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Title: Megalopolis (2024)

Genre: Epic Science Fiction Drama

Plot Synopsis:

In an alternate, 21st-century New York City reimagined as “New Rome,” visionary architect Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver) seeks to revolutionize the city by constructing a utopian society called “Megalopolis” using a groundbreaking material named Megalon. Opposing his ambitious plans is the conservative Mayor Franklyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito), who favors maintaining the existing order. Caught between them is Julia Cicero (Nathalie Emmanuel), the mayor’s daughter and Cesar’s lover, whose divided loyalties compel her to confront her beliefs about humanity’s future.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Writers: Francis Ford Coppola

Cast:

• Adam Driver as Cesar Catilina

• Giancarlo Esposito as Mayor Franklyn Cicero

• Nathalie Emmanuel as Julia Cicero

• Aubrey Plaza as Wow Platinum

• Shia LaBeouf as Clodio Pulcher

YouTube Trailer: Megalopolis (2024) | Trailer 

IMDb Link: Megalopolis (2024)

Reviews from Letterboxd:

1. FilmWhiz – ★★★★★
   “This movie is f***ing awesome. The work of a visionary. Give it thirty years and people will be praising this ‘late masterpiece that wasn’t fully understood or appreciated in its time.'”

2. Matthew Yglesias – ★★★★☆
   “New Rome is prosperous, but decadent and stagnant. Cesar is acknowledged by all to be a genius, but also viewed as the likely murderer of his first wife and beyond that a villain for the greatest crime of all — displacing people from their homes for a real estate development project.”

3. SuperBardiBros – ★★★★☆
   “Megalopolis made me reflect on my relationship with my wife, my own source of inspiration and motivation. I thought of the debates with my idealistic younger cousins about utopia and why our society isn’t ready for it.”

4. James (Schaffrillas) – ★★★☆☆
   “Was dazzled and bewildered in equal measure by this. I’m not one of those squares who needs a coherent plot or a sensible magic system in order to get into a film like this; I was absolutely captivated by multiple sequences, in fact.”

5. Andrew Carruth – ★★☆☆☆
   “Megalopolis is laden with intention and argument, but it lacks direction, lacks synthesis, and fails to turn its theme into poetry.”

Meta Description: Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis (2024) is an ambitious epic science fiction drama that explores the visionary architect Cesar Catilina’s quest to rebuild New Rome into a utopia, facing opposition from the entrenched political establishment.