2018-09-20 Entertainment Weekly

THE OLD MAN & THE GUN

The legendary actor and direc-

tor—who told EW he plans to

retire from acting after this David

Lowery-helmedfilm—plays

a character based on the life of

Forrest Tucker, a career criminal

whose enjoyable streak of rob-

bing banks and escaping from

jail could be jeopardized by a

dogged detective (CaseyAfleck)

and a new love (Sissy Spacek).

THE HATE U GIVE

The Hate U Givemight be a fic-

tional YA story, but the George

Tillman Jr.-directed tale of a

16-year-old black girl (Amandla

Stenberg) who witnesses her

unarmed black friend (Algee

Smith) getting shot and killed by

police is ripped straight from

the headlines. The cast is

rounded out by nuanced perfor-

mances from an ensemble

including K.J. Apa, Regina Hall,

Russell Hornsby, Anthony

Mackie, Issa Rae, and Common.

LIFE ITSELF

This Is Uscreator Dan Fogelman’s

ambitious family drama unspools

several timelines of intertwined

characters across international

borders. Featuring Oscar Isaac,

Olivia Wilde, Antonio Banderas,

Mandy Patinkin, Laia Costa,

Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Olivia

Cooke, and Annette Bening,

the film showcases ripples of

human emotion—as well as its

cast’s searing dramatic chops.

MUSEO; THE ACCUSED;

THE KINDERGARTEN

TEACHER

It takes skill to make a surly, rest-

less rebel likable, and yet that’s

just what Gael García Bernal does

in Alonso Ruizpalacios’Museo,

playing a man who plans an epic

heist of artifacts from an anthro-

pology museum. The Mexican

actor also appears in supporting

roles at the fest, for another Span-

ish-language title,The Accused,

andThe Kindergarten Te

BEAUTIFUL BOY

After winning hearts—a

Oscar nomination—in la

Call Me by Your Name,T

Chalamet delves into th

ing efects of addiction

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Based on David Shef’s

about his son’s struggle

crystal meth, Chalamet

opposite Steve Carell, w

appears as a father des

to understand his child.

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Maggie Gyllenhaal has l

the art of bringing grace to char-

acters with peculiar obsessions.

As the titular educator who forms

a dangerous attachment to a

poetically prodigious 5-year-old,

her demeanor quickly graduates

from maternal to maniacal,

with Gyllenhaal scaling the peaks

of emotional vulnerability.

THE FRONT RUNNER

Come for the salacious details

that derailed Sen. Gary Hart’s

1988 presidential campaign;

stay for Hugh Jackman’s fiery

speeches as the doomed politi-

cian in Jason Reitman’sThe Front

Runner, a timely story that raises

questions about the relationship

between journalism and politics.

WILDLIFE

Drifting and swaying through

Paul Dano’s directorial debut,

Wildlife, Carey Mulligan delicately

portrays a wife and mother strug-

gling with her place in the world

as her husband (Jake Gyllenhaal)

goes of to fight wildfires,

leaving her to take care of their

teenage son (Ed Oxenbould)

( Clockwise from top )Hugh Jackman inThe Front Runner; Russell Hornsby, Regina Hall, Amandla Stenberg,

and Common inThe Hate U Give; Laia Costa and Sergio Peris-Mencheta inLife Itself; Carey Mulligan inWildlife;

Robert Redford inThe Old Man & the Gun; Timothée Chalamet inBeautiful Boy; Gael García Bernal inMuseo

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THE FRONT RUNNERAMAZON STUDIOS;THE HATE U GIVE: SONY PICTURES;: ERIKA DOSS/FOX;BEAUTIFUL BOY: FRANCOIS DUHAMEL;THE OLD MAN & THE GUN LIFE ITSELF: ERIC ZACHANOWICH/FOX;: MARINO SCANDURRA/
MUSEO: VITAGRAPH FILMS;THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER: NETFLIX;WILDLIFE: IFC FILMS