In Nightbitch, Amy Adams becomes a feral dog. In If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Rose Byrne sinks into a haze of cheap wine and weed smoke on the floor of a motel bathroom. And, in Die My Love, Jennifer Lawrence rips wallpaper from the walls with her bare hands. Motherhood on Hollywood’s screens has never looked so bleak yet so honest.

Lawrence’s performance as a mother in the throes of postpartum in the Lynne Ramsay-directed film has been lauded since it premiered at Cannes this summer, and its theatrical release on November 7 is sure to generate more praise. Grace (Lawrence) and her partner, Jackson (Robert Pattinson), move to his remote hometown where he’ll work and she’ll care for their newborn son. While he drifts in and out of the home, aloof to Grace’s mental state, she sits (and paces

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