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'Megalopolis' is a sprawling megalopo-mess

Adam Driver in Megalopolis.
Courtesy of Lionsgate
Adam Driver in Megalopolis.

Francis Ford Coppola, the legendary filmmaker behind The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now, is back with his first new film in over a decade. It reimagines the fall of Rome through a futuristic American city, and has a lot of big and messy ideas about time and the fate of humanity. It's also jam-packed with stars like Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, and Aubrey Plaza. We try to make sense of it all.

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