Film Festivals 2012
Farewell, My Queen (2012)
6.3/10
Director: Benoit Jacquot
Starring: Virginie Ledoyen, Diane Kruger, Lea Seydoux, Noemie Lvovsky, Xavier Beauvois
Based on the best-selling novel by Chantal Thomas, Lea Seydoux stars as one of Marie Antoinette's (Diane Kruger) ladies-in-waiting, seemingly an innoc... Read more
Sound of My Voice (2011)
6.6/10
Director: Zal Batmanglij
Starring: Nicole Vicius, Christopher Denham, Brit Marling
A documentarian (Christopher Denham) and his recovering addict girlfriend (Nicole Vicius) sign up for indoctrination into an L.A.-based cult, hoping t... Read more
Klown (2010)
7.2/10
Director: Mikkel Norgaard
Starring: Iben Hjejle, Frank Hvam, Casper Christensen, Marcuz Jess Petersen, Mia Lyhne, La...
"Klown" follows two wildly inappropriate friends - played by celebrated international comedians Frank Hvam and Caspar Christensen - as they run amok t... Read more
The Source (2011)
7.3/10
Director: Radu Mihaileanu
Starring: Hiam Abbass, Leila Bekhti, Saleh Bakri, Hafsia Herzi, Biyouna , Sabrina Ouazani,...
A.k.a. "La source des femmes". Romanian-born filmmaker Radu Mihaileanu ("The Concert") directed and co-wrote this 'battle of the sexes' comedy drama s... Read more
Sleepless Night (2011)
6.7/10
Director: Frederic Jardin
Starring: Julien Boisselier, Tomer Sisley, Joey Starr
Vincent is a well-respected cop and devoted father, but below the surface of his idyllic life he is involved with a very dangerous group of gangsters... Read more
Chico and Rita (2010)
Director: Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal, Tono Errando
Starring: Limara Meneses, Eman Xor Ona
Oscar-winning director Fernando Trueba ("Belle Epoque") and Spain's legendary artist Javier Mariscal celebrate the music and culture of Cuba with an e... Read more
Coriolanus (2011)
6.2/10
Director: Ralph Fiennes
Starring: Brian Cox, James Nesbitt, Ralph Fiennes, Vanessa Redgrave, Gerard Butler, Jessic...
For his directorial debut, Ralph Fiennes adapts Shakespeare's tragedy "Coriolanus", transposing the action from ancient Rome to present-day Eastern Eu... Read more
This is Not a Film (2011)
7.5/10
Director: Jafar Panahi, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
Starring: Jafar Panahi
This clandestine documentary, shot partially on an iPhone and smuggled into France in a cake for a last-minute submission to Cannes, depicts the day-t... Read more
The Sapphires ( Blu-ray ) (2012)
7.1/10
Director: Wayne Blair
Starring: Deborah Mailman, Chris O'Dowd, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens, Miranda Tapsell
1968. Four young women from a remote Aboriginal mission, sisters Gail, Julie and Cynthia, together with their cousin Kay, are discovered by Dave, a do... Read more
Shut Up and Play the Hits (2012)
7.4/10
Director: Dylan Southern, Will Lovelace
Starring: LCD Soundsystem
On April 2nd 2011, LCD Soundsystem played its final show at Madison Square Garden in New York City. LCD frontman James Murphy, disbanding one of the m... Read more