Are those sad tissues or happy tissues?
Melancholia
Feeling down? Sink deeper into Lars von Trier’s hole of depression that won Kirsten Dunst the Best Actress award at Cannes. His penned tale about an invading planet threatening to put Earth out of its misery is told through two sisters: one hopeful with everything to live for, the other miserably longing for the end of time. Sure, you can rent it on demand, but its beauty deserves the silver screen.
It’s like: Antichrist meets Another Earth.
Take: Company.
Premieres: November 11
The Descendants
It’s official: There’s Payne in paradise. And it consists of a sad comedy showcasing Hawaii’s gray days and one man’s deep-rooted family tree. Life’s not all hula-dancing rainbows for George Clooney’s Matt King, who loses his wife and gains a scandal. See it and enjoy it, because, like Uncle Frank, we may not hear from Alexander Payne again for another seven years.
It’s like: Grace Is Gone, so Away We Go.
Take: Your bros.
Premieres: November 16
The Artist
For a flick that doesn’t say much, it’s shouting for an Oscar. And what the production lacks in color, it makes up for in a splattering of film festival Audience Awards. The actors in Michel Hazanavicius’s funny silent movie about a silent-movie actor threatened by talkies channel Gene Kelly, Joan Crawford, and Lassie (you’ll see). Borrowing from Citizen Kane and Vertigo, Hazanavicius calls his masterpiece the work of a crook. We call it a work of art.
It’s like: Sidewalk Stories with Crazy Heart.
Take: Anyone with a pulse.
Premieres: November 25
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Photos: Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures; Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures; Courtesy of The Weinstein Company
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