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.
Foreign/Drama | Directed by Jafar Panahi
Opens in NY December 23 (additional cities tbd)
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Awarded a Special Jury Prize in Venice, the latest from now imprisoned Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi is another slice of piercing meta-fiction in which he finds a version of himself making a film in the Iranian village of Jabbar and causing a bit of trouble for the locals after they accuse him of taking a photo of a pair of young lovers, which he denies. It’s another success for the director, who has now made five films (This Is Not a Film, Closed Curtain, Taxi, 3 Faces) since he was banned from filmmaking in 2010.
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