The Countess Sofya, wife and muse to Leo Tolstoy, uses every trick of seduction on her husband's loyal disciple, whom she believes was the person responsible for Tolstoy signing a new will that leaves his work and property to the Russian people.

Rating: R - Restricted

Cast:
Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren, James McAvoy, Paul Giamatti, Anne-Marie Duff

Crew:
Directed by Michael Hoffman

Genre(s):
Drama, History

Running Time:
112 min

Controversy-courting director Michael Haneke (CACHÉ) earned the Palm d’Or at Cannes in 2009 for this arresting drama set just before World War I. In a small German village, a number of unexplained accidents beset the schoolchildren and their parents. Though they at first appear coincidental, it begins to seem that they are not, in fact, accidents at all.

Rating: R - Restricted

Cast:
Ulrich Tukur, Susanne Lothar, Christian Friedel, Burghart Klaussner, Leonie Benesch, Josef Bierbichler, Rainer Bock

Crew:
Directed by Michael Haneke

Genre(s):
Foreign, Drama

Running Time:
2hr 24min

The Hurt Locker is a riveting, suspenseful portrait of the courage under fire of the military’s most unrecognized heroes: the technicians of the bomb squad, who volunteer to challenge the odds and save lives in one of the world’s most dangerous places. Three members of the Army’s elite Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) squad battle insurgents and each other as they seek out and disarm a wave of roadside bombs on the streets of Baghdad -- in order to try and make the city a safer place for Iraqis and Americans alike. Their mission is clear - protect and save - but it’s anything but easy, for the margin of error on a war-zone bomb is zero. A thrilling and heart-thumping look at the effects of combat and danger on the human psyche, The Hurt Locker is based on the first-hand observations of journalist and screenwriter Mark Boal, who was embedded with a special bomb unit in Iraq.

Rating: R - Restricted

Cast:
Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Ralph Finnes, Guy Pearce

Crew:
DIRECTED BY: Kathryn Bigelow

Genre(s):
Action, Drama

Running Time:
2hr 11min