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Which 2024 films will benefit most from the holiday-card dynamic this year?
While Steve McQueen’s Blitz appears to have faded a bit, any hopes it does have rest of Saoirse Ronan’s skills on the campaign trail, where the Irish actress has perfected a winning double act with her onscreen son, Elliott Heffernan. The best bet is this Iranian domestic drama, which opened on Wednesday to and a making-of narrative just as gripping as what’s onscreen: Director Mohammad Rasoulof shot the film in secret and was forced to flee the country before its Cannes premiere. There, he encounters Manville, whom I can describe only as “Yosemite Sam if he was played by an Oscar-nominated British thespian.” She’s a hoot and a half, and though I doubt it’s the kind of performance that will resonate with the Academy, expect to see her pop up on the social-media feeds of all your most culturally literate friends.
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