Now playing Next Cinema Film of the Week: 'Megalopolis' - Coppola's disastrously dull folly Francis Ford Coppola returns to the big screen after 13 years with a passion project that has to be seen to be believed. And we don’t mean that in a good way. 20/09/2024
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