2018-09-20 Entertainment Weekly

WIDOWS

Not many people get to make

theirfilm debut in a heist thriller

helmed by Oscar-winning direc-

tor Steve McQueen (12 Years

a Slave), but then again, most

people aren’t Cynthia Erivo.

The Tony-winning actress easily

holds her own alongside the

always incredible Viola Davis,

making us very excited for Eri-

vo’s upcoming starring roles in

Drew Goddard’sBad Times at

the El Royaleand Kasi Lemmons’

Harriet Tubman biopic,Harriet.

ASSASSINATION

NATION

When an internet leak sends

suburban Salem into a murder-

ous rage, a group of hard-

partying high school girls arm

themselves with street smarts

and katanas to survive the

night. In an exploitation–meets–

social critique that’s likeHeath-

ersplusThe Purge, all eyes are

on transgender actress Hari Nef,

whose performance as trans

teen Bex marks theTransparent

actress’ first major feature.

MONSTERS

AND MEN

TheBlacKkKlansmanactor

efectively steps into another

w enforcement role twice

TIFF, most notably as an

YPD oficer considering his

rsonal identity and his profes-

onal directive in this ensemble

ama focused on Brooklyn

wellers struggling with racial

ofiling and the aftermath of

police shooting. (He also plays

cop pursuing Robert Redford

The Old Man & the Gun.)

her grim undercover past will
turn heads, but it’s the assured
direction by Karyn Kusama
(The Invitation) that takes center
stage in this unflinching drama.

CAPERNAUM

In this emotional and politica
charged story, which won th
Jury Prize in Cannes this year
Lebanese filmmaker and actr
Nadine Labaki fixes her lens o
a young boy from the streets
Beirut who sues his parents f
his own birth, turning a spotl
on society’s forgotten.

( Clockwise from bottom right )Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem inEverybody Knows; Cynthia Erivo inWidows; Judy

Greer and Jamie Lee Curtis inHalloween; Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly inThe Sisters Brothers; John David Washington

inMonsters and Men; Emilio Estevez and Michael Kenneth Williams in The Public; Hari Nef inAssassination Nation

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