Josephine Decker
Mar 21, 2019
3 minutes
Interview by HANNAH WOODHEAD
Illustration by
TAVO MONTAÑEZ
Amainstay of the US independent cinema scene, Josephine Decker first made waves with her experimental psychological twofer, Butter on the Latch and from 2013. She’s just finished shooting a biopic of American author Shirley Jackson, starring Elisabeth Moss and Michael Stuhlbarg, but it’s her most recent film, , that really hits home for Decker. The toast of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, it follows a troubled teenager (played magnificently by newcomer Helena Howard) who finds an outlet for her emotions when she joins a theatre troupe.
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