THE ARTIST
France/Belgium. 2011. Directed by Michel Hazanavicius. (100 mins.) Rated PG-13.

OSCAR
NOMINATIONS!

including
Best Picture • Best Director • Best Actor • Best Supporting Actress • Best Original Screenplay • Best Cinematography

Golden Globe Winner!
Best Picture
Best Actor
Best Original Soundtrack

THE ARTIST is a crowd-pleaser in every sense of the word... clever & thrilling, it's a magical tribute to the golden age of cinema!

Ingenious, sublime and utterly absorbing, THE ARTIST gorgeously captures the silent movie era with its gentle and wistful tale of romance and intrigue. Shot in breathtaking black and white and heralding the Hollywood of 1927, this clever, cinematic valentine follows silent movie superstar George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) as his career is about to plummet due to the introduction of "the talkies". But for one young, stunning extra (Berenice Bejo) on the cusp of major movie stardom, the sky is the limit. As their destinies intertwine, this visually stunning, imaginative masterpiece encapsulates every precious enchanting piece of why we long to escape into the magic of the movies: action, laughter, tears and the opportunity to get completely lost in another world. THE ARTIST's sweet and deep passion for the cinema will delight, intoxicate and leave you speechless!

SHAME
UK. 2011. Directed by Steve McQueen. (99 mins.) Rated NC-17.

Golden Globe Nominee!
Best Actor


SHAME is a poignant, raw and spellbinding drama about a young man facing his sexual addiction... Michael Fassbender's performance is among the bravest of this year or any other!

From award-winning director Steve McQueen (HUNGER), the unflinching, soul-churning drama SHAME is a haunting, edgy, compelling and timely film examining the nature of how we live our lives and the experiences that shape us. Thirty-something Brandon (Michael Fassbender) comfortably balances a busy job and an active social life in the Big Apple, but when his rebellious, wayward sister Sissy (Carey Mulligan) turns up unannounced, his carefully meticulous life, which allows him to indulge in his irrepressible urges, spirals disarmingly out of control. Fearlessly and without compromise, McQueen delves into the depths of obsessions, wrenching from his actors a brilliant, riveting, knock-out of a movie that is equally heartrending and harrowing. It is a brave, blistering and beautiful portrait of hidden secrets, of humiliation, of the human soul and of the determination to overcome what plagues us.

A DANGEROUS METHOD
Canada/Germany/UK. 2011. Directed by David Cronenberg. (99 mins.) Rated R.

Golden Globe Nominee!
Best Actor


A DANGEROUS METHOD is a beautifully moving, thought-provoking juxtaposition of intellectual and carnal impulses that brings textbook psychology to radiant life!

Exploring the deep-rooted friendship of Jung and Freud and the passionately unpredictable patient that came between them, director David Cronenberg (A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, EASTERN PROMISES) delves intensely into this intelligent, mystifying speculation about the origins of psychoanalysis and the chaos of the human soul. In 1904, Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley), a young Russian Jew, arrives at the famed Burgholzi psychiatric hospital in Zurich where she becomes the patient of Dr. Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender). His planned method to treat her is based on the writings and "talking cure" of his mentor, Dr. Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen), but he is tempted by her wild, provocative seductions. Sharply written, superbly acted and crisply capturing a daring spirit, A DANGEROUS METHOD is a lush, engaging character study, vivid, tenacious and unnerving in its examination of ego, id and thorny human behavior. CARNAGE ends Monday
France/Germany/Poland. 2011. Directed by Roman Polanski. (79 mins.) Rated R.

Golden Globe Nominee!
Best Actresses


CARNAGE is an absolute kick...an explosive, sardonic, laugh-out-loud comedy with four powerhouse performances!

Regardless of what you may feel about Roman Polanski’s personal trials, there’s no disputing his tremendous filmmaking skills, especially at creating pulsing, unnerving dramatic tension. And when he has opportunity to adapt a Tony Award winning play starring the stellar cast of Oscar winners Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and Oscar nominee John C. Reilly, the bite threatens to get worse than the bark. After a playground scuffle leaves one boy injured, his parents invite the other boy’s parents over for a civilized discussion, but once the 18 year-old bottle of scotch is pulled out, an all out verbal warfare ensues. Devilishly acerbic, CARNAGE, brimming with scathingly smart, hilariously wicked banter, transforms a somewhat simple situation into a surprisingly and unpredictably snarky snafu. It’s a zesty, fast-paced rush! 

MY WEEK WITH MARILYN
UK/United States. 2011. Directed by Simon Curtis. (96 mins.) Rated R.

OSCAR
NOMINATIONS!

Best Actress • Best Supporting Actor

Golden Globe Winner!
Best Actress

In MY WEEK WITH MARILYN, Michelle Williams is phenomenal, summoning a luminous smile that could light up a room like no other!

Iconic Motion Picture actress Marilyn Monroe was a radiant and breathtaking beauty and Michelle Williams' beguiling performance exquisitely captures her dazzling, unearthly glow and glamour, as well as the fragile, softly frightened girl underneath. In Colin Clark's diary of his accounts working as an assistant on the Laurence Olivier and Monroe film set of THE PRINCE AND THE SHOWGIRL in the summer of 1956, one week was mysteriously missing. It was later discovered that Colin's week was spent escorting Marilyn on an idyllic tour of the English countryside. He was as smitten with her illuminating, sultry, innocent charm as the rest of the world was. MY WEEK WITH MARILYN is a triumphantly touching taste of moviestar magic, the breathy, wondrous sparkle and the tragic, delicate despair that embodied Monroe's celebrity and sex symbol status.