good movie for a person like me, whose chief complaint about Midsommar was "there's not enough stuff about grad school"

“you could run, run fast away from me but you don’t. why don’t you? why do you stay?”

sometimes the strange bonds we find ourselves ensnared in can free us, change us. this might be less about the bond itself and more about the abstract changing, but it’s fascinating either way. the porch swing scene might be the best of the year so far. i know what i’m about

opening scene is a visual representation of being in 10th grade english class and getting really hot and bothered over the haunting ending of The Lottery and then immediately thinking about fucking percy jackson on a train

subsequent scenes are 11th grade when u realize you are also attracted to women

unhinged elisabeth moss should be a new film genre at this point

The only thing stranger than Josephine Decker’s work is Michael Stuhlbarg’s face.

haunting AND horny?! as soon as elisabeth moss said she was a witch, i was all in. would personally love for her to come over to my house, fill her wine glass to the brim, pour the rest of the bottle all over the couch and then grab my face and tell me i’m boring.

unlike anything josephine decker has made before and yet her fingerprints are everywhere. what a fascinating, thrilling, hypnotic mind trip. the kind of film that gives you goosebumps.

Logan Lerman returns as the white boy of the month, Michael Stuhlbarg is the only person ever to portray a Jewish and poetical professor because he has set the standards to high and Elizabeth Moss delivers her most frightening and layered performance to date. It‘s her year.

„Shirley“ is dreamlike, blends reality together with fiction and mixes drama with suspense. It almost feels like a dark fairytale, because it is completely hypnotizing, there is so much crammed into such a short of run time and oh my gosh is it visually beautiful. It often times feels like the mist in the morning that whirls up it‘s surroundings. It‘s a picture that is so good that you‘re connected even to the smallest detail. And believe me, this one will stay with you for a while.

i feel the exact same way about shirley that i felt about madeline's madeline: uncomfortable, somewhat disgusted, a little in love, and ready to never watch it again.

peggy olson goes sicko mode

as ever, josephine decker + elisabeth moss are both doing the Absolute Most!!!

depressed, genius female writer? CHECK
gay revelation via victoria pedretti? CHECK
black cat to Really Emphasise the witchy vibes? CHECK
unhinged sexual tension between shirley + rose? CHECKKKK

a very good film imo!!!!!

who's afraid of shirley jackson?

josephine decker absolute sensual madman

Rating: 54%

Eh. Elizabeth Moss has taken a severe dive from my good graces because I recently found out that she’s a Scientologist. So disappointing.

One of the few Genius Woman stories

As a biopic, this was super weird. As a normal movie, acting was good, writing was very weird, and Logan Lerman is cute as a button as usual

Moss is Boss

Main reason to watch this biopic of horror author Shirley Jackson is the excellent work of Elisabeth Moss in the lead role.

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I've been putting this off for a while for no real reason and I'm glad I finally got around to it. Shirley is not at all a biopic and instead a fictional film featuring Shirley Jackson as a character, and it's quite unique. This is mostly a character study and a great one at that, with some horror elements, including creepy imagery and a score reminiscent of Midsommar that reflects Jackson's work as a horror author.

As a whole it's a very engaging and creative story that is told in a very unconventional way, which makes it stand out. I can't say I enjoyed every moment of this, especially considering its slow start, but this is a movie I can see myself coming back to and enjoying more on rewatch.

“You know what happens to girls who are lost, they go mad”

And boy oh boy were they lost

no one is having fun in this film, they might seem like they are at some point but they're not

god what the fuck