Local Arts

Just Mercy . Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton. Starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx. Rating: 7 (out of 10) America executes the sixth highest number of people in the world, right behind China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Pakistan.

Patrick Street Productions presents It’s a Wonderful Life , a new musical adaptation @ Anvil Centre, 777 Columbia St., New Westminster, until Jan. 5, 2020, shows at 2 and 8 p.m. Tickets from $29. For more details: anvilcentre.

The Song of Names . Directed by François Girard. Starring Tim Roth and Clive Owen.

Little Women . Written and directed by Greta Gerwig. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, Timothee Chalamet and Laura Dern. Rating: 7 (out of 10) People are fiercely protective of their favourite Little Women adaptations.

The Swingles: Winter Tales @ The Kay Meek Arts Centre, Sunday, Dec. 22, 7:30 p.m. $29-$59. For more details: kaymeek.com/events/the-swingles . Robert Goulet won it in 1962. Two years later it was the Beatles.

1. Sarah M. Broom – The Yellow House: A Memoir (Grove Atlantic) 2. Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey – She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement (Penguin) 3.

(Sandy) Alex G., Purple Mountains, PUP, Lankum and The Replacements top NSN music lists

Moviegoers had to work for it this year: only three out of 10 movies on the list below are under two hours, and several are over three hours’ worth of viewing.

If you're looking for a way to ring in the new year with some sober fun, VYVE's New Year's Eve SkyTrain Party is just what the doctor ordered.

Rebecca Snow documentary screens this weekend at Whistler Film Festival