Josephine Decker

Josephine Decker pivots to YA lite in the trailer for The Sky Is Everywhere

By Charles Bramesco

The writer-director puts her experimental bent to one side as she adapts a teen-favorite novel of love and loss.

The 30 best films of 2020

By Little White Lies

Our favourite new releases from this year, featuring Spike Lee, Chloé Zhao, Josephine Decker and more.

Michael Stuhlbarg: ‘Accidents are what keep art alive’

By Adam Woodward

The renowned character actor reveals how Josephine Decker nudged him out of his comfort zone.

Elisabeth Moss: ‘As women, we’re expected to not be that unpleasant’

By Hannah Strong

The star and producer of Shirley on the enticements of strong, complex female characters.

Shirley

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Josephine Decker’s stunning anti-biopic of author Shirley Jackson offers a treatise on female creativity and camaraderie.

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Elisabeth Moss goes a bit mad indoors in the Shirley trailer

By Charles Bramesco

At this point, who among us can’t relate to Josephine Decker’s latest film?

Shirley – first look review

By Hannah Strong

Josephine Decker’s biography of famed gothic novelist Shirley Jackson is a sumptuous period psychodrama.

The 30 best films of 2019

By Little White Lies

Counting down our favourite feature-length releases from the past 12 months.

Madeline’s Madeline

By Manuela Lazic

Newcomer Helena Howard is astonishing in Josephine Decker’s bold exploration of art and authorship.

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Josephine Decker: ‘I was afraid of showing mental illness on screen’

By Hannah Strong

The emotional collateral of acting is the subject of Madeline’s Madeline, a unique new film by this exciting writer/director.

25 films we’d like to see at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival

By Adam Woodward

Could these be the directors vying for this year’s Palme d’Or?

60 films to look forward to in 2019 – part 1

By Rory Marsh

The ninth film by Quentin Tarantino and a Leos Carax musical are among our hot tips for the year ahead.

How wild women stole the show at the 2018 BFI London Film Festival

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

A crop of complex and fascinating female characters were at the heart of this year’s LFF.

Madeline’s Madeline – first look review

By Ian Mantgani

Josephine Decker returns with a commanding, emotionally bracing study of teenage psychosis.

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