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If anything seemed appropriate by the end of 2020 it was the arrival of a prestige film with a post-apocalyptic plot, especially one set in the aftermath of a global catastrophe that leaves few survivors.
Directed by and starring George Clooney as an aging astronomer who may be one of the last people alive on Earth following a mysterious pandemic event, “The Midnight Sky” also comes at a time when the world continues to reel from the COVID-19 crisis and the heightened sense of mortality it brings. In his dual role, Clooney may be the ideal guide to help us make sense of what it means to be so precariously close to oblivion.