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    'Lizzie': A Film With An Ax To Grind, Slowly And Deliberately

    Lizzie begins with the infamous double-homicide, and tells the story of the events leading up to it — a tale of repression, rage and desire — in an unhurried manner abetted by assured performances.
    by Mark Jenkins Sep 13, 2018 2 minutes
    Bridget (Kristen Stewart, left) and Lizzie (Chloe Sevigny, right) decide to take a whack at love in <em>Lizzie</em>.

    In the well-known rhyme, Lizzie Borden is assumed guilty of butchering her father and stepmother with an ax. Yet in a Massachusetts courtroom in 1893, she was found innocent. Director Craig William Macneill's account of the case, Lizzie, delivers its own verdict. But only after a lot of deliberation.

    Bryce Kass' script presents three logical suspects

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