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Jacob Kleinman

The most surreal noir thriller of the year just landed on Hulu — and it will stick with you for days

Andre Holland in The Actor (2025).

If you’re a fan of Hollywood, you probably watched "The Studio," Apple’s critically acclaimed comedy about the movie-making business. But if you’re a fan of the noir genre, you were probably disappointed by the show’s least successful episode.

Smack dab in the middle of "The Studio," the series shifts gears and becomes a shadowy thriller in which Seth Rogen’s bumbling studio head attempts to track down a stolen film reel. The episode was a tonal misfire, a rare blip in an otherwise near-perfect season of television and a bummer to anyone whose favorite movie is "Double Indemnity," "Chinatown" or any other noir classic.

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