03 December 2019

New to the Queue

We were on a break ...

Michael Apted ("56 Up") returns for the ninth installment of his indispensable generational profile of British boomers, "63 Up."

Celine Sciamma ("Girlhood," "Water Lillies") ventures back to the 18th century for a tale of forbidden love, "Portrait of a Lady on Fire."

Rian Johnson ("Brick," "Looper") assembles an all-star cast for a ribald whodunit, "Knives Out."

The Safdie brothers ("Good Time") recruit Adam Sandler for their latest pulp thriller, "Uncut Gems."

A legend of film criticism gets the documentary treatment, "What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael."

Then there's the career summation of the work of Agnes Varda, who died in March, "Varda by Agnes."

We'll keep expectations low for the environmental polemic from Todd Haynes ("Carol") and starring Mark Ruffalo, "Dark Waters."

Two indigenous women in Canada go through a harrowing experience in the debut feature "The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open."
  

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