ALBERT NOBBS

Posted on 2012-01-02

Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs) plays a woman passing as a man in order to work and survive in 19th century Ireland. Some thirty years after donning men’s clothing, she finds herself trapped in a prison of her own making.

Mia Wasikowska (Helen), Aaron Johnson (Joe) and Brendan Gleeson (Dr. Holloran) join a prestigious, international cast that includes Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Janet McTeer, Brenda Fricker and Pauline Collins. Rodrigo Garcia directs from a script that Glenn Close, along with Man Booker prize-winning novelist John Banville and Gabriella Prekop, adapted from a short story by Irish author George Moore.

In theaters January 27th, 2012

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IN THE LAND OF BLOOD AND HONEY

Posted on 2012-01-02

During the Bosnian War, Danijel, a soldier fighting for the Serbs, re-encounters Ajla, a Bosnian who’s now a captive in his camp he oversees. Their once promising connection has become ambiguous as their motives have changed. Written and directed by Angelina Jolie.

In theaters February 16th, 2012

www.inthelandofbloodandhoney.com

  

IN DARKNESS

Posted on 2012-01-02

In Darkness is based on a true story. Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and petty thief in Lvov, a Nazi occupied city in Poland, one day encounters a group of Jews trying to escape the liquidation of the ghetto. He hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town’s sewers beneath the bustling activity of the city above.What starts out as a straightforward and cynical business arrangement turns into something very unexpected, the unlikely alliance between Socha and the Jews as the enterprise seeps deeper into Socha’s conscience.

In theaters February 10th, 2012

www.sonyclassics.com/indarkness

  

THE NINE MUSES

Posted on 2011-12-26

Part documentary, part personal essay, this experimental film combines archive imagery with the striking wintry landscapes of Alaska to tell the story of immigrant experience coming into the UK from 1960 onwards.

In theaters January 20th, 2012

www.smokingdogsfilms.com

  

CORIOLANUS

Posted on 2011-12-26

The citizens of Rome are hungry. Coriolanus, the hero of Rome, a great soldier and a man of inflexible self-belief despises the people. His extreme views ignite a mass riot. Rome is bloody. Manipulated and out-maneuvered by politicians and even his own mother Volumnia, Coriolanus is banished from Rome. He offers his life or his services to his sworn enemy Tullus Aufidius.Directed by Ralph Fiennes.

In theaters January 20th, 2012

www.coriolanusmovie.co.uk

  

TAXI DRIVER BY MICHEL GONDRY

Posted on 2011-12-26

Michel Gondry’s take on Taxi Driver in 2.41 minutes starring himself!!!

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