Date

Jun 30 2023 - Jul 13 2023
Expired!

THE STARLING GIRL

A young woman faces a battle between her love of faith and desire for self-expression in this coming-of-age film from Director Laurel Parmet.

SYNOPSIS

Seventeen-year-old Jem Starling (Eliza Scanlen) struggles to define her place within her fundamentalist Christian community in rural Kentucky. Even her greatest joy of dancing with the church group is tempered by worry that her actions are sinful and she is caught between a burgeoning awareness of her own sexuality and her religious devotion. With the return of Owen, an enigmatic youth pastor, Jem soon finds herself attracted to his worldliness and charm. Slowly, he draws her into a dangerous relationship that could upend their entire community.

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Director

Laurel Parmet

WITH

Eliza Scanlen, Lewis Pullman, Jimmi Simpson, Wren Schmidt, Claire Elizabeth Green, Ellie May

Run Time

1 hour, 56 minutes

Released

May 12, 2023

Distributed by

Bleecker Street

HEARING AND VISUAL ASSISTANCE

Assisted Listening
Closed Captioning
Descriptive Audio

Country

United States

SUBTITLES

None

RATED R

for Some Sexuality

SHOWINGS

JUNE 30 | FRI

4:35, 7:00, 9:25 p.m.

JULY 1 | SAT

11:45 a.m., 2:10, 4:35, 7:00, 9:25 p.m.

JULY 2 | SUN

11:45 a.m., 2:10, 4:35, 7:00, 9:25 p.m.

JULY 3 | MON

4:35, 7:00, 9:25 p.m.

JULY 4 | TUE

CLOSED

JULY 5 | WED

4:35, 7:00, 9:25 p.m.

JULY 6 | THU

4:35, 7:00, 9:25 p.m.

JULY 7 | FRI

4:35, 7:00, 9:25 p.m.

JULY  8 | SAT

11:45 a.m., 2:10, 4:35, 7:00, 9:25 p.m.

JULY 9 | SUN

11:45 a.m., 2:10, 4:35, 7:00, 9:25 p.m.

JULY 10 | MON

4:35, 7:00, 9:25 p.m.

JULY 11 | TUE

4:35, 7:00, 9:25 p.m.

JULY 12 | WED

4:35, 7:00, 9:25 p.m.

JULY 13 | THU

4:35, 7:00, 9:25 p.m.
REVIEWS

“The language and strictures of their religious community are perfectly rendered by writer and director Laurel Parmet, who captures the complicated interplay of power and immaturity that can blossom in isolated communities.”

Allissa Wilkson

Vox

“The power of this sensitive and devilishly detailed coming-of-age drama is rooted in the friction that it finds between biblical paternalism and modern personhood.”

David Ehrlich

indieWIRE

“Parmet’s strong script and surety behind the camera navigates the audience through this complicated story of religion and sexuality, patriarchy and power, brought to eerily accurate life by the ensemble of excellent actors.”

Katie Walsh

TheWrap

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