Superstar director Luca Guadagnino’s After the Hunt loves to provoke.

The film’s central storyline centers around the accusation that a college professor, Andrew Garfield’s Hank, sexually assaulted a student named Maggie (Ayo Edibiri). The allegation threatens to undo the very fabric of the department, and the university at large.

From its Woody Allen-style opening credits to its #MeToo plotline, it’s practically designed to get people talking. But perhaps its most interesting—and successful—element is how the film upends our expectations of Andrew Garfield as a star and as an actor.

It’s a shocking performance, and an extremely impressive one. You’ve never seen Garfield like this before.

To understand why After the Hunt is such a transformative role for Garfield, you first need

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