The Great Gatsby, 2013. Directed by Baz Luhrmann.Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Elizabeth Debicki, Isla Fisher and Jason Clarke. SYNOPSIS: A young writers life is forever changed when he meets the mysterious and elusive Jay Gatsby. When Baz Luhrmann was handed the reigns to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic piece of literature, […]

The English Teacher, 2013. Directed by Craig Zisk. Starring Julianne Moore, Lily Collins, Michael Angarano, Greg Kinnear, and Nathan Lane. SYNOPSIS: An English teacher’s life is disrupted when a former student returns to her small town after failing as a playwright in New York. For a writer, failure is inherently less sexy than adversity – […]

Deadfall, 2012. Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky.Starring Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Charlie Hunnam, Kris Kristofferson and Sissy Spacek. SYNOPSIS: A thriller that follows two siblings who decide to fend for themselves in the wake of a botched casino heist, and their unlikely reunion during another family’s Thanksgiving celebration. Deadfall is one of those annoying kind of […]

 The Past (France: Le passe), 2013. Directed by Asghar Farhadi.Starring Berenice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Ali Mosaffa, and Pauline Burlet. SYNOPSIS: An Iranian man deserts his French wife and two children to return to his homeland. Meanwhile, his wife starts up a new relationship, a reality her husband confronts upon his wife’s request for a divorce. […]

Stranger by the Lake (France: L’inconnu du lac), 2013. Written and Directed by Alain Guiraudie.Starring Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, and Patrick d’Assumcao. SYNOPSIS: Summertime. A cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake. Franck falls in love with Michel. An attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. Franck knows this, but wants […]

The Bling Ring, 2013. Written and Directed by Sofia Coppola.  Starring Katie Chang, Israel Broussard, Emma Watson, Taissa Farmiga, Leslie Mann and Claire Julien. SYNOPSIS: Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the internet to track celebrities’ whereabouts in order to rob their homes.  After Sofia Coppola justly earned plaudits for The […]

Fruitvale Station, 2013. Written and Directed by Ryan Coogler.Starring Michael B. Jordan, Kevin Durand, Chad Michael Murray, Melonie Diaz and Octavia Spencer. SYNOPSIS: The true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008. Ryan Coogler’s directorial debut was a favourite […]

Dead Mine, 2012. Directed by Steven Sheil.Starring Sam Hazeldine, Joe Taslim, James Taenaka and Miki Mizuno. SYNOPSIS: The legend of Yamashita’s Gold lures a treasure hunter and his group deep into the Indonesian jungle. Once they are trapped in an abandoned World War II Japanese bunker, they face the terrifying reality that the only way […]

Jeune et jolie (a.k.a Young & Beautiful), 2013. Written and Directed by François Ozon. Starring Marine Vacth, Geraldine Pailhas, Frederic Pierrot, Johan Leysen, Laurent Delbecque, Fantin Ravat, Johan Leysen and Géraldine Pailhas. SYNOPSIS: A year in the life of a teenage girl, from season to season. Francois Ozon’s latest venture opens with the audience as […]

Now You See Me, 2013. Directed by Louis Leterrier.Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Mélanie Laurent, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Michael Kelly. SYNOPSIS: During a live performance, a group of magicians calling themselves The Four Horsemen somehow manage to rob a bank in another country and they give the […]