‘Twas nearly Christmas and the promotion of December films and awards contenders were still happening. Sometimes stars got festive or wore interesting things amongst all the campaigning and advertising. Sometimes they wore ugly shit. Sometimes the men looked like they rolled out of bed compared to their female co-stars.
This post heavily features A Complete Unknown and the continuing downgrade in Timmy C’s promotional fashion.
[Available to Stream or Rent]Persona (1966)
Streaming on MAX and MANY OTHER PLACES
Summary: A nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together.
host Cate Blanchett in Lanvin at a screening presented by Lanvin
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We Live in Time
Available to Rent
Summary: An up-and-coming chef and a recent divorcée find their lives forever changed when a chance encounter brings them together, in a decade-spanning, deeply moving romance.
Florence Pugh in Rodarte at a London screening
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Emilia Perez
Streaming on Netflix
Summary: Cartel leader Emilia enlists Rita, an unappreciated lawyer, to help fake her death so that she can finally live authentically as her true self.
Zoe Saldana and Karla Sofia Garcon at screening hosted by Annette Bening
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The Six Triple Eight
Streaming on Netflix
Summary: 855 women joined the war to fix the three-year backlog of undelivered mail. Faced with discrimination and a country devastated by war, they managed to sort more than 17 million pieces of mail.
Kerry Washington, Ebony Obsidian, and director Tyler Perry at the Empire State Building
Kerry Washington in Balmain with Bradley Cooper and Tyler Perry in GRAY at a NYC screening
Kerry Washington’s press looks (Balmain, Oscar De La Renta, Giuseppe Di Morabito, Jason Wu)
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A Carpenter Christmas Romance
Lifetime
Summary: A novelist escapes to her family farmhouse to write, reuniting with her former crush, a carpenter rebuilding the town. Sparks fly as they collaborate to revive the Christmas spirit.
Sasha Pieterse in Retrofete at the premiere
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[Limited Releases]Unstoppable
Limited Theaters NOW | Prime Video Jan 16
Summary: Centers around the life of wrestler Anthony Robles, who was born with one leg and won a national championship in 2011 while competing at Arizona State University.
Jennifer Lopez in Gucci and Jharell Jerome
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Nickel Boys
Select Theaters NOW | Wide January
Summary: Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young African-American men navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.
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Cast at the LA premiere
Aunjanue Ellis Taylor at the LA premiere
Daveed Diggs in Amiri at the LA premiere
Ethan Herisse in Prada at the LA premiere
Hamish Linklater with Lily Rabe in Rodarte at the LA premiere
Cast and crew at the Black excellence brunch
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The Room Next Door
Currently Limited Release
Summary: Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.
Tilda Swinton in Chanel and Julianne Moore at the Paris premiere
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[A Complete Unknown and Nosferatu]A Complete Unknown
December 25
Summary: Bob Dylan goes electric, and the folk crowd goes bananas.
Elle Fanning in Shushu Tong at a MOMA screening
Monica Barbaro in Schiaparelli at a MOMA screening
Timothee Chalamet in a Chloe jacket and A Bathing Ape pants at a MOMA screening
Elle Fanning in YSL, Monica Barbaro in Celine, and Timothee Chalamet at the London photocall
Greg Tarzan Davis,Timothee Chalamet, Tom Cruise, Monica Barbaro, director James Mangold, and Elle Fanning in Versace at a London screening
Timothee Chalamet at a BFI event with Saoirse Ronan in Khaite who was there for a screening of The Outrun which is currently available to rent
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Nosferatu
December 25
Summary: Ancient vampire drives people mad
Lily-Rose Depp in Chanel on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
Lily-Rose Depp and Nicholas Hoult on Good Morning America
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[Future Releases]Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
January 10
Summary: Big Nick is back on the hunt in Europe and closing in on Donnie, who is embroiled in the treacherous world of diamond thieves and the infamous Panther mafia, as they plot a massive heist of the world’s largest diamond exchange.
O’Shea Jackson Jr and Gerard Butler in Atlanta
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Maserati: The Brothers
Currently Filming
Summary: Chronicles the Maserati family’s journey, from its founding in 1914 to becoming a renowned Italian luxury car manufacturer, alongside rivals Ferrari and Lamborghini.
Jessica Alba in Maison Valentino at the Discobolo Award with costars
