The Debut is Jesse Eisenberg's funniest and most formally adventurous film yet, anchored by a spectacular Julianne Moore and a Paul Giamatti performance pitched at exactly the right level of theatrical terror.
A carefully filmed stage capture that understands the turntable, the band, and the audience are not limitations to overcome, but part of the story.
Nolan's largest film is also one of his most human, a monumental journey home that never lets Odysseus forget what it cost to survive.