The Latest Breaking News from Marielle Heller

The Best Weird Little Musical Fantasy Franchise Is Getting an Exciting New Movie!

FernGully: The Last Rainforest, an animation classic, is getting its own live-action movie. The adaptation’s writing and overall direction are led by Marielle Heller, known for her surrealist 2024 body horror film Nightbitch.

The Mary Sue · Apr 20

Tom Hanks to star in baseball movie The Comebacker

Hollywood veteran Tom Hanks is to star in a new baseball movie based on a short story called The Comebacker by Dave Eggers.

BANG Premier · Mar 27

A new wave of filmmakers are exploring motherhood’s discontents. Nightbitch makes this monstrous

“Motherhood,” the beleaguered stay-at-home mother of Nightbitch tells us in contemplative voice-over, “is probably the most violent experience a human can have aside from death itself”.

The Conversation · Jan 23, 2025

‘I had this animal, physical desire to be with my child’: author Rachel Yoder on writing Nightbitch

The novelist’s cult book about a stay-at-home mother who turns into a dog is now a film starring Amy Adams. She talks about modern parenting, breaking taboos, and how Trump’s win spurred her to write

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2024

Nightbitch review: Amy Adams gives it her all in funny satire

But Nightbitch could have been even more biting...

WhatToWatch · Dec 2, 2024

‘That’s my own hair. I can really grow whiskers’: Amy Adams and Marielle Heller on toddlers, incontinence and Nightbitch

The film adaptation of Rachel Yoder’s 2021 novel offers a whip-smart depiction of motherhood – and some icky body horror. Its director and star talk awful husbands, menstrual blood and canine transformation

The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2024

Nightbitch review: Amy Adams forgoes vanity in this film that's about as subtle as a Doberman bite

2/5 In this absolutely barking film, Amy Adams is an exhausted mum who thinks she’s turning into a dog

Evening Standard · Oct 16, 2024

The best films to see at the London Film Festival 2024: from Blitz to Nightbitch

Steve McQueen’s new Second World War drama to the Cannes winner - these are the buzziest must-see watches from this year’s festival

Evening Standard · Oct 8, 2024

Amy Adams and Marielle Heller put all of their motherhood experiences into 'Nightbitch'

As a movie, “Nightbitch” captures some of the truest and rawest but seldom Instagrammed things about early motherhood

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2024

Reactions to Amy Adams' bizarre movie where she turns into a dog say it's "so much better than the trailer would have you believe"

Nightbitch reactions are in

Total Film · Sep 9, 2024