Diane (2018)
First screened in April 2019
Director: Kent Jones. Cast: Mary Kay Place, Jake Lacy, Deirdre O'Connell, Andrea Martin, Estelle Parsons, Glynnis O'Connor, Phyllis Somerville, Joyce Van Patten, Charles Weldon, Marcia Haufrecht, Ray Iannicelli, Paul McIsaac, Robert Vincent Smith, Patrick Husted, Mike Hartman, Kerry Flanagan, Gabriella Rhodeen, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Mary Fuller, Danielle Ferland, Matías Piñeiro. Screenplay: Kent Jones.

Twitter Capsule: Starts solidly; only gets deeper, weirder, darker, better. When Margaret and Poetry feel like kin, you're doing a lot right.

VOR:   Rare character study, in form, emphasis, and insight. Just as rare as a portrait of late middle-age sociability, and of faith, and of addiction.



Photo © 2018 Sight Unseen Pictures, © 2019 IFC Films

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: A–


Awards:
Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Actress (Place)
National Society of Film Critics: Best Actress (Place)

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