Well, would you look at the date? It’s the first of December, which means we’re going to start looking back on all the great stuff 2016 has brought to us at the movies. And like the considerate film lovers we are, it’s a process we’re kicking off in gentle, colorful style by running down the best in movie posters.

Since we’re not limited to films that have already opened, just to posters that have appeared since January, there are a couple of teasers for films not yet playing included below.

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MONTREAL — Conspiracy theories give order to a chaotic world, and provide reason to events that can often seem incomprehensible. But viewed from a distance, and removed from any political and cultural baggage, they are also just ripping good yarns. And it’s from that remove that writer/director Matt Johnson was inspired to make “Operation Avalanche,” which takes on the fables spun around the Apollo 11 mission, but as he made clear in the Q&A following the film’s Quebec Premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival, he doesn’t believe for one second the moon landing was faked.

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The idea that NASA and the U.S. government contrived to fake the moon landing remains a compelling conspiracy theory, particularly for filmmakers. We’ve already seen “Moonwalkers” twist the notion that Stanley Kubrick was involved into a goofball comedy, now rising indie filmmaker Matt Johnson tackles the subject with “Operation Avalanche.”

If don’t know Johnson’s name, it’s one you might want to keep on your radar.

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