directed by: Josephine Decker, year: 2020
actors: Elisabeth Moss, Michael Stuhlbarg, Odessa Young, Logan Lerman

Shirley is a biographical drama that reimagines gothic author Shirley Jackson during a simmering summer in 1957. Elisabeth Moss portrays Jackson as a brilliant, prickly writer whose sharp wit and volatile mood clash with the expectations of those around her. When a newlywed couple joins her and her husband, the tension spills into the writing room, revealing power games, paranoia, and a fierce creative impulse that blurs fact and fiction. The film's stylized visuals heighten psychological unease.

Female Gaze, Drama, Biographical Drama, Psychological Drama, Independent Film, Character Study