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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 97% of 59 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The website's consensus reads: "Equal parts harrowing and unsentimental in its evocation of the brutal grind of hospital work, Late Shift clocks in as an accomplished character study with a superb Leonie Benesch front and center." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 69 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian rated the film three out of five stars, writing that the film was shot in the Aaron Sorkin walk and talk lines style, with the protagonist "exchanging terse…
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60 of 126 · most liked first#NowWatching THE LATE SHIFT (1995). Director: Betty Thomas. Kathy Bates, John Michael Higgins. Backstage account of the battle to replace Johnny Carson between Jay Leno & David Letterman. Cast includes Treat Williams as Michael Ovitz & Rich Little as Carson. 7 Emmy noms. Rewatch. #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm actually mad they didn't make Late Shift 2 as a movie. We know John Michael Higgins and Tilda Swinton would have KILLED IT.
neutral · AI labelView post →LATE SHIFT (2025) Streaming: April 21, 2026 VOD/Digital (Apple, Amazon, Fandango at Home, etc.) #LateShift whentostream.com/hospital-dra...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Platner mess reminds me, oddly enough, of the last line of dialogue in a scene from "The Late Shift," the HBO movie about the Late Night TV saga between Jay Leno & David Letterman in the '90's (yes, this was a Very Big Story for awhile during simpler times).
neutral · AI labelView post →Letterman bashes The Late Shift movie! Paula Abdul visits The Single Guy! And Noah and George toss around some fake babies on the set of ER! This is ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT for February 15, 1996 youtu.be/Q26XEEp6Vzg?...
neutral · AI labelView post →#OctoberMovieChallenge #Moviesky 10/4 - walking / running Late Shift (2025) Director: Petra Biondona Volpe My favorite movie of 2025 (so far) shows an overnight shift of one (of 2) nurses on the crowded surgical recovery wing of a hospital She never sits for longer than 30 seconds.
positive · AI labelView post →i’m calling on all Americans to make ‘The Late Shift’ the most-streamed HBO Original Film
neutral · AI labelView post →Showing my brother The Late Shift. Second viewing for me this week. I love this flick.
positive · AI labelView post →@polykillpodcast.bsky.social #JustBeatIt Late Shift (PS4) is an FMV game that works like an interactive movie. It is very well shot with a great lead actor & an intriguing story. 6 more endings to go for me in order to experience everything and get the platinum trophy. I'll pace this out over months
neutral · AI labelView post →Before I reveal my favourite movie of 2025, here are 24 other titles I really enjoyed: All That's Left of You Bring Her Back Caught Stealing Clown in a Cornfield Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle If I Had Legs I'd Kick You I Know What You Did Last Summer KPop Demon Hunters Late Shift
neutral · AI labelView post →My review of Late Shift (dir. Petra Volpe) is up here: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
neutral · AI labelView post →Oscar'da En İyi Uluslararası Film kategorisi adayı İsviçre Late Shift / Heldin (2025)
neutral · AI labelView post →“Late Shift” - a must see movie on my list! www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched “Late Shift” (2025) which I felt a strong connection to, having felt the maudlin claustrophobia of darkness falling in a hospital night after night, not knowing when I’d be leaving. I fear I will not be a calm and accepting patient when it’s my time to be nursed. I loved the film.
positive · AI labelView post →What’s on your #weekend watchlist? A handful of titles I’m hoping to get to this weekend… Apex Slanted Late Shift A Private Life #Filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Late Shift - STARTS FRIDAY, APRIL 10 Loft Film Fest attendees will remember this amazing film from the Late SHift 2025 festival premiere! Don’t miss your chance to see it while it’s back at The Loft! TICKETS: loftcinema.org/film/late-sh... #comingsoon #theloftcinema #comingsoon #tucson #fyp
neutral · AI labelView post →remembering The Late Shift (1996) a made-for-tv movie about the fight over who gets the Tonight Show after Carson's upcoming retirement, most notable for the huge prosthetic chin they put on Daniel Roebuck
neutral · AI labelView post →Q&A: actor #LeonieBenesch on playing an overburdened nurse in Swiss drama #LateShift - the #Guildhall-trained German star talks about the enormous pressures placed on nurses & her admiration for British films and TV - interview with Pamela Jahn @vertigorel.bsky.social theartsdesk.com/film/thearts...
