The Drama: A Marriage of Discomfort and Empathy
This is not a film, it’s a drop tower. A drop tower that you don’t get off of for the vast majority of its 106-minute runtime.

Lev lives above the teaming New York City streets he’s grown tired of. Stuart drives a flower delivery truck that makes its noisy rounds each morning below. Their feud is eternal. When an ankle injury forces Lev to spew his vitriol from a long unopened window, he lays eyes on Lana: A two-dimensional, lifelike rendering of a beautiful woman pasted atop the roof of Stuart’s delivery truck. Lev is sedated by her beauty, and upon discovering she actually exists, he pursues a correspondence with her – hosted by Stuart.
This is not a film, it’s a drop tower. A drop tower that you don’t get off of for the vast majority of its 106-minute runtime.
A family drama is woven with quiet yet powerful forces of words and nature.
“To be universal, you have to get specific”: while the film does not attempt to provoke discussions about queerness or race, those watching closely may find something resonant in Sorrentino’s love letter to the Naples of his youth.
If you haven’t watched Good Trouble yet, you need to. This Foster’s spinoff, aptly named for civil rights champion and Congressman, John Lewis, follows Mariana and Callie Adams Foster as they begin a new chapter of young adulthood and navigate life, careers, social justice, and love.
The biggest highlight of the film is easily the performance of Andrew Garfield. In his days since hanging up his Spiderman suit, Garfield has routinely churned out great performances, and Mainstream is no exception. He proves that he is willing to try anything and go anywhere in a character.