Shirley — Official Trailer

added: Fri, May 8th '20

From Josephine Decker, the acclaimed director of "Madeline's Madeline," comes a stylish psychological drama about a 1960s novelist on the verge of a bitter marital breakdown.

Check out the official trailer for "Shirley," which sees "The Invisible Man" star Elisabeth Moss portraying real-life horror-mystery author Shirley Jackson who is perhaps best known for writing the 1959 Gothic novel "The Haunting of Hill House."

In this fictional biographical film, Shirley is almost finished with writing her latest novel. But when her lecherous professor husband (played by Michael Stuhlbarg) invites a young wide-eyed college couple (Logan Lerman and Odessa Young) to stay with them, Shirley grows more agitated and irate. And family dinners become public drunken squabbles, 'a la "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

"Shirley" will be "available everywhere" beginning June 5th. Watch the trailer, above.

synopsis:
Renowned horror writer Shirley Jackson is on the precipice of writing her masterpiece when the arrival of newlyweds upends her meticulous routine and heightens tensions in her already tempestuous relationship with her philandering husband. The middle-aged couple, prone to ruthless barbs and copious afternoon cocktails, begins to toy mercilessly with the naive young couple at their door.

directed by Josephine Decker

starring Elisabeth Moss, Michael Stuhlbarg, Logan Lerman, Odessa Young

release date June 5, 2020 ("Available Everywhere")