AUGUST ****
The intriguing story of two brothers, Tom and Joshua Sterling (Josh Hartnett and Adam Scott) whose Internet start-up, Landshark, is as hot as a New York City summer - only this is the summer of 2001, their company is in lock up, its stock price is plunging and, in a few weeks, the world will change forever

CHÉRI ****
Set in the luxurious demi-monde of pre-First World War Paris, CHÉRI is the story of the love affair between the beautiful retired courtesan Léa (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Chéri (Rupert Friend), the son of her old colleague and rival, Mme Peloux (Kathy Bates).
Léa has educated the spoilt and callow boy in the ways of love, but after six years Mme Peloux has secretly arranged a marriage between Chéri and Edmée (Felicity Jones), daughter of another rich courtesan, Marie Laure (Iben Hjejle).
As the inevitable moment of parting approaches, Léa and Chéri try to come to terms with their imminent separation, but the roots of their life of ease and pleasure reach deeper than even they imagine and they begin to understand, too late, how much they mean to one another.

THE HUNTING PARTY ***
A film very much in the tradition of M.A.S.H., Welcome to Sarajevo or Three Kings is a docudrama spiked with jet-black wit. It provides writer/director Richard Shepard, late of the Pierce Brosnan/Greg Kinnear vehicle The Matador, another chance to explore the mysteries and melancholies of male relationships.
Based on "What I Did on My Summer Vacation," an Esquire article by Scott K. Anderson, The Hunting Party follows fictional news reporter Simon Hunt (Richard Gere), a once-proud network newsman whose on-air meltdown led to a steady, sad fall from grace. His cameraman, Duckie (a terrific Terrence Howard), rebounded from that snafu and found himself working a cushy corporate job with the network, paired up with star anchor Franklin Harris (James Brolin).
Simon and Duckie, who covered the Bosnian conflict together in the Nineties, find themselves reunited in 2000 upon the conflict's fifth anniversary. Simon, a now-disgraced reporter, has a lead on one of Bosnia's most wanted war criminals, enlisting Duckie and Benjamin (Jesse Eisenberg) to help track him down. As the film says in its opening moments, only the most ridiculous moments of this story are true ... and some pretty insane things happen before the credits roll.
As he did in The Matador, Shepard deftly blends comedy, drama and thriller elements, often in the same scene, letting the laughs catch in your throat. He also weaves satirical jabs into his screenplay, making barbed observations about the mercenary nature of the media and the futility of American involvement abroad.

LAST CHANCE HARVEY ***** 
Academy Award winners Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man) and Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility) reunite in this magnificent romance that celebrates new beginnings - at any age.
The film is written and directed by Joel Hopkins (Jump Tomorrow).
New Yorker Harvey Shine (Dustin Hoffman) is on the verge of losing his dead-end job as a jingle writer. Warned by his boss (Richard Schiff) that he has just one more chance to deliver, Harvey goes to London for a weekend to attend his daughter's (Liane Balaban) wedding but promises to be back on Monday morning to make an important meeting--or else.   
Harvey arrives in London only to learn his daughter has chosen to have her stepfather (James Brolin) walk her down the aisle. Trying to hide his devastation, Harvey leaves the wedding before the reception in hopes of getting to the airport on time, but misses the plane anyway. When he calls his boss to explain, Harvey is fired on the spot.
Drowning his sorrows at the airport bar, Harvey strikes up a conversation with Kate (Emma Thompson), a sensitive, 40-something employee of the Office of National Statistics. Kate, whose life is limited to work, the occasional humiliating blind date and endless phone calls from her smothering mother (Eileen Atkins), is touched by Harvey, who finds himself energized by her intelligence and compassion.
The growing connection between the pair inspires both as they unexpectedly transform one another's lives. Go behind the scenes Read an interview with Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson

LOADED
Hottie Jesse Metcalfe packs heat in this sexy action-thriller!  Metcalfe plays Tristan Price, an appropriate name for a rich, Malibu kid getting caught up with the wrong crowd. Price has everything: money, privilege, loving parents (Erin Gray, John Bennet Perry), a beautiful girlfriend (Monica Keena), and a bright future. But he has always had a need for something more, something wilder. Enter Sebastian Cole (Corey Large), a handsome, charismatic, ruthless coke dealer with a taste for fast cars, fast women, rapid-fire weapons...and revenge. Soon, Tristan will be up to his eyeballs in a seedy underworld of drugs, sex and violence before he has a clue that his new best friend is, in reality, his worst enemy! 

