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 […]

Mama, 2013. Directed by Andres Muschietti.Starring Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Isabelle Nélisse, and Megan Charpentier. SYNOPSIS: Annabel and Lucas are faced with the challenge of raising his young nieces that were left alone in the forest for 5 years…. but how alone were they?   “A ghost is an emotion bent out of shape, condemned to […]

The World’s End, 2013. Directed by Edgar Wright.Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Eddie Marsan, Rosamund Pike, David Bradley and Paddy Considine. SYNOPSIS: Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind’s only hope for survival. The World’s End is the final instalment […]

Star Trek Into Darkness, 2013. Directed by J.J. Abrams.Starring Chris Pine, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Alice Eve, Bruce Greenwood, and Peter Weller. SYNOPSIS: A terrorist attack on Starfleet HQ leads the crew of the USS Enterprise on to a dangerous and personal mission. To avoid […]