DECEMBER 02, 2022

The Best TV Shows of 2022 In another year overwhelmed by TV, 2022’s finest series kept finding ways to surprise us.   By Ben Travers

'Avatar: The Way of Water' Could Be an All-Time Smash, but It Can't Save 2022 Box Office Even if "Avatar" grossed nearly $600 million in two weeks (like "Spider-Man" last December), it could not fulfill 2022 box-office hopes.  By Tom Brueggemann	With Bob Iger Back, Disney and Florida Are Playing Nice Again Walt Disney World is about to get its independence (and its tax benefits) back following fallout from the Bob Chapek-"Don't Say Gay" debacle … By Wilson Chapman

NYFCC 2022: 'TÁR' Wins Best Film Cate Blanchett also won Best Actress from the New York Film Critics Circle. See all the winners here.  By Samantha Bergeson and Ryan Lattanzio	'Andor' Swapped Two Scenes - and It Sparked a Rebel's Emotional Fire Tony and John Gilroy tell the Toolkit Podcast how the Scottish fog and an altered opening changed the course of their "Star Wars" series.  By Sarah Shachat

	New Movies: Release Calendar for December 2, Plus Where to Watch the Latest Films It's a very holly, jolly weekend at the multiplex if you're into Santa Claus beating up bad guys. Otherwise, pickings are a bit more slim.  By Kate Erbland
	Guillermo del Toro Walks Us Through the Oscar-Worthy Crafts of 'Pinocchio' "We have to execute the same level of precision, realism, but in miniature," the director said of the stop-motion process that brought his B … By Bill Desowitz
	Julia Reichert, Legendary Feminist Filmmaker and 'American Factory' Oscar Winner, Dead at 76 Reichert, whose first film came out 50 years ago, brought progressive politics and working-class issues to the forefront of non-fiction cine … By Anthony Kaufman
	'Darby and the Dead' Review: A Teen Medium Is Haunted by Her Bully in This Basic YA Comedy "Moana" voice star Auli'i Cravalho plays a shallow popular girl in a formulaic teen comedy about an outcast who sees dead people.  By Jude Dry
	The Oldest Living Directors, from Norman Lear to Elaine May Born in the 1920s and 1930s, these filmmakers are known not just for their history-making directing, but — as with the 96-year-ol … By Alison Foreman and Tom Brueggemann