CRANK HIGH VOLTAGE 
In the 2006 action hit CRANK, hitman Chev Chelios (Jason Statham) spent twenty-four hours in over-drive: fighting, killing, and keeping his adrenaline flowing at full-force to combat a deadly poison injected into his body. Now, in the high-octane sequel Chev has managed to survive--and is about to face a brand new day. The film was written and directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, the duo behind the 2006 original. Go behind the scenes

A WORLD UNSEEN ****
Beautifully capturing South Africa in the 50s, this heartfelt drama will appeal to those looking for a quiet romance with a big heart. It also challenges perceptions about the right to love freely, and the right to be free in an oppressed society. 
In 1950's South Africa, apartheid is just beginning. Free-spirited Amina (Sheetal Sheth) has broken all the rules of her own conventional Indian community, and the new apartheid-led government, by running a café with Jacob, her 'colored' business partner.
When she meets Miriam (Lisa Ray), a young traditional wife and mother, their unexpected attraction pushes Miriam to question the rules that bind her. As Amina helps Miriam's sister-in-law to hide from the police, a chain of events is set in motion that changes both women forever.
From overcoming oppression to finding personal freedom, from the hardships of a loveless marriage to the hesitant joy of an unexpected love affair, "The World Unseen" transports the viewer to a vibrant, colorful world that is universal in its themes. 
Shamim Sarif has brought to the screen the motion picture adaptation of her critically acclaimed and award winning debut novel, "The World Unseen." The human drama is inspired by stories of her grandmother's life in South Africa during the 1950's when the root of Apartheid began its treacherous grip on the country, leaving individuals to deal with a long fight for independence and identity.   Go behind the scenes Read interview with writer-director Shamim Sharif


BLINDNESS ****
From  Nobel  Prize  winning  author  Jose  Saramago  and  acclaimed  director  Fernando Meirelles  ("The Constant Gardener," "City of God") comes  the compelling story of humanity  in  the grip of an epidemic of mysterious blindness. It is an unflinching exploration of human nature, both bad and  good--people's  selfishness,  opportunism,  and  indifference,  but  also  their  capacity  for  empathy, love and sheer perseverance. It begins in a flash, as one man is instantaneously struck blind while driving home from work, his whole world suddenly turned to an eerie, milky haze. One by one, each person he encounters - his wife, his doctor, even  the  seemingly good  samaritan who gives him  a  lift home - will  in due course suffer the same unsettling fate. As the contagion spreads, and panic and paranoia set in across the  city,  the  newly  blind  victims  of  the  "White Sickness"  are  rounded  up  and quarantined within  a crumbling, abandoned mental asylum, where all semblance of ordinary life begins to break down. But inside the quarantined hospital, there is one secret eyewitness:  one woman (four-time Academy Award nominee Julianne Moore) who has not been affected but has pretended she is blind in order  to stay beside her beloved husband (Mark Ruffalo).  Bonus Feature: Sitting at nearly an hour long, "A Vision of Blindness" follows the process of building Meirelles' film from the ground up. It shows how the director introduced the actors to the concept of blindness and transforming sounds and textures into visual elements, as well as finding the locales for which they want situate the blindness ward. It discusses the unique process of obtaining the right for the story from José Saramango, as well as the arduous process of piecing the film together. This documentary is almost completely in behind-the-scenes mode, blending casual interview time with Meirelles and his cast and crew with a slew of both direction-based and production-based footage that show the film gradually finding its way to the final product. Go behind the scenes

DISCREET **** Monique, a high class escort, has always been able to give her clients exactly what they want, while clean cut Thomas has always been exactly what everyone has expected. But tonight Thomas' curiosity is going to get the better of him while demanding of Monique the one thing she's reluctant to offer… Honesty, costs more. Sometimes the greatest journey is the distance between two people. For Monique, the prostitute, and Thomas, the Christian, that journey begins tonight. Discreet explores how well two people from complete opposite sides of the moral spectrum can really get to know one another in 80 minutes of real time.
How honest can two complete strangers really be with one another, and what would the effect of that honesty be on their lives? In a society that promotes sexual promiscuity and where true honesty is a rare commodity, Monique and Thomas take the audience on a funny, poignant and brutal journey of self-examination. Read more as well as an interview with writer-director Joshua Rous. Bonus Features: Audio commentary by the director and actors;  a visit on the set

HOND SE DINGES *** Enjoyable fun for anyone needing to escape and unwind. A unresolved murder. A lost diamond. A radio interview that digs up a few real and imagined skeletons. A guilty conscience. This reignites the conflict between the De Langes and Coetsees. It gets out of hand. And that over dinges diamonds women. or both. In Afrikaans with English subtitles. Interviews: Read an interview with producer-writer-director Johan Heyns and screenwriter Johann Potgieter

