The opening of Downloading Nancy, which features on the soundtrack Nancy (Maria Bello) detailing to therapist Carol (Amy Brenneman) the liberation she expects to feel upon dying, compounded by cryptic ...

‘Life is like being trapped in the wrong house, looking for a way out,” says Nancy (an excruciatingly believable Maria Bello) in this film’s first moments. A stranger she’s met in an s/m chat room, ...

Maria Bello’s performance in this dank psychodrama (2008) has been hailed as “fearless” and “courageous,” critical code for “degrading situations” and “lots of skin.” The story involves a nihilistic ...