MAPS TO THE STARS
This time the director David Cronenberg makes a satirical movie about Hollywood, with the help of the savage beauty of writer Bruce Wagner, resulting a modern Hollywood Gothic at once ravenous 21st century need for fame and validation, and the yearning, loss and fragility that lurk in the shadows underneath. Starring: Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, Olivia Williams, Evan Bird, Sarah Gadon, John Cusack and Robert Pattinson. Country: Canada, Germany.
CAPTIVES (THE CAPTIVE)
8 years after the disappearance of Cassandra, some disturbing indications seem to indicate that she’s still alive, parents and Cassandra herself, will try to unravel the mistery of his his disappearance. Directed by Atom Egoyan and written by David Fraser. Starring: Kevin Durand, Scott Speedman, Rosario Dawson, Ryan Reynolds, Alexia Fast, Mireille Enos. Country: Canada.
MR. TURNER
Directed and written by Mike Leigh, ‘Mr. Turner’ explores the last quarter century of the great if eccentric British painter J.M.W Turner (1775 – 1851). Profoundly affected by the death of his father, loved by a housekeeper he takes for granted and occasionally exploits sexually, he forms a close relationship with a seaside landlady with whom he eventually lives incognito in Chelsea, where he dies. Throughout this, he travels, paints, stays with the country aristocracy, visitis brothels, is a popular if anarchic member of the Royal Academy of Arts, and is both celebrated and reviled by the public and by royalty. Starring: Timothy Spall, Dorothy Atkinson, Marion Bailey, Paul Jesson, Lesley Manville, Martin Savage and Ruth Sheen. Country: United Kingdom.
JIMMY’S HALL
DEUX JOURS, UNE NUIT (TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT) Sandra has only one weekend to visit her colleagues and – with the the help of her husband – convince them to sacrifice their bonuses so she can keep her job. Directed and written by Jean – Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne. Starring: Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione. Country: Belgium, France, Italy.
In 1921, Jimmy Gralton’s sin was to build a dance hall on a rural crossroads in Ireland, where young people could come to learn, to argue, to dream… but above all to dance and have fun. Jimmy’s Hall celebrates the spirit of these free-thinkers. Directed by Ken Loach and written by Paul Laverty. Starring: Barry Ward, Simone Kirby, Jim Norton, Francis Magee, Aisling Franciosi, Andrew Scott, Brían F. O’Byrne. Country: United Kingdom, Ireland, France.
LEVIATHAN Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev and written by Oleg Negin and Andrey Zvyagintsev ‘Leviathan’ is a modern day retelling of the Biblical story of Jobs set in contemporary Russia. Kolia lives in a small town near the Barents Sea, in North Russia. He has his own auto-reapir shop. His shop stands right next to the house where he lives with his young wife Lilya and his son from a previous marriage Romka. Vadim Sergeyich, the mayor of the town, wants to take away his business, his house and his land. First he tries buying off Kolia but Kolia isn’t interest in money, he doesn’t want to lose everything he has: not only the land, but also all the beauty that has surrounded him from the day of his birth. As Vadim Sergeyich starts being more aggressive, Kolia asks his best friend Dmitri, a lawyer from Moscow, to help him, unaware that this would change his life forever. Starring: Alexey Serebryakov, Roman Madynov, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Elena Lyadova and Sergey Pokhodaev. Country: Russian Federation.
RELATOS SALVAJES (WILD TALES)
Vulnerable before a reality that can suddenly be modified and become unpredictable, the characters of Wild Tales cross the thin line that divides civilization from brutality. A story about love deception, the return of the past, a tragedy, or even the violence contained in everyday detail, appear themselves to push them towards the abyss, into the undeniable pleasure of losing control. Directed and written by Damián Szifrón. Starring: Ricardo Darin, Oscar Martinez, Darío Grandinetti, Rita Cortese, Julieta Zylberberg, Erica Rivas, Leonardo Sbaraglia. Country: Argentina, Spain.
THE SEARCH
WINTER SLEEP
Directed and written by Michel Hazanavicius ‘The Search’ recounts, on a human scale, a powerful story of conflict told through four lives that will be brought together by a shocking twist of fate. After his parents are killed in their village, a small boy flees, joining the flood of refugees. He meets Carole, a European Union delegation head and little by little, with her help, he will return to life. At the same time, his elder sister Raïssa searches tirelessly for him amongst the civilian exodus. The there’s 20 year old Kolia… A recent Russian Army recruit, he will gradually be overwhelmed by the daily life of wartime. Starring: Bérénice Bejo, Annette Bening, Maxim Emelianov, Zukhra Duishvili and Abdul – Khalim Mamatsuevi. Country: France, Georgia.
Aydin, a former actor, runs a small hotel in central Anatolia with his young wife Nihal with whom he has a stormy relationship and his sister Necla who is suffering from her recent divorce. In winter as the snow begins to fall, the hotel turns into a shelter but also an inescapable place that fuels their animosities. Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceilan and written by Ebru Ceylan and Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Starring: Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sözen, Demet Akbag, Ayberk Pekcan, Serhat Kilic, Nejat Isler, Tamer Levent, Nadir Saribacak, Mehmet Ali Nuroglu, Emrham Doroktutan. Country: Turkey, France, Germany.