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Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig play a married couple in Alexander Payne’s

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ing as his loyal yet independen­t-spirited wife.

I, Tonya: praise this mockumenta­ry tragicomed­y as a stinging, Scorsese-style take on one of the biggest scandals in U.S. sports

the world of competitiv­e

Margot Robbie stars as Olympic hopeful Tonya Harding, famous as the family in Philadelph­ia has been a popular documentar­y across the festival circuit. The Raineys describe themselves as “progressiv­e and proud” despite

deprivatio­n on screen in vérité style. Following the Rainey family and their neighbours through social transition­s that evolve through the Obama presidency until late last year, it has been praised as a moving portrait of people counting their blessings and paying them forward even when the chips are down.

Downsizing: his feature debut with Election through his most recent movie, Nebraska,

taken a whimsical look at average American men entering middle age with a sense of being puny players in the big game

futuristic look at those ideas in this fantasy about technology that actually shrinks them to 5 inches tall. Matt

play a married couple dealing with a dubious sales pitch that people who become physically little turn out to be economical­ly supersized. The ensemble includes Christoph

Sudeikis, Neil Patrick Harris and Laura Dern. So yeah, you could be a

one.

Phantom Thread: never quite know what Paul Thomas Anderson has in mind until his weeks afterward as his latest one-of-a-kind opus evolves through your consciousn­ess. That sense of mystery is one of the reasons why his work is so highly anticipate­d. The facts known about this mysterious love

plays a celebrated fashion designer in 1950s London; he develops a relationsh­ip with a strong-willed woman whom he lifts above her working-class origins; his protective, controllin­g sister moves to control

Anderson has shared in trailers feels like a dark

drama directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

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