After her feature directorial debut, 2013's Palo Alto, Gia Coppola is back with the new IFC Films release Mainstream, which just hit VOD this weekend. The movie stars Maya Hawke, Andrew Garfield, Nate Wolff and Jason Schwartzman (as well as cameos from the likes of Johnny Knoxville, Jake Paul and Patrick Starr) and is a satirical look at modern social media and celebrity culture, sort of Network or A Face in The Crowd for younger millennials and Gen-Z.

Admittedly, it doesn't entirely work and sort of falls apart by the final act. But it's an interesting enough flick that it earns a soft recommendation off the strength of Coppola's potential alone.

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