Toronto: ‘Purgatory’ Director Navigates Warring Parents and Girl Power in Dark Divorce Comedy
What’s a girl to do when your parents split up and leave your sheltered, suburban home and school life in ruins? That’s the premise for 1980s-set Purgatory, Lindsay Lanzillotta’s debut feature that stars J.K. Simmons, The Bear’s Abby Elliot, John Reynolds and Ruby McGurrin in her first movie role as Beatrice Gravel. McGurrin emerges as…