At the end of the trailer for David Lowery’s Mother Mary , Michaela Coel ‘s scorned character, Sam Anselm, acknowledges the stakes of her rekindled partnership with Mother Mary, the tormented pop star played by Anne Hathaway . “There may only be one of us left standing when this is over,” she says. They both know it to be true. The A24 film follows Sam and Mother Mary as they tear open barely-healed wounds of betrayal.

The pair were once best friends before pop stardom drove a wedge between them. Sam can’t even listen to her music anymore. But when Mother Mary needs a costume for her grand comeback concert, she doesn’t know who else to ask. In the preview, Sam obliges — but not without guiding her old friend through a séance first. “You think there’s something inside of you?” she as

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