Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis is a gesture, a broad brushstroke, an impassioned plea, an aria in which the belladonna collapses on stage. It’s a message in a bottle, sent downstream in the hopes of finding the right person, which may in fact have been Coppola all along.
Fran Hoepfner reports on her sixth New York Film Festival, with thoughts on Megalopolis, The Shrouds, The Room Next Door, Nickel Boys, Oh, Canada, Queer, Hard Truths, Rumours, A Real Pain, Grand Tour, Caught by the Tides, and more!