Cinema News: Hollywood's 2022 box office reality check

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December 23, 2022

Hollywood's 2022 box office reality check: Not enough hits and a movie shortage

Ticket sales are expected to finish 2022 at around $7.4 billion, down about 35% from 2019. Blame a lack of wide-release films and a few high-profile disappointments.

Review: Ensemble acting doesn't get much better than in Sarah Polley's brilliant 'Women Talking'

With a superb cast that includes Rooney Mara, Claire Foy and Jessie Buckley, Sarah Polley's bracing adaptation of Miriam Toews' novel tells the story of a Mennonite community rocked by sexual violence.

Whitewashing or reclaiming? A new Whitney Houston biopic spotlights musical highs over personal lows

"I Wanna Dance With Somebody" is part of a broader effort to reframe Houston's legacy in the years after her death.

HBO's buzzy 'Sort Of' just had its 'messiest' moment yet. Let star Bilal Baig explain

Co-creator Bilal Baig breaks down the Season 2 finale, Sabi's "messy" relationships and their own role as a trailblazer for nonbinary actors on TV.

Review: A striking look elevates Christian Bale murder-mystery 'The Pale Blue Eye'

"Crazy Heart" director teams with star Christian Bale for third time with the 1830 West Point-set murder-mystery, "The Pale Blue Eye," which features Harry Melling as a young Edgar Allan Poe.

Review: William Kentridge's sprawling Broad installation is an extraordinary meditation on apartheid

The travails of apartheid South Africa speak to today's rise in authoritarianism, which William Kentridge probes in his art.

Some 'Saturday Night Live' stars rejected 'small roles.' Will Ferrell sought them out

In an interview with Sean Evans of "Hot Ones," Will Ferrell revisited his time on "Saturday Night Live," where he saw the small parts as a chance for a big laugh.

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