20 Films to See in December
The final month of 2022 brings the first sequel to the highest-grossing movie in history, potential Oscar contenders from Damien Chazelle, Sarah Polley, Sam Mendes, Darren Aronofsky, and Antoine Fuqua, arthouse fare from Hirokazu Kore-eda, Joanna Hogg, and Jafar Panahi, and more. In the gallery on this page our editors have selected the most interesting films debuting in North American theaters this month, listed in alphabetical order.
Additional content by Jason Dietz.
Drama | Directed by Oliver Hermanus
Opens in NY and LA December 23 (additional cities tbd)
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Working from Nobel and Booker Prize–winning author Kazuo Ishiguro’s screenplay, director Oliver Hermanus (Moffie) moves Akira Kurosawa’s masterpiece, Ikiru, to post-war London, and casts Bill Nighy (in fine form as usual) in the role of Williams, a widower and civil servant in the rebuilding of Britain post-WWII. When he is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Williams, inspired by a former coworker (Aimee Lou Wood), tries to bring meaning to his remaining days by salvaging a modest project from bureaucratic purgatory. For a majority of critics, it’s the rare remake well worth seeing.
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