12+ Films to See in December
With Academy Award nominations rapidly approaching, December is the month when several major contenders will finally be unveiled. While most moviegoers must wait until January to see films like Martin Scorsese's Silence, Ben Affleck's Live by Night, Mike Mills' 20th Century Women, and Theodore Melfi's Hidden Figures, there are still plenty of solid choices headed to a cineplex near you this month, including Damien Chazelle's La La Land, Denzel Washington's Fences, Pablo Larraín's Jackie, and more. We've picked out the best of the bunch below.
The latest from writer-director Mia Hansen-Løve (Goodbye First Love, Eden) stars Isabelle Huppert as Nathalie, a hardworking philosophy teacher with a family and ailing mother who finds a surprising freedom when she discovers that her husband of 25 years is leaving her. Adding to her already impressive resume, Hansen-Løve won Best Director at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival for a film that features Huppert—already earning raves for the recently released Elle—in another much praised performance.