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In 'The Testament of Ann Lee,' Dance Is Divine

Choreographer Celia Rowlson-Hall discusses recreating a lost form of worship in the Amanda Seyfried-starring musical.

Marie Claire

‘I Don’t Know’: Amanda Seyfried Was So Hesitant About The Testament Of Ann Lee She Actually Pitched The Director On Other Actresses

Not your typical actor story!

Cinemablend

‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Review: A Captivating Look at Faith and Resilience

Music is healing to all

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The celibate, dancing Shakers were once seen as a threat to society – 250 years later, they’re part of the sound of America

Director Mona Fastvold’s new film, “The Testament of Ann Lee,” features actor Amanda Seyfried in the titular role: the English spiritual seeker who brought the Shaker movement to America. The trailer literally writhes with snakes intercut amid scenes of emotional turmoil, religious ecstasy, orderly and disorderly dancing – and sex.…

The Conversation

Motherhood Is Filled With Agony. So Are the Best Films of the Year

Filmmakers on the simmering maternal trauma that dominates this year's awards frontrunners.

Marie Claire

The Testament of Ann Lee LFF review: Amanda Seyfried sizzles as the evangelical heroine

5/5 The Brutalist co-writer Mona Fastvold directs a wild song-and-dance tribute to the founder of the Shaker movement

Evening Standard

Amanda Seyfried urged Mona Fastvold to consider English actress for The Testament of Ann Lee

Amanda Seyfried urged Mona Fastvold to cast "somebody English" in The Testament of Ann Lee because she didn't want to let her down.

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The Testament of Ann Lee review – strikingly strange portrait of radically ecstatic Shaker leader

Amanda Seyfried plays the 18th-century missionary who took her radical message to the New World, in Mona Fastvold’s elusive film

The Guardian - UK

Amanda Seyfried's singing in The Testament of Ann Lee was 'stressful' and 'hard'

Hollywood actress Amanda Seyfried has admitted singing for her role in new movie The Testament of Ann Lee was "stressful" and "hard" because she had to tap into her character's "grief and desperation".

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12 películas del Festival de Cine de Venecia que generarán expectativa

El Festival de Cine de Venecia ofrece este año una abundancia de riquezas de autor. La 82ª edición cuenta con películas de Guillermo del Toro, Kathryn Bigelow, Park Chan-wook, Yorgos Lanthimos, Sofia Coppola, Jim Jarmusch, Gus Van Sant y Luca Guadagnino, por nombrar algunos. Incluso Charlie Kaufman tiene un cortometraje…

The Independent UK

12 movies premiering at the Venice Film Festival to get excited about

The Venice Film Festival is showcasing an impressive lineup this year

The Independent UK

British composer Daniel Blumberg wins best original score Oscar for The Brutalist

Sole previous scoring credit on a full-length film for the singer, guitar player and visual artist is The World to Come

The Guardian - UK

Brady Corbet made 'zero' money from The Brutalist

Despite the success of 'The Brutalist', director Brady Corbet has made no money from the film.

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'The Brutalist' doesn't work without Guy Pearce

Over the years, Guy Pearce has been good in most all things

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Woman & Home

Is The Brutalist based on a true story and how to watch it in the UK

After The Brutalist won three Golden Globe awards, it's piqued the interest of potential viewers who want to know if it's a true story and where they can watch it.

The Guardian - UK

The Brutalist director Brady Corbet: ‘If you’re not daring to suck, you’re not doing much’

The film-maker’s latest is a three and-a-half-hour epic about the building of a modernist masterpiece, and the toll its creation takes on its architect. The film’s making was almost as gruelling. ‘People told me I’d never make another movie’, Corbet says

The Independent UK

Brady Corbet and 'The Brutalist' go for broke

Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist” emerged less like a new film worth checking out than a movie colossus to behold

The Guardian - UK

The Brutalist review – epic Adrien Brody postwar architectural drama stuns and electrifies

In a superb performance, Brody plays a Hungarian architect and Holocaust survivor who comes to the US and begins a distinguished career under the patronage of a wealthy man

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