Barely 24 hours since a trade article revealed Tom Cruise’s intended desire to work with auteurs and reunite with the likes of cineastes like Paul Thomas Anderson, the 61-year-old actor has linked up with a five-time Oscar winner. Deadline reveals that Cruise will star in the next film from “Birdman” and “Bardo” filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu through his non-exclusive strategic partnership at Warner Bros.

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Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This biweekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

It’s the end of the year, so the streamers are pushing out their awards hopefuls, the home video distributors are hawking their holiday wares, and as a result, we have the most jam-packed edition of this column in its history – with an assortment of excellent new dramas, 4K upgrades of action classics, and catalog classics and art movies getting shiny new Blu-ray treatments.

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Alejandro González Iñárritu Wins Top DGA Award; Full List Of Winners

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Check Out The New Poster For 'The Revenant,' Leonardo DiCaprio Says He Slept In Animal Carcasses & Ate Raw Bison

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Interview: Roy Andersson Talks Award-Winning 'A Pigeon Sat On A Branch,' Jacques Tati, Alejandro González Iñárritu, More

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2015 Academy Awards: 'Birdman' Wins Best Picture, Best Director & 4 Awards Total

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'Birdman' & 'Boyhood' Dominate the 2015 Independent Spirit Awards

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Watch: Sesame Street's Star Player Spoofs Alejandro G. Iñárritu With ‘Big Birdman’

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Watch: 'Birdman' Featurette On How They Pulled Off The One-Shot Look, Plus New Clip

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Oscar Buzz: Can Christopher Nolan Get His First Directing Nomination For 'Interstellar'?

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Alejandro González Iñárritu Says He Would Make The "Worst Superhero Movie"

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Review: Alejandro González Iñárritu's Miraculous 'Birdman'

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Watch: New International Trailer For Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's 'Birdman' Starring Michael Keaton & Emma Stone

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Alejandro González Iñárritu 'The Revenant' Sets Xmas 2015 Release Date, Lengthy Shooting Schedule Planned

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Alejandro González Iñárritu Wants To Shoot 'The Revenant' In Sequence, Megan Ellison May Save Financially Troubled Pic

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Watch: First Trailer For Alejandro Iñárritu's 'Birdman' Starring Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Norton & More

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Alejandro González Iñárritu's 'The Revenant' Starring Leonardo DiCaprio Back On With 2015 Release Planned

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Alejandro González Iñárritu Was Originally Attached To 'True Detective' & More Revelations From Cary Fukunaga

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Alejandro González Iñárritu Swings Off 'The Jungle Book,' Joe Johnston & More Line Up New Gigs

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Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Developing TV Series '1%' With 'House Of Cards' Producers

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Guillermo del Toro Hasn't Seen 'The Hobbit' Yet, Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu Helped Him Cut 10 Minutes Out Of 'Pacific Rim'

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