïve young couple at their door.
CAST: Elisabeth Moss, Michael Stuhlbarg, Logan Lerman, Odessa Young
Screenplay by Sarah Gubbins based on the novel of the same name by Susan Scarf Merrell.
