Psychologies

Shirley

In cinemas and available to stream on Curzon Home Cinema now

IN THIS TRANSFIXING FILM, Elisabeth) plunges us into the mind of Shirley Jackson, one of the greatest American horror and mystery writers of the 20th century. Director Josephine Decker takes an imaginative and eerie approach to the literary biopic, playing fast and loose with Jackson’s biographical details to get to the uncanny and rebellious heart of her art.

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