Actress, the new documentary by Robert Greene, chronicles a period in the life of Brandy Burre as she attempts to balance motherhood, domestic partnership, and her need to return to an acting career. Burre, who was featured on 15 episodes of The Wire, has taken a break from acting to raise two young children, Henry and Stella, in Beacon, New York with the children’s father, restaurateur Tim Reinke. As her next-door neighbor, Greene realized she might make a good subject. Actress is, like the director’s previous films, Fake It So Real and Kati with an i, shot in cinéma vérité style, but it is still highly stylized MORE . . . |