DECEMBER 22, 2022

'Top Gun: Maverick' Projected as No. 1 Domestic 2022 Release, 'Avatar: The Way of Water' Worldwide "Avatar: The Way of Water" has shown strength so far. What lies ahead is less certain than for most recent releases just before Christmas.  By Tom Brueggemann

'Emily in Paris' Has a Secret Weapon. Why Won't the Show Use It? Let Lucas Bravo be funny, Netflix!  By Proma Khosla	The 'Avatar' Architect: A Conversation with the Performance Capture Guru Joe Letteri The VFX supervisor, who has led Weta’s cutting-edge advances since “Lord of the Rings," sits down with IndieWire for a far-rangi … By Bill Desowitz

Why Is Everyone in 'Babylon' Doing So Much Cocaine? Wait, where are all the morphine addicts?  By Kristen Lopez	Why NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube Makes the Most Sense Google's YouTube TV service is basically a better version of your cable package; Amazon and Apple couldn't match that.  By Brian Welk

	'Over a Hundred Pinks': 'Barbie' Production Designer Sarah Greenwood Previews the Greta Gerwig Comedy "Pink became the film's thesis" Greenwood and her longtime collaborator Katie Spencer told IndieWire.  By Daniel Eagan
	'The Pale Blue Eye' Review: Christian Bale and Edgar Allen Poe Catch a Killer in Sleepy, Hollow Mystery Scott Cooper's lavish but lacking whodunnit finds Christian Bale teaming up with Poe several years before he invented the detective story.  By David Ehrlich
	'Babylon': Meet the Real Old Hollywood Stars Who Inspired the Characters of Damien Chazelle's Wild Epic Damien Chazelle's ode to the movies of yesteryear is populated with many characters inspired by real legends. So, who is who?  By Marya E. Gates
	Oscars 2023: Best International Feature Film Predictions Big-budget contenders from Europe and Latin America are gaining momentum alongside a revered Korean auteur and rising festival circuit stars … By Anne Thompson and Eric Kohn
	Oscars 2023: Best Documentary Feature Predictions The race has taken on a new dimension following the release of the Oscars shortlist December 21.  By Anne Thompson