MOVIES: Reality, history and true-to-life stories dominate this week
And watch for a droll and funny Canadian film that's getting praise
Reviews
MOVIES: Leading with The Brutalist, an Oscar possibility, and heading on to Iran and New York
Also updating Goethe in Toronto and watching a pop star turn into a monkey in the UK
MOVIES: three good ones while we watch for the Golden Globes
The three are from Italy, Korea and Montreal. This is from Harbin.
MOVIES FOR CHRISTMAS Bring a Classic Vampire, a Teenage Girl Boxing and Bob Dylan
You'll have to wait for The Brutalist, Babygirl and Better Man
MOVIES: Fit for the season: a Lion King prequel and a return by Wallace & Gromit
Also: new films from directors Clint Eastwood, Andrea Arnold and Tyler Perry
MOVIES: More Lord of the Rings, Queer with Daniel Craig and drama among Trump’s targets
Also a Christmas thriller, a minor Marvel, a draft dodger story and Elton John in his own words
MOVIES: Catching up with Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas, and two more
That pair take you bowling and werewolf fighting
MOVIES: for American Thanksgiving, looking ahead to Christmas and more
Plus: war and art in Ukraine, a climate change thriller and the Beatles first visit
MOVIES: Two giants, Wicked and Gladiator II, + five other new films
They're about war, women denied rights, battling parents, even snails
MOVIES: Red One, a big Christmas film worth avoiding, plus three non-seasonal choices
They bring more Dune, but also rape and memories of the Holocaust
MOVIES: recalling a previous war in Blitz, loving a fine new Christmas movie and more
Also aspirations of Blacks in America and starting a union at Amazon.
MOVIES: another big Oscar hopeful, plus AI, animal welfare, and a hood trying to atone
Also a deceptively simple solution to what's splintering the United States
MOVIES: Among the newly-arrived this week: several sure award contenders
Also a new Marvel movie, some online gaming and Hare Krishna
MOVIES: Jackie Chan with a panda, also a potent Indigenous tale
Along with catfishing, louder music from women, that Wild Robot and some body horror
MOVIES: Fact-based, most of them this week, from Trump, to logging protests to creating TV
Also: life after Superman, foes of the Taliban and a serial killer on a TV game show