Kenneth Lonergan Archives - Bright Wall/Dark Room

"Genius is a word that’s thrown around a lot, but I think whatever it means, if Elaine May is not a brilliant improviser, nobody is. If Elaine May is not a brilliant actress, nobody is. If she’s not a brilliant writer, nobody is. If she’s not a brilliant director, nobody is. So whatever that word means, you can apply it to her in four different categories at least, and probably more."

The Blighted Language of Kenneth Lonergan

Matt Brennan·

Issue 41: Margaret

Mark Ruffalo and Anna Paquin in MARGARET | Fox Searchlight

Lonergan's project, in both You Can Count on Me and Margaret, is to crystallize the exact moment at which our emotions run aground on the shoals of their expression, made somehow smaller, shabbier, by the very act of admitting them.

This Mass of Conflicting Impulses: A Former Teen Narcissist Watches Margaret

Lauren Wilford·

Issue 41: Margaret

To watch Margaret is to spend three hours in the nearly uninterrupted company of a caustic, bright, naive, and passionate 17-year-old girl as she navigates a difficult passage of her life.

An Interview with Kenneth Lonergan

Chad Perman·

Interviews Issue 41: Margaret

"I remember from a sort of a child-like point of view in a way—I’ve never felt like I’ve completely mastered what it’s like to be a grown up."

What We Talk About When We Talk About Talking About Things: Crisis and Discourse in Margaret

Charles Bramesco·

Issue 41: Margaret

In Margaret, Lonergan assembles a titanic analogy between the pain of a nation and one girl’s post-traumatic chaos, arriving at the same gray-shaded ambiguity and uncertainty.

Kenneth Lonergan on The Genius of Elaine May

The Blighted Language of Kenneth Lonergan

This Mass of Conflicting Impulses: A Former Teen Narcissist Watches Margaret

An Interview with Kenneth Lonergan

What We Talk About When We Talk About Talking About Things: Crisis and Discourse in Margaret