Mother Mary A24's Music-Industry Drama

A24's most ambitious awards-season play of the spring is Mother Mary, directed by David Lowery (The Green Knight, A Ghost Story) and starring Anne Hathaway as a pop star reuniting with her estranged friend and former costume designer, played by Michaela Coel, on the eve of a comeback. Hunter Schafer and Kaia Gerber round out the ensemble.

Lowery is one of the most distinctive voices in American independent cinema, and pairing him with Hathaway and Coel on a music-industry drama feels like catnip for critics and Letterboxd devotees alike. This is the kind of slow-burn, visually rich, emotionally layered film that breaks out of the art house — the best movies 2026 conversation will absolutely include it.