WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

Posted on 2011-08-15

A new film from Lynne Ramsay who has directed and co-written the screenplay. The mother of a teenage boy who went on a high-school killing spree tries to deal with her grief — and feelings of responsibility for her child’s actions, by writing to her estranged husband. We Need to Talk About Kevin is based on the 2003 novel by Lionel Shriver.

In theaters October 21st, 2011

  

THE HEDGEHOG

Posted on 2011-08-15

Paloma is a serious, but deeply bored 11-year old, who has decided to kill herself on her twelfth birthday. Fascinated by art and philosophy, she questions and documents her life and immediate circle, drawing trenchant and often hilarious observations on the world around her. But as her appointment with death approaches, Paloma finally meets some kindred spirits, in her building’s grumpy concierge, and an enigmatic, elegant neighbor, both of whom inspire Paloma to question her rather pessimistic outlook on life.

In theaters September 2nd, 2011

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LOVE CRIME

Posted on 2011-08-08

When Christine, a powerful executive (Scott Thomas), brings on a naive young ingenue, Isabelle (Sagnier), as her assistant, she delights in toying with her naivete and teaching her hard lessons in a ruthless professional philosophy. But when the protege’s ideas become tempting enough for Christine to pass one as her own, she underestimates Isabelle’s ambition and cunning. Director Alain Corneau’s last film.

In theaters September 2nd, 2011

  

PAGE ONE: A YEAR INSIDE THE NEW YORK TIMES

Posted on 2011-08-08

During the most tumultuous time for media in generations, filmmaker Andrew Rossi gains unprecedented access to the newsroom at The New York Times. For a year, he follows journalists on the paper’s Media Desk, a department created to cover the transformation of the media industry. Through this prism, a complex view emerges of a media landscape fraught with both peril and opportunity, especially at the Times itself.

In theaters September 23rd, 2011

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TROLLHUNTER

Posted on 2011-08-08

A group of students investigate a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to follow a mysterious hunter, learning that he is actually a troll hunter.

In theaters September 9th, 2011

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COWBOYS & ALIENS

Posted on 2011-08-08

A spaceship arrives in Arizona, 1873, to take over the Earth, starting with the Wild West region. A posse of cowboys are all that stand in their way. Directed by Jon Favreau who has based his latest movie on another comic book. Cowboys & Aliens was a 2006 graphic novel created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg and written by Fred Van Lente and Andrew Foley.

In theaters August 17th, 2011

www.cowboysandaliensmovie.com