Every movie you need to know about for October, including Ticket To Paradise, Black Adam, and the final Halloween

Your October moviegoing schedule figures to be packed, with films starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts, Dwayne Johnson, Cate Blanchett, and Harry Styles

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Every movie you need to know about for October, including Ticket To Paradise, Black Adam, and the final Halloween
Clockwork from bottom left: Halloween Ends (Photo: Ryan Green/Universal Pictures); My Policeman (Photo: Amazon Studios); Black Adam (Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures); Hellraiser (Photo: Spyglass Media Group); Ticket To Paradise (Photo: Vince Valitutti) Graphic: Libby McGuire

October typically brings about a horror bonanza for moviegoers, and the final Halloween installment and a new Hellraiser certainly fit the bill. But after the horror hits of September 2022, this month’s theme seems to be simply a deluge of cinema: awards season is heating up, so Cate Blanchett in Tár, Colin Farrell in The Banshees Of Inisherin, and Harry Styles playing a gay cop in My Policeman are in the mix, but there’s also all-but-guaranteed blockbusters like George Clooney and Julia Roberts’ Ticket To Paradise and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s Black Adam. Read on for The A.V. Club’s moviegoing recommendations for October and what you should know about each.

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TÁR - October 7

Cate Blanchett’s forte on screen is women unraveling. Think Blue Jasmine (2013) or Notes On A Scandal (2006). Her characters are often barely holding it together, with circumstances conspiring to make them completely lose it. Blanchett seems to have found another opportunity to tear into such a role and give another ferocious, searing performance. In Todd Field’s , Blanchett plays the fictional Lydia Tár, an internationally renowned composer and the first-ever female chief conductor of a major German orchestra. As she prepares to record her greatest symphony, her world comes crashing down when a scandal threatens both her personal and professional lives. An actor (Eyes Wide Shut) as well as director, Field made two highly acclaimed films in the early Aughts: In The Bedroom (2001) and Little Children (2006). Many projects have been announced since then, and none came to fruition until Tár, which he wrote specifically for Blanchett. was through the roof; critics are embracing Field’s comeback after a 16-year absence and Blanchett’s performance has been hailed as another peak in her much-lauded career. [Murtada Elfadl]

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