THE MONTH IN CULTURE

FILM

Nineties tabloid fixture Tonya Harding is somewhat redeemed in the biopic (Dec. 8). Margot Robbie plays the disgraced Olympic figure skater for sympathy (and Oscar recognition) while Sebastian Stan delivers chills as Jeff Gillooly, her diabolical exhusband, who orchestrated the 1994 attack on rival skater Nancy Kerrigan was so outlandish she didn’t initially realize Harding and Kerrigan were real people. “I thought it was entirely fictionalized,” she told . Meanwhile, (Dec. 8) chronicles the failure of another unlikely icon: Tommy Wiseau, the creator of a movie considered “the of bad movies.” James Franco directs and plays Wiseau, the foolhardy actor and director whose romantic drama later earned a cult following for its stilted dialogue and unintentional humor. Also, a little movie called hits screens Dec. 15.