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LITTLE ASHES *****
A Spanish-British drama film, set against the backdrop of Spain during the 20s and 30s, as three of the era's most creative young talents meet at university and set off on a course to change their world. Luis Buñuel watches helplessly as the friendship between Salvador Dalí and the poet Federico García Lorca develops into a steamy love affair.
When 18-year-old Dali (Robert Pattinson) arrives at the university in Madrid he is determined to become a great artist.
He soon catches the attention of the varsity's social elite - poet Federico García Lorca (Javier Beltran) and aspiring filmmaker Luis Buñuel (Matthew McNulty). They form the nucleus of the most modern group in Madrid and their private lives become increasingly complex as Federico ignores the advances of devoted friend and writer Magdalena (Marina Gatell), and Salvador himself feels the pull of García Lorca's magnetism. When Salvador and Federico leave Madrid to spend the summer at the seaside village of Cadaques, at the home of Dalí's family, Federico finds himself accepted into the Dalí family as he and Salvador grow closer until, one night, their friendship becomes more. Even as they draw closer, their relationship appears doomed. Dalí finds García Lorca's obsession with him more than he is prepared to handle.

CASSANDRA'S DREAM ***
Ian (Ewan McGregor) is a calculating son of a British restaurant owner who is always looking for a little extra and a good investment idea to push him into the world of upper-class finance. His brother Terry (Colin Farrell) is a more physical type, a married auto mechanic with a penchant for drink, pills, and gambling. If he could get one big score, his life would change for the better--be his own boss, buy his wife a house, etc. Both find peace on the fixer-upper boat they share, Cassandra's Dream, a respite from their prospective vices.
This is the set-up of Woody Allen's latest film, named for the boat, Cassandra's Dream. It's the most recent entry in his current London period, a new and fertile ground that has reinvigorated the director's later-life career.
Terry eventually gets in debt too far after several bad card games, and Ian can't raise the dough for his newest venture, and he's starting to lose his grip on his relationship with the beautiful actress Angela (Hayley Atwell). He's been borrowing fancy cars from his brother's garage and money from his family's restaurant to make her think he's more successful than he is. They both need cash fast to cover their tracks.
And here comes Uncle Howard (Tom Wilkinson, in another of his amazing supporting roles). Howard is the boys' maternal uncle, and the successful man's wealth and largesse have made him a controlling influence in the family. His sister (Clare Higgins) always invokes his name to further emasculate her husband (John Benfield), and the boys don't even see dear ol' dad as a possible problem solver. It's Uncle Howard or nobody. As always, Howard will help, but this time he's charging a price: kill a business associate who is threatening to blow the whistle on some of Howard's less than noble deeds.

THE VISITOR *****
A college professor becomes embroiled in the lives of a young immigrant couple living in New York City and stumbles into an unexpected romance as a result.  As these strangers struggle to deal with their individual lives in a changed world, their shared humanity is revealed in awkward, humorous and dramatic ways. 
In The Visitor, Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins), a widower of five years, lives an aimless life as a college economics professor in suburban Connecticut.  When Walter reluctantly agrees to fill in for a colleague at a conference in New York City he discovers a young couple, Tarek and Zainab, who have been scammed into illegally renting his vacant flat.  Walter agrees to let them stay until they find a place of their own and soon Walter and Tarek form a friendship of which the more guarded Zainab disapproves. However when an arbitrary interaction with the police lands Tarek, an undocumented New Yorker, in an ICE detention center Walter emerges as the only person able to visit Tarek.  When Tarek's mother Mouna (Danai Gurrira) appears in search of her son, Walter's emotional commitment in Tarek's case is sealed.  As the four people struggle to deal with the stark realities of the US immigration system and their own individual lives, their shared humanity is revealed in awkward, humorous and dramatic ways. Go behind the scenes  Writer-director Tom McCarthy talks about The Visitor

HAMLET 2 ****
Steve Coogan stars as Dana Marschz, a failed actor and recovering alcoholic who turns to teaching high school drama, in the comedy movie Hamlet 2. As Dana, Coogan sings, dances, plays Jesus in a musical put on to save the school's drama program, and even rollerblades.  He's moved to Tuscan where he's plagued by bad reviews, student indifference, budget woes (he and his wife, who is trying to get pregnant, take in a border), and his own teaching limitations. On the advice of a student reviewer, Dana decides to stage his own play, a sequel to "Hamlet" in which the prince and Jesus, with the use of a time machine, try to save Gertrude and Ophelia. Can Dana for once pull something off? 
Throughout literary history other writers haven't been deterred by such simple problems when coming up with sequels and other types of derivative works. In fact, the problem for anyone trying to make a real Hamlet 2 is that scores of other writers, filmmakers, poets and other artists have already had their way with Shakespeare's play. Steve Coogan talks about Hamlet 2 The History of Hamlet

