Overview

• Night Always Comes became available for global streaming on Netflix on August 15 following festival and limited theatrical premieres
• Director Benjamin Caron heightens cinematic immediacy and renders Portland itself a character in adapting Willy Vlautin’s novel
• Vanessa Kirby’s gritty lead performance has drawn widespread acclaim even as reviewers point to uneven plotting and tonal shifts
• Recent explainers have focused on unpacking the film’s complex finale without revealing key plot twists
• The narrative foregrounds themes of economic precarity and systemic failure as it follows a night-long moral descent