DIANE

It is always happy time when a well-loved cult status actor (and writer and singer) like Mary Kay Place makes a comeback later in life – and in a starring role, no less! Known for her memorable roles on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Being John Malkovich, and HBO’s Big Love, Place tones down her Oklahoma twang to play a rural Massachusetts woman who finds purpose – if little joy – in serving others. From visiting her dying friend (Deirdre O’Connell), to doing to her addicted son’s laundry, to working at a soup kitchen, it is hard to know if she is expiating a terrible sin, or if she is a saint. Don’t miss this remarkable film, that ranks up there with Ethan Hawke’s First Reformed as a modern search for meaning.

“This remarkable new film is in part a meditation on dying that feels wondrously alive.” – Jeanette Catsoulis. New York Times Critics Pick.