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White Noise (in theaters November 25, on Netflix December 30)
Director: Noah Baumbach
Stars: Adam Driver, Greta Getwig, Don Cheadle
What It’s About: When an accident causes an “airborne toxic event,” a large academic family flees in terror.
Why It’s Worth Looking Forward To: Don DeLillo’s dark, satirical 1985 novel doesn’t easily lend itself to adaptation, so it will be interesting to see what Baumbach does with the material. He’s put together a great cast for it, however, and it’s heartening to see him continuing to challenge himself after Marriage Story.
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Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (in theaters in November and on Netflix in December, exact dates TBD)
Director: Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson
Stars: Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Christoph Waltz
What It’s About: You know the basic story, but del Toro’s stop-motion animation take on Pinocchio makies one major change by setting it in fascist Italy.
Why It’s Worth Looking Forward To: We’ve already seen Robert Zemeckis’ new take on the Disney version of Pinocchio this year. The story’s combination of magic, whimsy, and horror seems tailor-made to Del Toro’s sensibility.
Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies (in theaters December 2)
Director: Michael Showalter
Stars: Jim Parsons, Ben Aldridge, Sally Field
What It’s About: Drawing from a TV critic’s memoir, Showalter’s latest depicts the final year in the life of Michael Ausiello (Jim Parsons) and husband Kit Cowan (Ben Aldridge).
Why It’s Worth Looking Forward To: This should be a chance for Parsons to stretch well beyond the boundaries of his best-known role on The Big Bang Theory.
Women Talking (in theaters December 2)
Director: Sarah Polley
Stars: Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley
What It’s About: Based on a Miriam Toews novel inspired by real-life events, Polley’s latest takes place in a Mennonite colony whose female residents discover the male members have been drugging and raping them at night, then blaming the attacks on demons.
Why It’s Worth Looking Forward To: Polley has emerged as director of great subtlety and she’s assembled the perfect cast to tackle difficult, shocking material.