I Love Boosters
Director: Boots Riley Run Time: 105 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026
Starring: Eiza González, Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, Poppy Liu, Taylour Paige
In his long-awaited follow-up to Sorry to Bother You, Boots Riley delivers a wildly stylized sci-fi crime comedy set in the Bay Area fashion world. I Love Boosters follows Corvette (Keke Palmer) and the Velvet Gang, a crew of professional shoplifters who steal luxury clothing and redistribute it at affordable prices. When a ruthless fashion mogul steals Corvette’s original designs and exploits overseas labor, the crew launches a surreal, anti-capitalist revolt involving heists, teleportation devices, labor politics, and anarchic fashion warfare. Blending absurdist humor, social satire, and vibrant visual design, the film turns the fashion industry into a battleground over class, creativity, and exploitation.
“A wickedly clever skewering of the moral rot at the center of the fashion industry.” — RogerEbert.com
“A lively, knife-sharp, impeccably researched and reported satire.” — The New Yorker
“Fashion and politics get a radical makeover in the riotous I Love Boosters.” — Los Angeles Times