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 Joanna Hogg
Opens in theaters December 2 (also available on VOD that day)
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Writer-director Joanna Hogg adds a coda to her very personal and critically acclaimed duet—The Souvenir and The Souvenir: Part II—with this ghost story starring Tilda Swinton in dual roles as Julie (originally played by Swinton’s daughter, Honor Swinton Byrne) and her mother Rosalind. Set in contemporary times, Julie (accompanied by Swinton’s dog Louie) takes her widowed mother to a former family home that is now a deserted hotel, hoping to make a breakthrough on a film about her mother. It’s a haunting look at the persistence of long buried secrets and at the bond between parent and child.
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