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The latest from Paul Thomas Anderson ("Boogie Nights," "Magnolia," "Punch-Drunk Love" and not much since), our annual Christmas Day Mainstream movie choice, "Licorice Pizza."

We'll take a chance on Maggie Gyllenhaal's writing/directing debut, in part because of the presence of Jesse Buckley ("Wild Rose"), "The Lost Daughter."

A documentary about Zimbabwe's 2018 presidential race, its first democratic election in decades, "President."

Joel Coen directs Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand in "The Tragedy of Macbeth."

An avant-garde contemplation of the end of mankind, "Last and First Men."

Apichatpong Weerasethakul ("Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives") recruits Tilda Swinton (who also narrates "Last and First Men") for another meandering musing on the fragility of humanity, "Memoria."