Shirley
Directed by Josephine Decker
Written by Sarah Gubbins (screenplay), based on the novel by Susan Scarf Merrell
Starring Elisabeth Moss, Odessa Young and Michael Stuhlbarg
Running time: 1 hour and 47 minutes
MPAA rating: R for for sexual content, nudity, language and brief disturbing images
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport
“A little novella, I’m calling None of Your Goddamn Business.”
It really took until this whole pandemic thing for me to realize the true introvert that I am. I have been on lock-down for eighty-two days and I have yet to feel the pining for human interaction. Much as Elizabeth Moss playing the renowned recluse horror writer, Shirley Jackson – I too find comfort in my projects or, as I refer to them, experiments. It is only when my well runs dry that I truly experience the feeling of loneliness.
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