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Picture the scene: Baby Jesus lying in his manger, as Mary and Joseph kick back in front of the TV with a Chinese takeaway in hand, intermittently checking their iPhones and a baby monitor. A real 21st-century nativity.
Rather than spending light years scrolling through the same, familiar movies,Netflixhas brought the new parents gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh this December in the form of a variety of new and original movies, from sequels likeGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, to films from Academy Award-winning directors, such asBardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of TruthsandPinocchio. These are the Netflix original films set to debut on the streaming service as of December 2022…
Troll (Dec. 1)
Has there ever been as aptly named a director for a film as Roar Uthaug directingTroll? In Uthaug’s movie we are introduced to the tale of a Norwegian troll who, after many dormant years, is awoken from its slumber by a volcanic eruption. A courageous paleontologist is instructed to prevent the demonic troll from causing deadly destruction to those around him.
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (Dec. 2)
It wouldn’t be Christmas without a nod to the Dickensian era.Scrooge: A Christmas Caroldue out at the beginning of the month, is an animated filmadaptation of Dickens’A Christmas Carol. It documents the story of funeral director Ebenezer Scrooge, whose bleak, miserable outlook on life, and in particular Christmas, sees him visited by three ghosts on Christmas Eve.
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Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Dec. 2)
A major adaptationof D.H. Lawrence’s 1928 novel,Lady Chatterley’s Loveris the fifth film and television version since the book’s release. A romantic Netflix original, starring Emma Corrin and Jack O’Connell as protagonists Lady Chatterley and Oliver Mellors, the film traverses themes of prohibited love, and 19th- century class disparities as the wife of a British aristocrat falls for their gamekeeper.
Pinocchio (Dec. 9)
Having premiered at the London Film Festival in October, Guillermo Del Toro’sPinocchiois set to become the second screen adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s novel in just a matter of months, following Robert Zemeckis and Disney+’s critical flop earlier this year.
In Del Toro’s eagerly-anticipated, Netflix-backed stop-motion flick, we are offered a darker take on the Children’s classic and are presented Pinocchio as we’ve never seen him before. Following the mystical tale of the wooden boy brought to life by a grieving father, the film features the soothing voice of Ewan McGregor,Stranger Things’Finn Wolfhard, the gruff tones of Ron Perlman, and the bewitching British timbre of Tilda Swinton.
Matilda the Musical (Dec. 9)
Based on Roald Dahl’s1988 children’s book,Matilda the Musicalis, you guessed it, the on-screen musical adaptation from director Matthew Warchus. Living what can only be described as an oppressed existence, schoolgirl Matilda decides to take action against her parents and cruel head-teacher, Mrs. Trunchbull, using the strength of her intelligence and the gist of her special powers.
Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (Dec. 16)
Academy Award-winningdirector Alejandro González Iñárritureturns after seven years with his most ambitious and arguably most unfettered picture to date,Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths.The Mexican filmmaker’s latest movie is a semi-autobiographical account that delves into themes of the loss of self-identity, forgiveness, existentialism, and his reasons for upping sticks and leaving Mexico for the States.
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Bardois a heartfelt collage, a collection of dreams, thoughts, and ideas that explores the story of a Mexican journalist-turned-documentarian, Silverio Gaucho, who returns to his motherland and has an apparent existential crisis.Bardois unapologetically self-indulgent, a “passion project” for want of a better phrase. It is cinematically stunning, and an emphatic Spanish-language homecoming after 20 years away.
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Dec. 23)
After a three-year hiatus,Detective Benoit Blanc returnswith his velvety, southern accent and penchant for solving crime. Now under the Netflix umbrella, Rian Johnson’sGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mysterywill receive its long-awaited premiere on the streaming platform on December 23rd.
Daniel Craig reprises the role of Blanc, a sophisticated and suave investigator who finds himself at the heart of a murder inquiry on the Greek island of a billionaire technology tycoon, Miles Bron (Edward Norton). If the success of the film’s predecessor is anything to go by, we are in for another Cluedo-like whodunit, with flamboyant characters and a great protagonist with a questionable KFC accent.
White Noise (Dec. 30)
Greta Gerwig and Adam Driver reunite for another Noah Baumbach collaboration after the fruits of 2012’sFrances Ha.White Noiseopened the Venice Film Festival in its world premiere and follows the story of the Gladneys, a family consisting of parents Jack (Driver), Babette (Gerwig), and their four children.
The Don DeLillo adaptation has had critics raving, and is centered around a disastrous train derailment, and subsequent crash that has toxically polluted the surrounding areas near to the Gladneys' home.White Noiseis poised to contain Baumbach’s eccentrically distinguishable personality, and with it being an apocalyptic comedy, we have all the assurances we need that this will be one of the standout Netflix originals of the year.
