The new Vanessa Kirby Netflix movie, Night Always Comes —which began streaming on Netflix today—is a bleak portrayal of the economic crisis in America right now. For those living paycheck to paycheck, the film plays out like a living nightmare of just how close so many Americans are to becoming homeless.

N ight Always Comes puts Vanessa Kirby through the wringer – again. It’s her second gruelingly intense dramatic vehicle for Netflix after 2020’s Pieces of a Woman, which landed her a well-deserved Oscar nomination and placed her among the upper echelon of actors who can bring power and presence to both prestige cinema (see also: her memorable turn as Josephine in Ridley Scott’s Napoleon) and pop blockbuster franchises (she’s wonderfully strange as a supporting player in the Mission: Impossible films,

Academy Award nominee Vanessa Kirby discusses her "Night Always Comes" film on Netflix, the experiences that prepared her for this role and her career mentality today.