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Julianne Nicholson, best known for her roles in ‘Blonde’ and ‘Mare of Easttown’, radiates fierce intelligence and self-possession as a woman who makes up the entirety of her 11-year-old’s world

The writer has made the leap into film with Janet Planet, about a mother and daughter drifting apart on a hippy commune. She talks about how it echoes her own upbringing – and why her younger self would be horrified

Directed by Róisín McBrinn, this 2009 play is an absorbing study of group dynamics, deepened by intricate dialogue and superb acting

Annie Baker, renowned playwright and theater director, makes her directorial film debut with 'Janet Planet,' a delicate mother-daughter drama. The film exp...

Chronic illness is captured to extraordinary effect in Annie Baker’s slow yet absorbing new play. Elsewhere, snarling Pinter lacks bite, while the songs eclipse all in rarely revived Sondheim

American playwright Annie Baker's fourth show at the National is about the way we seek connection and meaning

The Pulitzer prize-winning playwright’s muted, yet lingering, first film follows Julianne Nicholson’s single mother in the 90s

The Pulitzer-winning playwright’s drama follows a group of characters at a mysterious health retreat and is as audacious as it is unsteady