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My Blueberry Nights   5/23
Acclaimed music star Norah Jones plays a sensual, alluring young woman who sets out on an unforgettable journey of discovery in pursuit of true love. In heartbreakingly beautiful locations and classic Route 66 atmospheric diners, Wong Kar Wai's (In The Mood For Love, 2046) captivating heroine encounters a series of enigmatic characters that help her on her quest. The first English language film from this acclaimed director features an all-star cast that includes Jude Law, David Strathairn, Rachel Weisz, and Natalie Portman.

The Rape Of Europa   5/23
This compelling documentary tells the epic story of the systematic theft, deliberate destruction, and miraculous survival of Europe's art treasures during the Third Reich and the Second World War. In a journey through seven countries, the film takes the audience into the violent whirlwind of fanaticism, greed, and warfare that threatened to wipe out the artistic heritage of Europe. For twelve long years, the Nazis looted and destroyed art on a scale unprecedented in history. But young art professionals as well as ordinary heroes, from truck drivers to department store clerks, fought back with an extraordinary effort to safeguard, rescue and return the millions of lost, hidden and stolen treasure. The film begins and ends with the story of artist Gustav Klimt's famed Gold Portrait, stolen from Viennese Jews in 1938 and now the most expensive painting ever sold.

Caramel   5/30
In Beirut, five women meet regularly in a beauty salon, a colorful and sensual microcosm of the city where several generations come into contact, talk and confide in each other. Layale loves Rabih, but Rabih is married. Nisrine is a Muslim and her forthcoming marriage poses a problem; she is no longer a virgin. Rima is tormented by her attraction to women and especially to a lovely client with long hair. Jamale is refusing to grow old. Rose has sacrificed her life to take care of her elderly sister. In the salon, their intimate and liberated conversations revolve around men, sex and motherhood, between haircuts and sugar waxing with caramel. The film stars and was directed by Nadine Labaki. In Arabic w/subtitles.

Sex and the City: The Movie   5/30
Carrie Bradshaw, successful author and everyone's favorite fashion icon, is back, her sardonic wit intact and sharper than ever, as she continues to narrate her own story about sex, love and the fashion obsessed single woman in New York City. The film finds Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda four years after the hit HBO series ended, continuing to juggle jobs and relationships while navigating motherhood, marriage and Manhattan real estate. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon are joined by Chris Noth, reprising his role as Mr. Big, David Eigenberg as Miranda's down to earth husband Steve Brady, Evan Handler as Charlotte's husband Harry, and Jason Lewis as Smith Jerrod, the actor, client, and devoted lover of Samantha. Also starring Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) as Carrie's young assistant, Mario Cantone as Charlotte's opinionated wedding planner, Anthony Marentino, Candice Bergen as Vogue Magazine editor Enid Fricke, and Willie Garson as Carrie's sartorially splendid pal Stanford Blatch. Written and directed by Michael Patrick King.

Son Of Rambow   6/6
A hilariously fresh and visually inventive take on friendship, family, film heroes, and the death-defying adventures of growing up in the video age. The story takes place in 1980s Britain, where young Will Proudfoot is raised in isolation among The Brethren, a puritanical religious sect in which music and TV are strictly forbidden. When Will encounters his first movie, a pirated copy of Rambo: First Blood, his imagination is blown wide open, and he sets out to join forces with a diabolical school bully to make their own action epic, devising wildly creative stunts, as well as creating elaborate schemes for evading The Brethren.

The Life Before Her Eyes   6/13
Imaginative, impetuous, and wild, Diana (Evan Rachel Wood) can't wait for her adult life to begin. Whiling away the final days of high school in the lush springtime, Diana tests her limits with sex and drugs as her more conservative friend Maureen watches with concern. But Diana's aura of invincibility is shattered when a senseless act of violence erupts at school, forever changing the lives of the two best friends. Fifteen years later, a grown Diana (Uma Thurman) is still trying to come to terms with the traumatic events of that fateful day. Moving seamlessly through both stages of Diana's evolution, director Vadim Perelman (House Of Sand And Fog) delves deeply into the crossroads that we all face -- where a simple decision can change the course of everything to come, and where a lifetime can be encapsulated in a single moment.

Standard Operating Procedure   6/13
After winning the Oscar for 2003's The Fog Of War, director Errol Morris turns to Abu Ghraib prison for this documentary. Morris conducted two years of research in exploring the horror behind the notorious photographs taken at the prison in Iraq, and how the torture depicted was not an isolated incident. He examined the context of the photographs and asked questions about the people taking the photographs and tried to find out what they were thinking. Morris states, "The Abu Ghraib photographs serve as both an exposé and a cover-up. An exposé because the photographs offer us a glimpse of the horror of Abu Ghraib; and a cover-up because they convinced journalist and readers that they had seen everything, that there was no need to look further." With this disturbing film Morris convinces us that we need to look further.

Mongol   6/27
Award winning Russian filmmaker Sergei Bodrov illuminates the life and legend of Genghis Khan in this stunning historical epic. Based on leading scholarly accounts, this exciting film delves into the dramatic and harrowing early years of the ruler who was born as Temdugin in 1162. As it follows Temudgin from his perilous childhood to the battle that sealed his destiny, the film paints a multidimensional portrait of the future conqueror, revealing him not as an evil brute but as an inspiring, fearless and visionary leader. The film also explored his relationship with his wife, Borte, his lifelong love and most trusted advisor. Filmed in the very lands that gave birth to Genghis Khan, Mongol transports us back to a distant and exotic period in world history, and brings to life a nomad's landscape of endless space, climactic extremes, and ever-present danger. Bodrov delivers an exciting and awe-inspiring tale of survival and triumph, and a love story for the ages. In Mongolian w/subtitles.

WALL-E   6/27
Academy Award winning writer director Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo) and the inventive storytellers and animators at Pixar delight moviegoers with this new computer animated cosmic comedy about a determined robot named WALL-E. After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for WALL-E - short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter (Earth-Class) - discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot name EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL-E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report her findings to the humans. WALL-E soon follows. Joining him on his fantastic journey across the universe is a hilarious cast of characters including a pet cockroach and a heroic team of malfunctioning misfit robots.

Mama Mia!   7/18
Meryl Streep leads an all-star cast in the feature film adaptation of the beloved musical that has been seen by more than 30 million people in 8 languages around the world. This entertaining film brings the timeless lyrics and melodies of the iconic group ABBA to movie audiences. Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard, Christine Baranski, Julie Walter, Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper join Streep in this celebration of a mother, a daughter and three possible dads.

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