When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Meanwhile, starring opposite Nicholson as her daughter in the movie is newcomer Zoe Ziegler, who ...

In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie ...

"I have always had this knowledge that I could make any man fall in love with me if I really tried... And I think maybe it's ruined my life." This line really cuts deep. A24 has revealed an official ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. The Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Annie Baker has long been a master of silence; her work delights in long, sometimes torturous pauses, letting audiences ...

Julianne Nicholson and Zoe Ziegler, in JANET PLANET. Courtesy of A24 In JANET PLANET, Julianne Nicholson plays Janet, the warming, single mother “sun” around which her daughter, 11-year-old Lacy (Zoe ...

Julianne Nicholson and Zoe Ziegler in "Janet Planet." In Janet Planet, silence is everything. Playwright Annie Baker's directorial debut thrives in the stretches of time between words, entire scenes ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Does anybody have a rocket ship they can lend me? When I started doing my research after watching Janet Planet and saw that it was written and directed by a playwright, I said, ...

Annie Baker’s debut feature film is a tiny masterpiece — a perfect coming-of-age story for both a misfit tween and her mother. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...

Mother and daughter Janet (Julianne Nicholson) and Lacy (Zoe Ziegler) share a slow New England summer in Janet Planet. (Courtesy of A24) Amid the current crop of summer movies, I can’t think of one ...

Mother-daughter drama Janet Planet is a sweet and powerful leap to the big-screen by one of America’s finest playwrights. In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at ...

Amid the current crop of summer movies, I can’t think of one that captures the feeling of summer more evocatively than Janet Planet. Much of the story takes place in a rustic house in woodsy Western ...