Shirley

Shirley Jackson's life is adapted to a movie that's as complicated and interesting as the author's writing.

Despair, desire, and madness are all entangled in Josephine Decker's Shirley...

A look at the very morose Shirley Jackson (Elisabeth Moss), presented in a way that mimics the famed fiction author's horror writing...

The film is so performatively uncomfortable in its own skin that you may find it struggles to worm its way under yours.

Shirley is sensuous and beguiling, an act of pure witchcraft.

There are heavy dollops of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? here, but without the campy histrionics.

When a director makes a bold choice to tell the story of an icon in a different way, I always appreciate it. I am done with the traditional bio-pics. I want refreshing spins on them, and this is one of them.

A vivid reminder of an unrealized future...

Sarah Gubbins' screenplay may feel strange and aimless throughout the first half, but the intriguing relationships between the main characters and the weirdly captivating narrative are more than enough to create a creepy yet engaging atmosphere.

Shirley is not just a film about the pain and struggle of creativity for all artists, but about women particularly.