Amanda Seyfried says no to sex in the dance-fueled film "The Testament of Ann Lee," which tells the real history behind the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The act of faith, of believing, is by definition something that can’t be seen. Religious devotion is difficult to ...

At the heart of co-writer and director Mona Fastvold's historical drama, The Testament of Ann Lee, is meticulously designed song and dance. After all, these forms of expression were integral to the ...

Filmmakers Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbet are clearly fascinated by ambition. They’re fascinated, too, by dreamers — difficult dreamers, brilliant but demanding people who have plans they must fulfill ...

Among the low, static chatter of the everyday, a woman throws her head back and cries out. Her voice pierces the sky and cuts through the marrow of modern apathy. Her contorted expression is rotted by ...

The movies tend to do better in depicting agony over ecstasy, but The Testament of Ann Lee drops a potent depiction of the latter early on. We are in Manchester, in the early 1760s. Young Ann Lee ...

In 1772 Ann Lee received a divine revelation while serving a prison sentence. Christ appeared and gave her a new gospel to preach: that salvation could only be achieved through public confession and ...

A musical biopic fittingly composed of religious ballads, The Testament of Ann Lee chronicles the life of its eponymous 18th century religious leader, played with tremendous passion by Amanda Seyfried ...

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In an extraordinary performance, Amanda Seyfried plays the founder of the Shakers in a singular film. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site ...

Amanda Seyfried stars in Fastvold's "musical and movement piece" about Shakers founder Ann Lee. By Kirsten Chuba Events Editor “I was anxious about the genre,” director Mona Fastvold admitted of her ...