The Matrix Resurrections
Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss and co. follow director Lana Wachowski back into the Matrix! Nearly two decades after The Matrix Revolutions, Reeves’s Neo seems to be plugged back into the metaverse—I mean, the Matrix—and will once again have to do a whole bunch of crazy kung-fu and…I guess magic to save the world. In theaters and streaming on HBO Max December 22.
Emily in Paris
Everyone’s favorite overdressed American influencer is back to terrorize the City of Lights. After their night of passion, Gabriel (Lucas Bravo) is sticking around in Paris and Emily (Lily Collins) seems to be having some kind of existential crisis. Fun! Streaming December 22 on Netflix.
The Tragedy of Macbeth
In his first solo film, Joel Coen takes on Shakespeare. The director’s adaptation of the Scottish play stars Denzel Washington as the cursed lord, with three-time Academy Award winner Frances McDormand as his red-handed lady. Shot in stark black-and-white, Coen’s stripped-down version has been getting rave reviews since premiering at the New York Film Festival this fall. In theaters December 25; streaming on AppleTV+ beginning January 14.
Memoria
Another critical darling arriving in theaters this week, Memoria finds the otherworldly Tilda Swinton starring in an unsettling drama about a Scottish woman who begins to experience strange phenomena after hearing an inexplicable bang in the Columbian jungle. In theaters December 26.