IZULU LAMI/ MY SECRET SKY ***
Ten-year-old Thembi and her eight-year-old brother, Khwezi, are left alone in their rural homestead when their mother dies. All they have to remember Mama is a grass mat she wove, which she aimed to enter in a craft competition. Her dream, inspired by a visit to their village by a white priest from the city, was for The mat to win a prize that could support her children. So Thembi decides to take the mat to the competition Herself, and Khwezi reluctantly goes with her. When the children arrive in the city they are spotted by a street-wise 12-year-old, Chili-Bite, and his gang. He offers them a place to sleep on the street and tells her of a friend who knows the priest. The Bonus features include a great behind the scenes featurette.   Go behind the scenes of Izulu Lami/ My Secret Sky Read interview with director and Co-writer: Madoda Ncayiyana Read interview with co-writer: Julie Frederikse

EARTH ***** 
Five billion years ago a massive asteroid crashed into the young earth. The impact was so great that it tilted the entire planet at an angle of twenty-three and a half degrees. But far from being a catastrophe, this cosmic accident was crucial to creating life and the world as we know today.
Without the earth's tilt, we wouldn't have such a spectacular variety of landscapes, or such extremes of hot and cold. We wouldn't have the changing seasons and, most importantly, we wouldn't have the perfect conditions for life.
When the team behind EARTH set out to tell the story of our planet, they chose the sun as their guide. The journey begins close to the North Pole, where there are 24 hours of darkness during winter .Only in March does the sun rise over the horizon for the first time.
This new BBC-feature film follows 3 animal families as they migrate across the planet. The film shows parts of earth that have never before been captured on film. It was five years in production, filmed in 200 locations featuring 26 countries in the final movie. 40 specialist crews shot 1000s of hours of footage, including 250 days of aerial photography! This striking new film is a celebration of the beauty of our planet, whilst reminding us of the delicate fragility of where we live… Go behind the scenes and find out how this unique film was made

CROSSING OVER ****
South African-born writer-director Wayne Kramer explores the allure of the American dream, and the reality that immigrants find - and create - in 21st century L.A. Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers.  Working for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Los Angeles, Max Brogan (Harrison Ford) is an agent sworn to protect our nation's immigration laws.  He deals with the thousands that try to cross over into the US in search of a better life.  Through the lives of Brogan; Brogan's ICE partner Hamid Baraheri (Cliff Curtis); Denise Frankel (Ashley Judd), an immigration defense attorney; and her husband applications adjudicator Cole Frankel (Ray Liotta) we see the impact of immigration goes beyond the job and defines their lives. Go behind the scenes

THE BROTHERS BLOOM ****
Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener), Academy Award winner Adrien Brody (The Pianist), Mark Ruffalo (Zodiac), and Academy Award nominee Rinko Kikuchi (Babel) star in The Brothers Bloom, a globe-trotting comedy about the last great adventure of the world's two best con men.
Welcome to the world of The Brothers Bloom, where deception is an art and nothing is as it seems. The brothers have perfected their craft through years of fraternal teamwork. Now they've decided to take on one last spectacular job--luring a beautiful and eccentric heiress into an elaborate plot that takes them around the world.
The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job - showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.


ZACH AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO ***
Zack (Seth Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) have been best friends for as long as they can remember. They live together, but in a completely platonic relationship, drive to work together and both attend their school reunion together. Things are a bit rough for them these days, though: their rather meager jobs are not bringing in enough money to keep the rent paid and all the utilities running. So, after running into an old classmate whose lover is the star of porno films in California, they hit upon a brilliant scheme to make some money: make a porno film. Go behind the scenes

MAN ON WIRE *****
On August 7th 1974, a young Frenchman named Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between New York's twin towers, then the world's tallest buildings. After nearly an hour dancing on the wire, he was arrested, taken for psychological evaluation, and brought to jail before he was finally released. James Marsh's Oscar-winning documentary brings Petit's extraordinary adventure to life through the testimony of Philippe himself, and some of the co-conspirators who helped him create the unique and magnificent spectacle that became known as "the artistic crime of the century."  Go behind the scenes


PERSEPOLIS *** (Animated)
The poignant story of a young girl coming-of-age in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. It is through the eyes of precocious and outspoken nine year old Marjane that we see a people's hopes dashed as fundamentalists take power - forcing the veil on women and imprisoning thousands. Clever and fearless, she outsmarts the "social guardians" and discovers punk, ABBA and Iron Maiden. Yet, when her uncle is senselessly executed and as bombs fall around Tehran in the Iran/Iraq war, the daily fear that permeates life in Iran is palpable. Written and directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud.Based on the original graphic novels by Marjane Satrapi. Go behind the scenes and read an interview with the director and writer