Sean Baker ("Tangerine," "Starlet") brings his vivid sense of style to a rundown motel, where he follows a bunch of 6-year-olds who antagonize the gruff manager, played by Willem Dafoe, "The Florida Project."
American auteur Alexander Payne ("Nebraska," "Election," "About Schmidt") gets playful with "Downsizing," a comedy about groups of miniaturized humans who live in tiny villages, a setup designed to save overpopulated Earth. Pairing Kristen Wiig (!) with Matt Damon (?).
Greta Gerwig (above right), perhaps frustrated with dead-end roles that waste her talent, goes behind the camera to re-create her senior year of high school. The spare "Lady Bird" stars Saoirse Ronan (above left) and Laurie Metcalf.
Let's see if Gerwig's boyfriend Noah Baumbach ("Greenberg," "Frances Ha") is back on the horse after struggling in 2015 with "Mistress America" and "While We're Young." He now teams favorite Ben Stiller with Adam Sandler for "The Meyerowitz Stories."
Dee Rees ("Pariah," our 4th favorite film of 2011) returns with "Mudbound," an epic post-war drama about two families -- one white, one black -- struggling to succeed on a farm. With Carey Mulligan and Mary J. Blige.
In the awkwardly titled "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri," Martin McDonagh (“In Bruges”) guides Frances McDormand as a local mother who bullies the local police department into reopening the search for her daughter’s attacker by posting three accusatory billboards on the outskirts of town.
The Coen brothers cede the director's chair to George Clooney for "Suburbicon," their wacky take on a '50s suburban dad dodging some mobsters. With Julianne Moore and, you guessed it, Matt Damon (!).
"The Work" is a documentary that follows prison inmates and volunteers who engage in intense group therapy sessions.
James Franco adapts Greg Sestero's memoir of his role in the filming of the notoriously bad cult classic "The Room" by Tommy Wiseau (Franco, co-starring with his brother James): "The Disaster Artist."
Joachim Trier ("Oslo, August 31st," "Louder Than Bombs") leans toward the supernatural with "Thelma," the tale of a young woman who suffers seizures and develops an intense attraction to a fellow female student at their university in Oslo, Norway.
BONUS TRACK
The trailer for "The Disaster Artist":
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