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.
Director Jim Jarmusch’s second release of the year (following Stooges documentary Gimme Danger) was a critical hit when it premiered at Cannes. The film is a low-key character study starring Adam Driver as the title character, a poet/bus driver in Paterson, New Jersey, where he lives a simple but fulfilling life with his wife (Golshifteh Farahani) and dog. This is Jarmusch at his most optimistic, wise, and rewarding.