Kicking off the month is the beautiful romantic drama Brooklyn. I saw it twice before it hit cinemas (thanks to the London Film Festival and a Times+ preview screening) and plan on seeing it again at the weekend: it's a truly lovely, funny and genuinely heartwarming film, and leading lady Saoirse Ronan deserves all of the praise - and future nominations - that are coming her way. Michael Fassbender shines in the electrifying Steve Jobs, and the eponymous biopic of the Apple founder boasts an astonishingly good script from Aaron Sorkin that ensures all 122 minutes race along with an enormous amount of sharp, cutting dialogue. The awards contenders don't stop there: later in the month Jonny Depp's comeback performance as notorious Boston gangster Whitey Bulger in Black Mass finally arrives, and while it's a pretty disappointing and largely messy film it's hard not to appreciate how intense Depp is as the violent crime kingpin. Steven Spielberg reunites with Tom Hanks in Cold War thriller Bridge of Spies, but from what I've read Mark Rylance is most impressive as the captured Soviet spy and could be a serious contender in the Supporting Actor categories. Finally, Carol - the achingly good 1950s romance that's been making waves at virtually every festival it's been featured at - is released. It's been met with widespread critical acclaim thus far, and while Rooney Mara won Best Actress at Cannes she'll be campaigning in the supporting category this season, leaving Lead Actress open for co-star Cate Blanchett. The trailer looks wonderful, and I think it's safe to say that this is one to mark in your calendars.
November also boasts a number of fascinating looking documentaries. Malala Yousafzai isn't given the film she deserves with He Named Me Malala, but it makes for interesting and vital viewing all the same. A Death Row inmate tells his story in The Fear of 13; the war in Afghanistan is told through the eyes of the Afghans living through it in Tell Spring Not to Come This Year; and Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans depicts the esteemed actor's attempts to make a movie about the 24-hour car race at Le Mans. Furthermore, What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy delves into lives of two men whose fathers were indicted as war criminals for their roles in World War II.
If documentaries and series dramas aren't really your thing then there's the Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse; horror The Hallows; disgraced rockstar chef comeback narrative in Burnt; Maggie Smith's turn as The Lady in the Van; and Pixar adventure The Good Dinosaur. Plus, concluding the ridiculously popular young adult series is The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2, with Katniss and co. going out with a bang.
All films below are released in cinemas in November in the U.K.: some may have already opened abroad so if you're outside the U.K. then do check your local cinemas for film times and release dates.
BROOKLYN
Friday 6th November 2015
"An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a new romance. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within."
BURNT
Friday 6th November 2015
"Adam Jones is a Chef who destroyed his career with drugs and diva behavior. He cleans up and returns to London, determined to redeem himself by spearheading a top restaurant that can gain three Michelin stars."
HE NAMED ME MALALA
Friday 6th November 2015
"A look at the events leading up to the Taliban's attack on Pakistani schoolgirl, Malala Yousafzai, for speaking out on girls' education followed by the aftermath, including her speech to the United Nations."
KILL YOUR FRIENDS
Friday 6th November 2015
"An A&R man working at the height of the Britpop music craze goes to extremes in order to find his next hit."
SCOUTS GUIDE TO THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE
Friday 6th November 2015
"Three scouts, on the eve of their last camp-out, discover the true meaning of friendship when they attempt to save their town from a zombie outbreak."
FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS
Friday 13th November 2015
"A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own."
THE FEAR OF 13
Friday 13th November 2015
"A convicted murderer who has spent 23 years on Death Row tells his story."
THE HALLOW
Friday 13th November 2015
"A family who moved into a remote mill house in Ireland finds themselves in a fight for survival with demonic creatures living in the woods."
THE LADY IN THE VAN
Friday 13th November 2015
"A man forms an unexpected bond with a transient woman living in her car that's parked in his driveway."
STEVE JOBS
Friday 13th November 2015
"Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution, to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac."
TANGERINE
Friday 13th November 2015
"A working girl tears through Tinseltown on Christmas Eve searching for the pimp who broke her heart."
TELL SPRING NOT TO COME THIS YEAR
Friday 13th November 2015
"The war in Afghanistan, through the eyes of the Afghans who live it."
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 2
Thursday 19th November 2015
"As the war of Panem escalates to the destruction of other districts by the Capitol, Katniss Everdeen, the reluctant leader of the rebellion, must bring together an army against President Snow, while all she holds dear hangs in the balance."
THE DRESSMAKER
Friday 20th November 2015
"A glamorous woman returns to her small town in rural Australia. With her sewing machine and haute couture style, she transforms the women and exacts sweet revenge on those who did her wrong."
WHAT OUR FATHERS DID: A NAZI LEGACY
Friday 20th November 2015
"A human-rights lawyer conducts conversations with two men whose fathers were indicted as war criminals for their roles in WWII - Nazi Governors and consultants to Adolf Hitler himself."
STEVE MCQUEEN: THE MAN & LE MANS
Friday 20th November 2015
"The story of obsession, betrayal and ultimate vindication. It is the story of how one of the most volatile, charismatic stars of his generation, who seemingly lost so much he held dear in the pursuit of his dream, nevertheless followed it to the end."
BLACK MASS
Friday 27th November 2015
"The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf."
BRIDGE OF SPIES
Friday 27th November 2015
"During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers."
CAROL
Friday 27th November 2015
"Set in 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman."
THE GOOD DINOSAUR
Friday 27th November 2015
"An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend."
MY SKINNY SISTER
Friday 27th November 2015
"Just as Stella enters the exciting world of adolescence she discovers that her big sister and role model Katja is hiding an eating disorder. A story about jealousy, love and betrayal."
What do you fancy seeing this month? I've already seen Brooklyn and Steve Jobs but fully plan on returning to the cinema for both of them! I'm really looking forward to Carol, The Good Dinosaur, and Bridge of Spies, and I'm hoping that Tangerine, What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy and My Skinny Sister will be showing at cinemas near me.
Do let me know what you plan on seeing in the comments below!
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