A forbidding and morbid piece of psycho-sadomasochism, "Downloading Nancy" is chilly enough to cause global cooling all by itself. Nancy’s unfathomable rage lies at the heart of Pamela Cuming and Lee ...
The opening of Downloading Nancy, which features on the soundtrack Nancy (Maria Bello) detailing to therapist Carol (Amy Brenneman) the liberation she expects to feel upon dying, compounded by cryptic ...
‘Life is like being trapped in the wrong house, looking for a way out,” says Nancy (an excruciatingly believable Maria Bello) in this film’s first moments. A stranger she’s met in an s/m chat room, ...
Maria Bello’s performance in this dank psychodrama (2008) has been hailed as “fearless” and “courageous,” critical code for “degrading situations” and “lots of skin.” The story involves a nihilistic ...
What’s Buzzing at Sundance: Hold On, We’ll Find SomethingYou can’t say Sundance is a bust — if these films were at Tribeca, everyone would be thrilled. But so far it’s definitely a dud.