| Belfast
(Focus Features) (TIFF; Middleburg; Mill Valley) |
King Richard
(Warner Brothers) |
The Power of the Dog
(Netflix) |
Nightmare Alley
(Searchlight Pictures) |
Licorice Pizza
(MGM/UA) |
| Director: Kenneth Branagh Cast: Caitriona Balfe, Jamie Dornan, Ciarán Hinds, Judi Dench, Jude Hill, and Colin Morgan Synopsis: A young boy and his working class family experience the tumultuous late 1960s. |
Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green Cast: Will Smith, Jon Bernthal, Tony Goldwyn, Dylan McDermott, Saniyya Sidney, and Demi Singleton Synopsis: A look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams became who they are after the coaching from their father Richard Williams. |
Director: Jane Campion Cast: Thomasin McKenzie, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Keith Carradine, Frances Conroy, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Adam Beach Synopsis: Charismatic rancher Phil Burbank inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife and her son, Phil torments them until he finds himself exposed to the possibility of love. |
Director: Guillermo del Toro Cast: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Willem Dafoe, Ron Perlman, Toni Collette, Mary Steenburgen, David Strathairn, Clifton Collins Jr., Richard Jenkins, and Holt McCallany Synopsis: An ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is. |
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Cast: Bradley Cooper, Benny Safdie, Skyler Gisondo, Emma Dumont, and Joseph Cross Synopsis: Set in 1970s San Fernando Valley, the film follows a high school student, who is also a successful child actor. |
| Dune
(Warner Brothers) |
West Side Story
(20th Century/Disney) |
tick, tick… Boom!
(Netflix) |
The Tragedy of Macbeth
(A24/Apple) |
Spencer
(Neon) |
| Director: Denis Villeneuve Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Jason Momoa, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Dave Bautista, Stellan Skarsgård, Javier Bardem, and Charlotte Rampling Synopsis: Feature adaptation of Frank Herbert’s science fiction novel, about the son of a noble family entrusted with the protection of the most valuable asset and most vital element in the galaxy. |
Director: Steven Spielberg Cast: Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faist, Corey Stoll, Brian d’Arcy James, and Rita Moreno Synopsis: An adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. |
Director: Lin-Manuel Miranda Cast: Andrew Garfield, Vanessa Hudgens, Robin de Jesus, Alexandra Shipp, Judith Light, and Bradley Whitford Synopsis: On the cusp of his 30th birthday, a promising young theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City. |
Director: Joel Coen Cast: Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, Brendan Gleeson, Harry Melling, Corey Hawkins, Sean Patrick Thomas, and James Udom Synopsis: A Scottish lord becomes convinced by a trio of witches that he will become the next King of Scotland, and his ambitious wife supports him in his plans of seizing power. |
Director: Pablo Larraín Cast: Kristen Stewart, Timothy Spall, Jack Farthing, Sean Harris, and Sally Hawkins Synopsis: During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charles. |
Twenty Films On the Radar:
- C’mon C’mon (A24)
- Coda (Apple TV)
- The Lost Daughter (Netflix)
- Being the Ricardos (Amazon)
- House of Gucci (MGM/United Artists)
- Flee (Neon)
- Parallel Mothers (Sony Pictures)
- Don’t Look Up (Netflix)
- Mass (Bleeker Street)
- Cyrano (MGM)
- The Tender Bar (Amazon)
- The Last Duel (20th Century)
- A Hero (Amazon)
- The Harder They Fall (Netflix)
- The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Searchlight)
- A Journal for Jordan (Sony Pictures)
- The Worst Person in the World (Neon)
- The Hand of God (Netflix)
- Passing (Netflix)
- In the Heights (Warner Brothers)