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Episode 19: Die My Love


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Die My Love is the fifth feature film directed by Lynne Ramsay, who, alongside Enda Walsh and Alice Birch, wrote the screenplay which is adapted from the 2012 Argentinian novel written by Ariana Harwicz. Cinematography is by Seamus McGarvey. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence as Grace, a woman transplanted with her lover Jackson, played by Robert Pattinson, from New York to Montana after the death of Jackson's uncle and they inherit his house. Grace soon gets pregnant and gives birth to a son and begins to spiral into a deep depression. The cast also includes Sissy Spacek as Jackson's mother Pam, LaKeith Stanfield as a mysterious stranger, and Nick Nolte as Jackson's father.

Time Stamps:

  • (02:35) Nightbitch
  • (18:45) Now, Voyager
  • (33:00) Die My Love
  • (1:26:59) Spoilers
  • (1:52:22) Next Time: Angel's Egg

Works Cited:

  • 4.43 Psychosis (Sarah Kane, 1999)
  • 92. Seamus McGarvey: Cinematographer - Part 2 (Fender Jackson, 2025)
  • Angel's Egg (Mamoru Oshii, 1985)
  • 'Die, My Love' Gets D+ CinemaScore (Jordan Ruimy, 2025)
  • Die My Love | Interview with Lynne Ramsay (Picturehouse, 2025)
  • "Die My Love" is awesome, actually (Sam Bodrojan, 2025)
  • "Die My Love" Is Smaller Than Life. (Anthony Lane, 2025)
  • Die My Love movie review & film summary (2025) (Sheila O'Malley, 2025)
  • Die My Love review: a ferocious film from Lynne Ramsay (Jessica Kiang, 2025)
  • How a Martin Scorsese book club favourite inspired Excellent Cadaver to adapt 'Die, My Love' | News (Jeremy Kay, 2025)
  • Jennifer Lawrence Gets to Act Her Age in Die My Love (Allison Willmore, 2025)
  • Jennifer Lawrence Gives Her Best Performance Yet in the Postpartum Fever Dream Die, My Love (Stephanie Zacharek, 2025)
  • Jennifer Lawrence Is Completely Unhinged in 'Die My Love' (David Fear, 2025)
  • "In Spite of Ourselves" (John Prine and Iris Dement, 1999)
  • Lynne Ramsay On Future Projects, Film School (Jessica Kiang, 2025)
  • Lynne Ramsay makes movies like no one else. She promises it won't be 8 years before the next one (Joshua Rothkopf, 2025)
  • The Making of "Die My Love" with Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey ASC BSC (Panavision, 2025)
  • Mother! (Darren Aronofsky, 2017)
  • Nightbitch (novel written by Rachel Yoder, 2021; film directed by Marielle Heller, 2024)
  • Now, Voyager (book written by Olive Higgins Prouty, 1941; film directed by Irving Rapper, 1942)
  • Now, Voyager review - Bette Davis's sublime, sex-free act of sublimation (Peter Bradshaw, 2021)
  • Repulsion (Roman Polanski, 1965)
  • Rosemary's Baby (Roman Polanski, 1968)
  • We Need to Talk About Kevin (Lynne Ramsay, 2011)

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Opening music is "Root Beer Rag" by Billy Joel

Closing music is "G-Spot Tornado" by Frank Zappa

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