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Talent Julianne Moore

Two women sitting on a teal sofa, engaged in conversation, surrounded by books and other items on a coffee table.

The Room Next Door review – something is missing

Pedro Almodóvar makes his English-language debut with an adaptation of Sigrid Nunez's What Are You Going Through, starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton as old friends who reunite in a time of crisis.

Two young women wearing dresses, standing in front of a lake with a tree in the background.

May December review – a frothy psychodrama with a lurid bite

Todd Haynes' deliciously dark melodrama sees Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman go head-to-head as a housewife and the woman tasked with playing her in a film.

Two people, a man and a woman, sitting on a sofa and looking at each other intently. The room is dimly lit, with a lamp and framed artwork visible in the background.

Dear Evan Hansen

This well-intentioned but glaringly wrongheaded adaptation of the Tony-winning musical is one of the year’s worst.

Two women shaking hands in an office setting.

After the Wedding

Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams star in this gender-swapped remake of Susanne Bier’s 2006 drama.

Two people embracing under colourful stage lights, their faces obscured.

Gloria Bell

Julianne Moore plays a divorcé stepping to her own beat in Sebastián Lelio’s remake of his 2013 drama.

Two individuals in a dimly lit scene, one holding a flashlight and appearing to examine or observe something.

Wonderstruck

Todd Haynes’ wistful adaptation of Brian Selznick’s novel is a tad too saccharine for its own good.

Man in a wheelchair next to vintage car in darkness

Suburbicon

George Clooney adds a dark directorial flourish to the Coen brothers’ tale of murder and moral panic in smalltown USA.

Two people, a man and a woman, walking together down a city street. The man wears a grey coat and the woman wears a checkered blue coat.

Maggie’s Plan

Greta Gerwig has the time of her life in Rebecca Miller’s shallow portrait of middle-class ennui.

A young woman with long brown hair sitting at a table, holding a glass of orange juice and looking thoughtfully.

Still Alice

Julianne Moore’s Oscar-winning performance as a linguist with Alzheimer’s essays the evaporation of an intellectual identity.

Two people, a man and a woman, sitting together on a beach. The woman has long blonde hair and the man is wearing a checked shirt. They appear to be talking and smiling at each other.

Freeheld

Julianne Moore and Ellen Page can’t salvage this tame dramatisation of a momentous civil rights case study.

A woman with long blonde hair, wearing a black top, resting her head on her hands at a kitchen counter, with a cup and crumpled tissues nearby.

Maps to the Stars

David Cronenberg indulges in a grotesque inter-family orgy on the golden sidewalks of Hollywood.

Man embracing woman in warm hug, outdoor cityscape in background.

Non-Stop

More mile-high misadventures as Liam Neeson rolls out his machismo B-movie thing on a packed passenger jet.