Why Everyone Needs to Go See ‘The Holdovers’

S.A.D. SEASON

The new film, starring Paul Giamatti, is wonderful—funny, poignant, relatable—but its biggest strength is how accurately it nails the warm, yet moody melancholia of the holiday.

A photo illustration Dominic Sessa and Paul Giamatt in The Holdovers.
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