Film Suffers from Too Little Insight, Too Much Surface Exploitation Of course, supplying comfort to a reader was never a priority for Jackson. As she tells her husband, outsiders are worried that “my dark thoughts are going to infect them.” Early in the film, the young woman (Odessa Young), who becomes more than a friend to Jackson, tells the author that she found “The Lottery” “thrillingly horrible.”Biopics can be inherently problematic beasts, especially those about something as elusive as artists and what makes them tick. Shirley Jackson, Writer: The Haunting. Her hypnotic, unique artistic angles on horror and angst attained artful majesty in her most popular book, Zooming out from the art to the artist herself, Jackson (1916-1964) has a vivid, tragic story of her own — as a distinctive literary figure deserving wider recognition, who suffered from agoraphobia and repressive conditions as a reluctant “faculty wife” to a power-mad, philandering Bennington professor. We get too little insight and too much surface exploitation in Please note this login is to submit events or press releases. Shirley Jackson was a horror and mystery writer born in San Francisco, California in 1916. Although the subject doesn’t get the respect and full portrait deserved in the new Hulu film Shirley, Jackson (masterfully played by the chameleonic Elisabeth Moss) at least enjoys a moment in the spotlight, and just in a lockdown moment when TV-glued masses are sitting ducks hungry for content. The film mixes fact and fiction … If you believe an Independent.com user or any material appearing on Independent.com is copyrighted material used without proper permission, please https://www.independent.com/2020/08/19/film-shirleys-elisabeth-moss-keeps-viewers-tuned-in/

Copyright ©2020 Santa Barbara Independent, Inc. Reproduction of material from any Independent.com pages without written permission is strictly prohibited. Shirley Jackson (Elisabeth Moss) and her long-term houseguest Rose (Odessa Young) form an unusual bond in Shirley. Looking for some great streaming picks? Although the subject doesn’t get the respect and full portrait deserved in the new Hulu film Rather than opting for a more broadly spun biopic approach to Jackson’s life and career, Throwing herself into a new book project, tellingly about a murdered college student, Jackson finds a renewed reason to excuse herself from family duties, or from socializing with the ostracizing town/faculty folk. Shirley Jackson was a horror and mystery writer born in San Francisco, California in 1916. Shirley is a fictionalized story about the real writer Shirley Jackson, the author of the short story "The Lottery." Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with filmmaker Josephine Decker about her new film. Use this page