It’s been nine years since Sean Durkin released his debut feature, Martha Marcy May Marlene. In the time since, Durkin has produced features with his Borderline Films collective, including Simon Killer, Christine, and The Eyes Of My Mother, and directed the 2013 Channel 4 drama Southcliffe. Durkin finally returns this fall with his sophomore feature, The Nest, starring Jude Law and Carrie Coon as a couple whose marriage becomes increasingly fraught with tension when they move to an old countryside manor in England. IFC Films has released the first trailer for the upcoming psychological thriller, which first premiered at Sundance back in January and looks a little like the horror version of Marriage Story.
The Nest is currently scheduled to hit theaters on September 18. Here’s the official synopsis for Durkin’s highly-anticipated new film:
Rory (Jude Law), an ambitious entrepreneur and former commodities broker, persuades his American wife, Allison (Carrie Coon), and their children to leave the comforts of suburban America and return to his native England during the 1980s. Sensing opportunity, Rory rejoins his former firm and leases a centuries-old country manor, with grounds for Allison’s horses and plans to build a stable. Soon the promise of a lucrative new beginning starts to unravel, the couple have to face the unwelcome truths lying beneath the surface of their marriage.
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Loved Martha Marcy May Marlene. Love Carrie Coon. Love Jude Law. Sign me up.
I really liked Martha Marcy May Marlene and I’m looking forward to this one bigly. Durkin has a singular style that I guess appeals to my sensibilities, it’s dark, earthy, and not all that flashy. Carrie Coon is a wonderful actor and I also like Jude Law in everything I’ve seen him in even if he’s not an actor that would necessarily draw me to a movie just by himself as the star.
I was a fan of MMMM as well, and eagerly anticipating his follow-up. I remember it was supposed to be a Jackie Jormp Jormp movie starring Pizzarina Sbarro.I was also expecting more from Elizabeth Olsen after this. She was fine in Ingrid Goes West but kind of seemed like she was playing herself.
AV Club and The Ringer are OBSESSED with Carrie Coon. I mean, she’s great and all. But what am I missing?
The Leftovers and Fargo Season 3
Touche… haven’t seen either. Ok. Time to catch up!
She was really great in season 2 of The Sinner, too. She’s just captivating to watch when she’s immersed in these characters. She’s able to wordlessly convey a vast array of emotions.
I just started a rewatch of leftovers this week, Carrie coon is luminescent. I want to take her for a nice meal.
Rewatched it about a month ago myself. Absolutely love it.
Oooooooh she’s in Fargo season 3? I need to hurry up.
She actually is all that.
Anyone else read the title and assume it’s an adaptation of the novel by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney? Seriously, how isn’t that a miniseries or something yet, starring a movie star getting her Emmy nomination?