Tom Hanks playing not so nice, Sarah Polley letting women talk and an entangled story from Korea
Also: Canadian cynicism in a modern, punky film noir
Reviews
Christian Bale meets Edgar Allen Poe in a murder mystery. Climate change figures in two other films
Also: Nicolas Cage shoots it up in his first western
MOVIES: Brendan Fraser's triumph, Harvey Weinstein's downfall and my votes for the best films of 2022
From All Quiet on the Western Front and Avatar to The Whale
MOVIES: Hollywood as Babylon, superstition in Iran and home movies from France
Also two films your (older) kids will be wild about
MOVIES: Environmental stewardship and 3-D action from James Cameron's second Avatar
Also: a look back at a celebrated rock and roll day
MOVIES: TWO FIT FOR THE HOLIDAYS FROM ENGLAND AND A DISTURBING ONE FROM IRAN
Also Tilda Swinton playing both mother and daughter, Jim Parsons in a gay romance and trans people talking
MOVIES: ordinary life goes askew in White Noise, plus an artist fights the opioid sellers and a gay joins the Marines
Also a frenetic thriller from South Korea
MOVIES about Steven Spielberg's boyhood, Daniel Craig as a wily detective and a lovable donkey on the road
Also: A space-science adventure, women versus the Taliban and a prairie gothic with cannibalism
This week's best and worst distractions: movies
Also a fine Canadian film about love and a star shoemaker's charmed life
MOVIES take us back to Wakanda, to the Montreal underworld and to more Indigenous cinema
Also to re-unite two stars and watch the work of two sons of another star
MOVIES: With Anthony Hopkins, then Harry Styles, and then a mystery of religious faith
Also Enola Holmes matches her brother's detection skills and a country music legend returns
MOVIES: a must-see from Ireland, a gem of Canadiana and a twisty film noir from South Korea
Also uncovering a hidden story about slavery in the US and this year's exorcism movie
MOVIES: Big stars in a rom-com, an action frenzy and a thriller in the U.S. medical system
Also Bill Gibson's sci-fi on screen, Buffy Sainte-Marie's own story and the male gaze in the movies
MOVIES: Great acting around music, an anti-war classic remade and a quirky environmental film
Also a repeat look at a top-winner from Cannes that's going wider this week
Stars and more stars in Amsterdam and some more highlighted festival picks
Notably films about war in Ukraine, Muslim discord, peach farmers and a wily donkey