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LOVING THE ALIEN

THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH

It’s been almost 50 years since director Nicolas Roeg adapted Walter Tevis’ novel, , into a haunting film about an alien (played mesmerisingly by David Bowie) who comes to Earth seeking a way to save his home planet that’s mired in ecological distress, only to find addiction and betrayal on Earth. As timely a tale as ever, the story returns as a streaming series (on Showtime in the US, UK tbd) from ’s Alex Kurtzman, starring

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