The Many Faces of… Elizabeth Olsen

Elizabeth Olsen

Elizabeth Olsen was born on February 16 1989 in Sherman Oaks, California. When growing up she went to ballet and had singing lessons. She appeared in some of his sisters movies when she was young. After finishing high school she went to New York to learn at the Tisch School of Arts, she also studied at the Moscow Art Theatre School in 2009.

Her first starring role was a good one, in the film Martha Marcy May Marlene. Other movies she acted in include Kill Your Darlings, Oldboy, Godzilla and Avengers: Age of Ultron. Continue reading

Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)

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History has thought us that the human mind is easily manipulated. You can see it in how a dictator slowly rises by influencing the ones close around him and eventually a whole nation. It also happens on a smaller scale, for example as the documentary Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006) has shown. Martha Marcy May Marlene looks at how one person might slowly get into a cult and what it’s like to make the step to leave it and deal with the aftermath. Continue reading