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December’s Filmmaker of the Month: Sam Mendes

As his WWI war epic 1917 comes out in time for the holidays, we spend December looking back on the eclectic modes of Sam Mendes.

Netflix’s latest pop-star documentary is a bit too treacly and devoid of conflict to dig into the complexities of its young star’s career.

Sam Mendes powers his leading ladies to metatextual heights in his first Bond outing.

Sam Mendes’ critically acclaimed war drama unexpectedly usurps “Rise of Skywalker”‘s throne.

Sam Mendes’ WWI epic is an astounding technical achievement, but loses its soul on the way to razzle-dazzle.

Despite getting off on the wrong foot, Sam Mendes’s oft-forgotten dramedy remains a salient look at 2000s anxieties as often seen onscreen.

Sam Mendes’s tale of forlorn love works best as a study of the pitfalls that litter the American Dream.

Sam Mendes’ Depresson-era gangster fable is as effective as it is in-your-face with its aesthetics.

Sam Mendes’ Best Picture winner is a flawed but evocative time capsule of ’90s middle-age anxiety.

MAX’s satirical look at the business of superhero films can’t stop telling the same jokes.

A $29 million take spells success for the low-budget Universal horror film, proof that the Blumhouse model works.

Who should win, who will win, and who was left out.

While Skyfall was a rousing success, Mendes’ return to the Bond franchise, bogs itself down in tiresome lore and continuity.

The closing chapter of the Star Wars sequel trilogy maintains a steady second-weekend box office haul.

Iorek reclaims his throne & Lyra gets both a new name & a family reunion in an uneven penultimate episode.

Shyamalan’s latest and a couple of Criterions about female bonds at different ages highlight this month’s new physical media releases.

Germany’s Oscar submission is still a grueling wonder even if it doesn’t adapt the source material’s stirring introspection.

NBC’s new show has the potential to be big silly action fun but it isn’t there yet.

Here’s hoping this year’s Academy Awards doesn’t leave female directors out of awards contention for best foreign film.

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s documentary about the Harlem Cultural Festival is insightful and loving.

With Pixar having one of their lowest openings yet, the box office experienced one of the worst weekends for this time of year in over a decade.