With The Last Showgirl, director Gia Coppola crafts a visually lush and emotionally resonant love letter to the women who defined the golden age of Las Vegas. In the process, Coppola delivers Pamela Anderson the role of a lifetime and the kind of redemption comeback story she's always deserved. Like the city itself, the film brims with a heady mix of glamour and melancholy, celebrating the vibrancy of the world of Vegas showgirls while acknowledging its impermanence. Coppola’s signature sensitivity as a filmmaker shines through in her depiction...