neutral · AI labelView post →“Late Shift” and “Palliative Care Unit,” which were screened at the Berlin International Film Festival, effectively present the challenges and pressures facing healthcare workers. The sold-out screenings reflected high interest. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
neutral · AI labelView post →I was looking up the HBO film The Late Shift (1995), and Google told me the role of Jay Leno was played by Kathy Bates
neutral · AI labelView post →All of the little shots and inside jokes and that whole six months was incredible. If you haven’t read The Late Shift, you should do it (don’t watch the movie)
neutral · AI labelView post →Of a piece with "The Late Shift," also a great TV movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →#SundayScares #AMightyWind #CatherineOHara John Michael Higgins playing "Terry" played David Letterman in the HBO movie THE LATE SHIFT
neutral · AI labelView post →Switzerland submits Paula Volpe's health-care drama Late Shift for consideration as Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards in 2026. #Oscars2026 🎬🇨🇭 cineuropa.org/482180
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m wondering if we need to tackle “The Late Shift” in honor of Stephen Colbert before his time is up. It’s a 1995 TV movie about the rivalry between Leno and Letterman. m.imdb.com/title/tt0116...
neutral · AI labelView post →Name: Chase Nickname: Don't even try to give me one Age: 40 Sign: Libra Currently: Local news web/digital video curator and indie author Fav color: Blue Fav book: The Late Shift by Bill Carter Fav movie: Serial Mom Fav show: Based on num of rewatches, Are You Being Served? Fav genre: Media history
neutral · AI labelView post →2026 Swiss Film Award winners. Heldin (Late Shift) by Petra Volpe leads the pack and won top award among others #SwissFilmAwards www.swissfilms.ch/en/news/swis...
neutral · AI labelView post →It's Charlie Kaufman week, #portland film fam www.thecinemagictheater.com/kaufman Nursing thriller “Late Shift”… pdx.livingroomtheaters.com/movie/late-s... “Johnny Guitar”, “Matilda”, “Switchblade Sisters”! www.academytheaterpdx.com “Wigstock” with bingo! tomorrowtheater.org/movies/wigst...
neutral · AI labelView post →Official poster for Petra Volpe's drama film LATE SHIFT, starring Leonie Benesch. A young nurse works in an understaffed hospital ward, but on this day, her shift turns into a nerve-racking race against time. Streaming on BFI Player (UK). In US theaters now. #filmsky #moviesky
neutral · AI labelView post →Under the radar movie rec! Late Shift is a rigorous and anxiety-inducing portrait of a nurse's grueling shift at an understaffed Swiss hospital, with unflinching depictions of the everyday calculus of hospital labor amid a failing system.
neutral · AI labelView post →And that's it for the Winter season of Film Club, featuring The President's Cake, Midwinter Recess, Dreams, Late Shift, I Swear and Tow. Thanks to all the studios and filmmakers who shared their movies (and time!) and the folks at the Pelham Picture House who make it all happen. See you in May!
neutral · AI labelView post →#MavoyMovieAwards 2026 nominations BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM Philippines – Magellan – directed by Lav Diaz Switzerland – Late Shift – directed by Petra Volpe (3/3)
neutral · AI labelView post →Ahead of tonight's Late Shift at the Grindhouse showing of 'Evil Dead' (2013), audiences can catch the premiere of 'Bleeders,' a vampirish short film from the auteur behind local production company Matriarch Films.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hospital thriller Late Shift is shortlisted for Best International Film at the Oscars. Today’s #ThrowbackThursday piece is my interview with its writer and director Petra Volpe! cinemaperspective.com/2025/07/25/l...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Oscar-shortlisted Late Shift follows a nurse through a single night www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/late-... #Oscars #FilmSky🎬
neutral · AI labelView post →Last night’s film was Late Shift. A Swiss/German film about a hospital nurse on the night shift.
neutral · AI labelView post →MJ’s Andrea Schmidt says, “The power of LATE SHIFT lies in how the film makes quite clear the political and exploitative practices shaping medical care in a modern world.” #LateShiftMovie is now playing in select theaters and streams November 21.
neutral · AI labelView post →Official Selections for Best International Feature at the 98th Academy Awards®, coming soon to theaters: YOUNG MOTHERS, a film by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Belgium 🇧🇪 LATE SHIFT, a film by Petra Volpe starring Leonie Benesch, Switzerland 🇨🇭
neutral · AI labelView post →Late Shift: The film that changed everything I think about nurses Late Shift is a tense and eye opening look at the everyday work of nurses. Full review below #Oscars #InternationalFeature #Switzerland #LateShift #LeonieBenesch youtu.be/Eu6OYJnaPss?...
positive · AI labelView post →Heldin (Late Shift) Directed by Petra Volpe #Berlinale2025 Special Gala is Switzerland's entry to #Oscars2026 International Feature Film Category - info and trailer with English subtitles storytellertrailers.blogspot.com/2025/08/held...
neutral · AI labelView post →Understated and empathetic, Petra Biondina Volpe's Late Shift is in Irish cinemas now. Our review: filmindublin.ie/2025/08/03/l...
