OPENS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25

LITTLE WOMEN

Drama/Romance – 2019 – USA – 120 Minutes – Sony Pictures – PG

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Little Women draws on both the classic novel and the writings of Louisa May Alcott, and unfolds as the author’s alter ego, Jo March, reflects back and forth on her fictional life. In writer-director Greta Gerwig’s take, the beloved story of the March sisters—four young women each determined to live life on her own terms—is both timeless and timely.

Written & Directed by Greta Gerwig

Starring Saoirse Ronan, Emma Stone, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Abby Quinn, Laura Dern, Meryl Streep, Timothée Chalamet, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, Chris Cooper, Eliza Scanlen, James Norton, Louis Garrel

OPENS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25

PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE

Drama/History/Romance – 2019 – France – 119 Minutes – Neon – In French & Italian with English Subtitles – Unrated

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France, 1760. Marianne is commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent. Because she is a reluctant bride-to-be, Marianne arrives under the guise of companionship, observing Héloïse by day and secretly painting her by firelight at night. As the two women orbit one another, intimacy and attraction grow as they share Héloïse’s first moments of freedom. Héloïse’s portrait soon becomes a collaborative act of and testament to their love.

Written & Directed by Céline Sciamma

Starring Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Valeria Golino, Luana Bajrami

Razor-sharp and shatteringly romantic … as perfect a film as any to have premiered this year. – IndieWire

It’s a great example of how a well-told story, with vivid characters, can seep right into your bones and keep you thinking for days afterward-and the pleasure felt while watching it isn’t negligible either. – Time Magazine

Far from some stuffy costume drama, it’s a deeply stirring romance with a modern soul, and also a forcefully, compassionately feminist one. – AV Club

Sharply subverting the male gaze at every turn, Sciamma has created an unforgettable treatise on thwarted desire. It is so very easy to label a film incendiary, but Portrait of a Lady on Fire deserves the scalding honour. It will ignite every flame you might have. – Globe and Mail

Real love may be fleeting, but as Portrait of a Lady on Fire explains, art and memory are immortal. – Independent

Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a heartrending and sensual tale of longing, female solidarity, and heartache that is thrillingly performed by its cast and vividly directed by Celine Sciamma. A love story for the ages. – Daily Mirror

A superbly elegant, enigmatic drama … I was on the edge of my seat. – Guardian

Sciamma … has a magnificent capability for elegant prose that wouldn’t feel out of place in a classic novel, the kind of dialogue that simmers long after it is spoken. – The Playlist

In Sciamma’s gifted hands, the film escapes cliché and becomes something glorious—a study of forbidden love that grandly highlights how much has been lost under the crush of hetero patriarchy. – Vanity Fair

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A HIDDEN LIFE

Biography/Drama/War – 2019 – Germany/USA – 173 Minutes – Fox Searchlight – PG-13

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Based on real events, A Hidden Life is the story of an unsung hero, Franz Jägerstätter, who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. When the Austrian peasant farmer is faced with the threat of execution for treason, it is his unwavering faith and his love for his wife Fanni and children that keeps his spirit alive.

Written & Directed by Terrence Malick

Starring August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Maria Simon, Tobias Moretti, Bruno Ganz, Matthias Schoenaerts, Karin Neuhäuser, Ulrich Matthes

If you’re an admirer of Malick’s poetic investigations into the mysteries of existence, faith and our tragic disconnection to the natural world, A Hidden Life will leave you enraptured and profoundly moved. – CineVue

A sombre spiritual war epic which surges up to claim its place among the director’s most deeply felt, sturdily hewn achievements. – The Telegraph

It’s at once a linear, almost classically structured drama and an exploratory, intensely romantic work of art. – Los Angeles Times

Whether or not he is specifically referring to the present day, its demagogues, and the way certain evangelicals have once again sold out their core values for political advantage, “A Hidden Life” feels stunningly relevant as it thrusts this problem into the light. – Variety

The Tree of Life spanned eons to capture the entirety of existence, and while the filmmaker works on a tighter four-year canvas this time around, the feeling that the stakes are nothing less than the soul of all humanity has persisted. This is art of salvation. – The Playlist

A Hidden Life is an invocation, the wrenching and unheeded plea of a man struggling to preserve his humanity intact as the world around him plunges deeper into evil, and worse, watches motionless and indifferent as said evil blossoms, spreads, and becomes normalized. – The Film Stage

It’s a true story, and a simple one, but couched in Malick’s signature style, it becomes something more lyrical and pastoral. – Vox

COMING SOON