Top Ten Movies of 2021 — Number Four

March 7, 2022 Dan Seeger

The Lost Daughter, the feature directorial debut of Maggie Gyllenhaal, is dense with the anxiety of simply living. Adapted, by Gyllenhaal, from a 2006 novel by Elena Ferrante, the film follows Leda (Olivia Colman), a college professor who is on … Continue reading Top Ten Movies of 2021 — Number Four

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January 5, 2022 Dan Seeger

Maggie Gyllenhaal didn’t opt for an easy task with her feature directorial debut. There’s presumably a straightforward way to to adapt Elena Ferrante’s 2008 novel, The Lost Daughter, to the screen, laying out the embers of emotion and the character … Continue reading Now Playing — The Lost Daughter

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Top Ten Movies of 2021 — Number Four

Now Playing — The Lost Daughter