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Between What Maisie Knew, The Look of Love, and now his new Alan Partridge movie, there's certainly no shortage of Steve Coogan—and I couldn't be happier. The beloved "narcissistic wally" of a talk show host is finally getting a feature film of his own and to everyone's delight, a first trailer has arrived.

Personally, I have always found director Michael Winterbottom and Steve Coogan to be a perfect pairing. After their successful collaboration with 24 Hour Party People, the two made the tragically hilarious The Trip, and now soon see the theatrical release of their latest, The Look of Love. After opening at Sundance to mild reviews, the film will open next month in the U.K. but we’re still waiting on a U.S. date. Starring Coogan at the iconic Paul Raymond, the film follows the life of the British nightclub owner/adult magazine publisher  who was nicknamed the “King of Soho” back in the 1950s and '60s. He stars alongside Anna Friel, Imogen Poots, Matt Lucas, Stephen Fry, and David Willams in the film that finally has been given a proper trailer thanks to the Guardian. 

Reviews can be dangerous. Personally, I tend not to read too many of them until after I've seen a film—and even then, only after I've processed my own thoughts. What's the point in seeing a film if you're just going to walk out of the theater and think, Well that was a disaster, but I know I'm supposed to love it or being profoundly moved by something but knowing that critics felt just the opposite so, I'll keep this absolute joy to myself. Come on, now. If there's a discussion to be had about the film before its release, it's always more interesting to learn about the person or people behind the film and how that person made this specific piece of art and what it meant for them, so you can at least learn the intentions behind the work.

Two years ago, English auteur Michael Winterbottom debuted The Killer Inside Me, a nihilist noir adaptation of Jim Thompson’s hard-boiled crime classic, to great outcry at Sundance Film Festival. It was deemed too hyperbolically violent, too in enthralled by its own sadistic lead (played by a dead-eyed Casey Affleck) for any refined moviegoer to tolerate. Well guess what, everyone who thought that: Winterbottom just sold a new film about pornography.

Amidst the delirium of award season, the annual Sundance Film Festival creeps up every January to remind us each year that the scope of Hollywood is changing and being infiltrated with a host of new talent and emerging artists from around the world. The festival is a beacon for A-list talent as well as those new to the world of cinema who are getting their first premieres and chance at large-scale recognition. With an enormous slate of films, the festival will commence on Thursday and feature new work from those you already know and worship and those whose names are on the tip of our tongues.