Julia Max Was Told to Cut Down the Family Drama in ‘The Surrender.’ She Ignored the Notes and Created a Ferocious Horror Debut

Julia Max’s feature debut “The Surrender” goes to some surreal and troubling places. But the core of the film begins with something both horrible and commonplace that often isn’t portrayed on the big screen: Caretaking for a dying relative. “The Surrender,” now streaming on Shudder, is the story of Megan (Colby Minifie) and her mother […]