The Forty-Year-Old Version
First screened in July 2025

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Director: Radha Blank. Cast: Radha Blank, Peter Kim, Oswin Benjamin, Imani Lewis, Haskiri Velazquez, T.J. Atoms, Antonio Ortiz, Reed Birney, Andre Ward, Jacob Ming-Trent, Jackie Adam, Stacey Sargeant, William Oliver Watkins, Welker White, Meghan O'Neill. Screenplay: Radha Blank.

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Photo © 2020 Netflix/Hillman Grad

In Brief: Invigoratingly candid and comic through first half. Second looser and less convincing but still seduces.

VOR: ④  Works in the grain of 80s/90s b&w shoestring indies, but in pointed tribute to stories those movies missed. A fresh comedy with a unique POV.

Grade: B

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Awards:
	Sundance Film Festival: Best Director, Dramatic (Blank)
	New York Film Critics Circle: Best First Film
	Los Angeles Film Critics Association: New Generation Award (Blank)
	National Board of Review: Spotlight Award (Blank)

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