Last Night in Soho

[Opens Oct. 29 in theaters.] When a wannabe, small-town, British fashion designer (Thomasin McKenzie), who lives with her supportive grandmother (Rita Tushingham) in Cornwall, England, after the tragic death of her mother, moves to London to study fashion and is befriended by a smitten, kindhearted Black student (Michael Ajao) after renting an flat from a mysterious, no-nonsense landlady (Diana Riggs) in Edgar Wright's captivating, original, creative, dark, intense, taut, unpredictable, star-studded (Terence Stamp, Andrew Bicknell, Synnove Karlsen, and Jessie Me Li), 115-minute psychological thriller dominated by terrific acting and stunning cinematography and punctuated with humor, she begins to see terrifying visions of a flamboyant, aspiring singer and actress (Anya Taylor-Joy) whose life took a tragic turn during the 1960s and well-meaning ghosts (Matt Smith, et al.) haunt her dreams and waking hours where reality and hallucinations merge.
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