Lynne Ramsay Is Still Cutting ‘Die My Love’ — in Her Mind, at Least

Lynne Ramsay Is Still Cutting ‘Die My Love’ — in Her Mind, at Least

Ramsay tells IndieWire about "Die My Love" cuts made since Cannes, feeling protected by Martin Scorsese in pre- and post-production, and how she knows "when a movie lives or not."

Die My Love Review: Lynne Ramsay’s Drama Strikes Rote Chords Despite Jennifer Lawrence’s Visceral Performance

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Cannes coverage. Die My Love opens in theaters on November 7. Near the climax of Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here, two assassins––one well-dressed but dying, the other ragged but definitely alive––laid together on a kitchen floor, their hands lightly touching as Charlene’s “Never Been to Me” drifted in from a nearby radio, the lyrics barely escaping the wounded man’s mouth. …

Playback: Lynne Ramsay, Emotional Ruptures from RATCATCHER to DIE MY LOVE

Lynne Ramsay studies how pain takes shape. The Scottish director harnesses a poetic, sensory style in which her intimate stories of grief are barbed and transcendent. She is drawn to haunted characters, whether that be openly or implicitly. These stories are often fixated on the question: what happens next? She probes the mind of a mother whose son committed a school massacre in We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) and examines the complex emotion…