Sep 29th  
Megalopolis* (15)
(Cineworld Ipswich)  

(US 2024)
American Zoetrope/CaesarfilmLLC. 138m. (IMAX)

In an alternate reality Roman empire switched to America, Caesar Catilina struggles against rival factions to build a new futuristic utopia for New Rome (New York).
A weirdly enigmatic but much anticipated piece of fantasy drama mainly because of the status of its director, who not surprisingly had this stuck on the drawing board for several years. The result is not surprisingly vague and curiously out of date, whether in the context of the past or the future (with some allusions to the current Trump era), but performances hold it together, including one or two moving contributions from Coppola veterans.

Written and Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola.
Producers: Barry Hirsch, Fred Roos, Michael Bederman, Francis Ford Coppola.
Starring: Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel, Giancarlo Esposito, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne, Dustin Hoffman, Kathryn Hunter, Grace Vanderwaal, James Remar, D.B. Sweeney, Talia Shire.
Photography: Mihai Malaimare.
Music: Osvaldo Golijov.