neutral · AI labelView post →"I have this dream every time I'm shooting a movie, where my whole team knows what they're doing except for me" - Petra Volpe on her filmmaking journey and Late Shift www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2025... #filmsky 🎬
neutral · AI labelView post →One of my favourites from Berlin, hospital thriller LATE SHIFT stars Leonie Benesch and is out in selected UK cinemas next week. I was delighted to chat to writer & director Petra Volpe about her film… cinemaperspective.com/2025/07/25/l...
positive · AI labelView post →Late Shift – Watch the trailer for the new German medical drama here bit.ly/3FXt21u #LateShift #film #PetraVolpe #LeonieBenesch
neutral · AI labelView post →In the mid 90s, HBO did an original move called THE LATE SHIFT about the Jay Leno/David Letterman feud for The Tonight Show after Johnny Carson retired. There's a quote in this movie that stuck with me for my entire career and reminds me a lot about present-day WWE. 🤼
neutral · AI labelView post →This seems like the perfect movie to watch for this special edition of Late Shift at the Grindhouse. Happy 420 to everyone who celebrates! #HorrorSky #LateShiftAtTheGrindhouse
neutral · AI labelView post →Star of The Late Shift and Bethlehem native Daniel Roebuck has you covered for an on-location movie: www.imdb.com/title/tt2769... The trailer has both the South Side and Historic Bethlehem!
neutral · AI labelView post →Caught PRINCE OF DARKNESS for the first time last night at @icfilmscene.bsky.social's Late Shift at the Grindhouse series. That movie rules, even if it's Carpenter stealing his best stuff (Assault on Precinct 13, The Thing) from himself. He's stealing from a master!
neutral · AI labelView post →This is some deep late night tv lore best explained by Bill Carter who wrote “The Late Shift” (it was made into a pretty good made-for-tv movie). Here’s a good interview with Carter: youtu.be/y9Zve06Mtrs?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Features in this scene from the Late Shift movie that depicts their meeting with Mike Ovitz youtu.be/wBuWhYdpJzU?...
neutral · AI labelView post →What's everyone favorite prestige HBO Original Movie? For me it's gotta be TOO BIG TO FAIL (although THE LATE SHIFT is way up there)
neutral · AI labelView post →Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, so far. But The Christophers and Late Shift are both also great.
neutral · AI labelView post →TODAY at 1:20 PM Eastern In #WashingtonDC: The DC Labor FilmFest presents Late Shift at the @americanfilm.bsky.social Silver Theatre in #SilverSpring Find out more: tinyurl.com/59vu49hu #Film #Movie #FilmFestival
neutral · AI labelView post →🎙️ Right NOW on the Labor Heritage Power Hour: @americanfilm.bsky.social Silver programmers discuss Late Shift & the emotional toll carried by nurses and frontline care workers. Listen or stream live at bit.ly/3P0fK8w or @WPFW 89.3 FM in #WashingtonDC #Nurse #Healthcare #Movie #Film #FilmFestival
neutral · AI labelView post →The Swiss film LATE SHIFT is now available on Amazon Prime and VOD. I just discovered this foreign gem this weekend and think it’s one of 2026’s very best so far. Read my review that’s up now at TheEstablishingShot.org. #lateshift #leoniebenesch #chicagoindiecritics #petravolpe
positive · AI labelView post →Film Review: LATE SHIFT Floria (Leonie Benesch) is a nurse committed to performing her duties even if a late night at an understaffed hospital tests her limits. Showing in select theaters in NY and LA, expanding soon to a national rollout. link.borrowingtape.c... #filmsky #moviesky
neutral · AI labelView post →Clocked in for “Late Shift at the Grindhouse” tonight at my beloved FilmScene. I had heard APRIL FOOL’S DAY kind of rules, but it *rules* rules. Biff!
neutral · AI labelView post →Excited about MSPIFF 45 in the #TwinCities #Minneapolis #StPaul! I'll be seeing The Battle of Oslo, The Christophers, Eagles of the Republic, Exit 8, In-I in Motion, Late Shift, Paralyzed by Hope, Silent Friend, and many more at @themaincinema.bsky.social Full schedule: mspfilm.org/mspiff45/
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy 63rd Birthday To John Michael Higgins John Michael Higgins (Born February 12, 1963) Is An American Actor, Game Show Host, And Comedian Whose Film Credits Include Christopher Guest's Mockumentaries, The Role Of David Letterman In HBO's The Late Shift, And A Starring Role In The American Versio
neutral · AI labelView post →#TonightsMovie is Petra Volpe's Late Shift (Heldin, 'Heroine' 🇩🇪), inspired by Madeline Calvelage' book Unser Beruf ist nicht das Problem: Es sind die Umstände, and starring Leonie Benesch, Sonja Riesen, Selma Aldin, and Alireza Bayram Trailer youtu.be/x-bFONM8vak?...
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