Film Festivals 2010
The Red Shoes ( Blu-ray ) (1948)
8.3/10
Director: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Starring: Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann, Esmond Knight, Al...
'The Red Shoes', the singular fantasia from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, is cinema's quintessential backstage drama, as well as one of the m... Read more
The Runaways (2010)
6.6/10
Director: Floria Sigismondi
Starring: Michael Shannon, Dakota Fanning, Kristen Stewart
The story of the 1970s all-girl rock band The Runaways is told in this energetic biopic based on vocalist Cherie Currie's memoirs. After guitarist and... Read more
The Tree (2010)
6.6/10
Director: Julie Bertuccelli
Starring: Aden Young, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Marton Csokas, Tom Russell, Christian Byers
After the sudden death of her father, 8-year-old Simone shares a secret with her mother Dawn. She's convinced her father speaks to her through the lea... Read more
The White Ribbon (2009)
7.8/10
Director: Michael Haneke
Starring: Ursina Lardi, Ulrich Tukur, Leonie Benesch, Christian Friedel
Michael Haneke ('Funny Games', 'Code Unknown', etc) does not make films with easy answers. 'The White Ribbon' offers a view of a small pre-WWI German... Read more
The Wind Journeys (2009)
7.4/10
Director: Ciro Guerra
Starring: Marciano Martinez
A Colombian accordion player (Marciano Martinez) believes he must give up the instrument after the death of his wife. Legend has it that the device or... Read more
Wah Do Dem (2009)
6.7/10
Director: Ben Chace, Sam Fleischner
Starring: Carl Bradshaw, Ira Wolf-Tuton, Norah Jones, Sean Bones, Mark Gibbs, Patrick Morr...
Aka 'What They Do'. Young Brooklyn musician Max (Sean Bones) decides to go on a Caribbean cruise alone after his girlfriend Willow (Norah Jones) dumps... Read more
Welcome (2009)
7.6/10
Director: Philippe Lioret
Starring: Vincent Lindon, Audrey Dana, Firat Ayverd
This multi award-winning film from writer/director Philippe Lioret tells the story of Bilal (Firat Ayverdi), a 17-year-old Kurdish refugee, who has s... Read more
When You're Strange: A Film About The Doors (2010)
7.7/10
Director: Tom DiCillo
Starring: Jim Morrison, Johnny Depp, The Doors, (narrated by)
Written and directed by Tom DiCillo ("Living in Oblivion"), this acclaimed documentary presents a gripping overview of the musical and cultural impact... Read more
White Material (2009)
7/10
Director: Claire Denis
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Isabelle Huppert, Michel Subor, Isaach De Bankole
Isabelle Huppert delivers an intense performance in this gripping drama about a French woman who refuses to abandon her family's African coffee planta... Read more
Winter in Wartime (2008)
Director: Martin Koolhoven
Starring: Melody Klaver, Martijn Lakemeier, Anneke Blok, Mees Peijnenburg, Tygo Gernandt
Dutch coming-of-age drama based on the children's novel 'Oorlogswinter' by Jan Terlouw. January, 1945. During the last winter of WWII, Nazi occupied H... Read more