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Can You Ever Forgive Me?
“I had a book on the New York Times Bestseller list. That has to count for something.”
A small crime with big nerves: words, money, and trust under pressure. In True Lies, we dig into "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"—Marielle Heller’s understated character study, anchored by Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant. Because it’s adapted from Lee Israel’s memoir and set inside a tiny collectibles world, the details matter: what “authentic” looks like, who gets believed, and why the hustle feels so tempting.
We unpack how the film treats literary forgery as something stranger than paperwork—more like…
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