On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo to talk about Shirley, about the writer Shirley Jackson, two of Josephine Decker’s previous films, and recommend a few more movies about writers—Veronica even tosses … Continue reading
Adapted from the novel by Miles Franklin (the pen name for Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin), My Brilliant Career is the Australian story of one woman, two suitors, and a passion for the pen. Both men want marriage, and Sybylla (Judy Davis) … Continue reading MY BRILLIANT CAREER
Writers themselves aren’t that dramatic or empathetic a subject,” screenwriter Sarah Gubbins says. “As a genus and species they are wont to be solitary, sedentary, and sullen. Social mores often elude them. As a breed they are prone to paranoia, … Continue reading Home Viewing: Writers on Screen
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