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Write before christmas netflix1/6/2024 ![]() ![]() From our recent list of the top 50 movies of 2023, where Showing Up ranks 10th: But here’s no surprise to anyone familiar with her work: Showing Up, which reteams her with regular collaborator Michelle Williams, cuts deep to the heart of art and the artist’s life, affirming Reichardt to being in league of her own. Which means she may never make a film that causes enough splash for the Oscars or big-time top 10 lists. ![]() Where to watch: Available to stream on Paramount Plus Photo: Allyson Riggs/A24Ĭast: Michelle Williams, Hong Chau, John Magaroĭrama or comedy, never-miss filmmaker Kelly Reichardt aims for the intimate. Uh oh, new couple James (Asa Butterfield) and Hayley (Cora Kirk) hoped to meet each other’s families during a Christmas vacation in the Alps, but someone messed up the lodging arrangements! Now James’ rich family is staying in a “rustic” lodge and Hayley’s penny-pinching dad is holed up in a five-star hotel! Whoops! New on Paramount Plus Showing Up Where to watch: Available to stream on Prime Video Photo: Colin Hutton/Prime Videoĭirector: Jim O’Hanlon ( Your Christmas or Mine?)Ĭast: Asa Butterfield, Cora Kirk, Alex Jennings, Jane Krakowski David Hornsby from It’s Always Sunny as the Joker? How could this be anything less than good? Your Christmas or Mine 2 When Bruce Wayne’s son Damian is left home alone on Christmas Eve, Gotham’s supervillains come out to play and a new hero of the holiday season must rise up. But Batman’s first animated Christmas movie presents an entirely new perspective. You think you know the story: Jingle bells, Batman smells, Robin lays an egg, Batmobile lost a wheel, and Joker got away. Where to watch: Available to stream on Prime Video Image: Prime VideoĬast: Luke Wilson, Yonas Kibreab, James Cromwell, David Hornsby From documentarians Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss (who previously directed the searing political doc Boys State), the National Geographic film promises to get the blood pumping and ask a few big questions as it unravels Chau’s life. Law forbade outsiders from setting foot on the island, but that didn’t stop Chau, who was ultimately killed by arrows during his final attempt to sail ashore. Heralded as one of the great documentaries of 2023, The Mission chronicles the repeated attempts by John Allen Chau, an American missionary, to bring Christianity to the Indigenous peoples of the remote North Sentinel Island. Where to watch: Available to stream on Huluĭirectors: Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss ( Boys State) ![]() The Mario movie is, if not good, important - and now it’s streaming on Netflix, ready for kids and their nostalgic parents to watch a zillion times. While the combined power of Barbie and Oppenheimer may have eclipsed Nintendo’s foray into animated film, let’s not forget that Mario made a mega impact earlier this year at the worldwide box office, gave its parent company the confidence to announce a live-action Zelda movie, and could very easily get nominated for an Oscar in the year 2024. Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix Image: Nintendo, Illumination/Universal Picturesĭirector: Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic ( Teen Titans Go! To the Movies)Ĭast: Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black Hawke embodies the blinkered insouciance of progressive intellectuals, Ali has the polish and confidence that money breeds, and Roberts, as a secretly insecure striver trapped between these two worlds, flashes with a brittle testiness. ![]() Racial, sexual, generational, and class fault-lines are drawn but then rapidly scuffed over, almost in embarrassment, as the characters sink reflexively into a shared worldview that they can’t seem to let go of movie is brilliantly cast, at least. What follows promises to be a cerebral, prickly thriller that may not entirely work, but gives its all-star cast plenty to chew on. It’s the owners of their rented home, who are escaping the apocalypse. Mid-vacation in Long Island, a Manhattan couple hears a knock at the door. Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix Photo: Jojo Whilden/NetflixĬast: Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan HawkeĪdapted from Rumaan Alam’s 2020 novel, Sam Esmail’s directorial feature debut is an Airbnb story from hell. ![]()
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