Tag: Odessa Young

  • Mothering Sunday review: a writer is born

    Mothering Sunday review: a writer is born

    Mothering Sunday begins with “Once upon a time” and the tale that follows tells the story of the growth and development of a writer. Odessa Young plays the writer, Jane Fairchild – a name given to her in a foundling home.

  • Review: Shirley

    Review: Shirley

    Shirley is about Shirley Jackson and the year in her life when she wrote Hangsaman (1951). It paints her writing life as a Gothic tale of horror and madness similar to the novels and short stories she produced. Writing fiction is indeed a kind of madness as imagination takes over the writer’s waking life. In…

  • Review: The Daughter

    Review: The Daughter

    The Daughter is an Australian tragedy. It boasts a terrific cast. The film is based on The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen. Director Simon Stone worked on a production of The Wild Duck for the stage and reworked the story into The Daughter for this film.