Coppola’s previous film, 2021’s Mainstream, which starred Andrew Garfield as an outsider who becomes a popular YouTube influencer and Maya Hawke as his increasingly wary producer, also questioned which forms of creativity we value and which we dismiss.
…outlandish influencers in the comedy Mainstream…
Of Gia Coppola’s three features to date, The Last Showgirl, more than Palo Alto and Mainstream, has the closest spiritual and aesthetic kinship to the work of her celebrated aunt.
Coppola, whose earlier efforts Palo Alto and Mainstream showed great promise…
…her sophomore stumble seven years later with Mainstream…