The Many Lives of Laura Dern

“Some actresses are stymied by a fear of excess or wanting to control how they will look… [Dern’s] performances are so naked, her characters so un-self-aware, that you sometimes feel that you shouldn’t be watching them at all.” —Christine Smallwood, The New York Times 

…And yet, of course, we can’t stop watching. Immortalized in anguished memes and cherished by generations of filmgoers for a rich history of eclectic, leaving-it-all-on-the-field performances that goes back to her first credited role in Adrian Lyne’s 1980 Foxes, Dern has been an invaluable collaborator to a line-up of directors that includes David Lynch, Joyce Chopra, Alexander Payne, Kelly Reichardt, Noah Baumbach, and many more. Join us for a career-spanning retrospective of the always reliable but never predictable Dern, who’s never been offscreen long enough to prompt calls for a career renaissance.