Anne Hathaway gets exorcised in 'Mother Mary.' What does it all mean?

Anne Hathaway gets exorcised in 'Mother Mary.' What does it all mean?

"Mother Mary" director David Lowery unpacks the surreal finale of his pop star horror film with Anne Hathaway – and teases a very different ending.

A Ghost of One’s Own: On Collaboration and Creative Ownership in Mother Mary

Contains spoilers. David Lowery’s Mother Mary has been described as musical/drama, a thriller, and a psychological horror. The main character has drawn comparisons to Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga—is it then a cautionary story about fame? “Friend breakup” is another label that’s been assigned to it. (Or perhaps breakup story full-stop, though we don’t really get into it, sadly.) Many early critics have disparaged the film for being a confusing, mel…

The Ending Of ‘Mother Mary’ Isn’t A Ghost Story. It’s A Queer Breakup.

The Wikipedia page for A24’s latest psychosexual drama, Mother Mary, labels Sam Anselm as the titular pop star’s “estranged former friend”, but any queer with a pulse can clock this as a toxic romance gone wrong from a mile away. A straight friendship that’s soured might be full of passive aggression, but only two gays could manifest the kind of resentment required for a mutual haunting, or have the kind of psychic connection that allows Sam to …