WATCH: Melissa Leo Plays a Callous Nun in Chilling 'Novitiate'
“Novitiate,” the convent-set period drama written and directed by Maggie Betts, already has swarming Academy buzz. Starring “The Leftovers” actor Margaret Qualley as a nun-in-training and Oscar winner Melissa Leo as the no-nonsense Reverend Mother, the film clinched distribution from Sony Pictures Classics after its acclaimed premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Dianna Agron a…