Michael Cieply: Movie-wise, The Most Exciting Part Of The Year Is Behind Us
deadline.comSix months in, the strikes are over. Ten days out, the holidays begin. As for the movies—unfortunately, the most exciting part of the year is already behind us.
It’s disconcerting to realize that there is no unavoidably dazzling, must-see, pop cultural event film on the schedule for the rest of 2023.
Certainly, some fine pictures, maybe even an Oscar winner, are yet to be released. Dec. 8 brings Poor Things from Searchlight, with a story as challenging as any since The Shape of Water, and the promise of an awards-worthy performance by Emma Stone.
By then, The Holdovers, from Focus, and Napoleon, from Sony Pictures Classics, will have gone wide, and Maestro, from Netflix, will have shown in at least some theaters, adding a nostalgic character study, a period epic and a musical biopic to the seasonal mix.
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