Februar 2013

1.

2 Days in New York (2012)

  6/10  

Manhattan couple Marion and Mingus, who each have children from prior relationships, find their comfortable family dynamic jostled by a visit from Marion's relatives. (96 mins.)

Director: Julie Delpy

Stars: Julie Delpy, Chris Rock, Albert Delpy, Alexia Landeau

2.

A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2012)

  5/10  

A graphic designer's enviable life slides into despair when his girlfriend breaks up with him. (86 mins.)

Director: Roman Coppola

Stars: Charlie Sheen, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Katheryn Winnick

3.

Kapringen (2012)

  7,5/10  

The crew of a Danish cargo ship is hijacked by Somali pirates who proceed to engage in escalating negotiations with authorities in Copenhagen. (99 mins.)

Director: Tobias Lindholm

Stars: Johan Philip Asbæk, Søren Malling, Dar Salim, Roland Møller

4.

Anna Karenina (2012)

  6/10  

Set in late-19th-century Russia high-society, the aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky. (129 mins.)

Director: Joe Wright

Stars: Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Matthew Macfadyen

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5.

Geon-chook-hak-gae-ron (2012)

  5/10  

35-year-old architect Seung-Min receives a visit at his office from a woman. Seung-Min doesn't recognize the woman at first... (118 mins.)

Director: Yong-Joo Lee

Stars: Tae-woong Eom, Ga-in Han, Je-hoon Lee, Suzy

6.

Yi jiu si er (2012)

  7/10  

A deadly drought in 1942 takes its toll on central China's Henan province during the war against Japan. (145 mins.)

Director: Xiaogang Feng

Stars: Adrien Brody, Tim Robbins, Daoming Chen, Fan Xu

7.

Dupa dealuri (2012)

  7,5/10  

A drama centered on the friendship between two young women who grew up in the same orphanage; one has found refuge at a convent in Romania and refuses to leave with her friend, who now lives in Germany. (150 mins.)

Director: Cristian Mungiu

Stars: Cosmina Stratan, Cristina Flutur, Valeriu Andriuta, Dana Tapalaga

8.

Blancanieves (2012)

  6/10  

A twist on the Snow White fairy tale that is set in 1920s Seville and centered on a female bullfighter. (104 mins.)

Director: Pablo Berger

Stars: Maribel Verdú, Emilio Gavira, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ángela Molina

9.

Broken (2012)

    7/10  

The story of a young girl in North London whose life changes after witnessing a violent attack. (91 mins.)

Director: Rufus Norris

Stars: Cillian Murphy, Tim Roth, Rory Kinnear, Bill Milner

10.

Bella addormentata (2012)

  5,5/10  

A mosaic of several intertwined stories questioning the meaning of life, love and hope, set during the last six days in the life of Eluana Englaro, a young woman who spent 17 years in a vegetative state. (115 mins.)

Director: Marco Bellocchio

Stars: Toni Servillo, Isabelle Huppert, Alba Rohrwacher, Michele Riondino

11.

Á annan veg (2011)

  6/10  

Director: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson

Stars: Hilmar Guðjónsson, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson, Þorsteinn Bachmann, Valgerður Rúnarsdóttir

12.

Toata lumea din familia noastra (2012)

  6/10  

Marius is a divorced man in his late thirties. His five year-old daughter Sofia lives with her mother... (107 mins.)

Director: Radu Jude

Stars: Serban Pavlu, Sofia Nicolaescu, Gabriel Spahiu, Mihaela Sirbu

13.

Everyday (2012)

  6/10  

This film charts the relationship between a man imprisoned for drug smuggling and his wife and is being shot over the course of five years, a few weeks at a time. (106 mins.)

Director: Michael Winterbottom

Stars: Shirley Henderson, John Simm, Shaun Kirk, Robert Kirk

14.

Fat Kid Rules the World (2012)

  4,5/10  

A dropout comes to the aid of a chubby and suicidal high-school kid by recruiting him as the drummer for his upstart punk-rock band.

Director: Matthew Lillard

Stars: Jacob Wysocki, Matt O'Leary, Billy Campbell, Lili Simmons

15.

For Ellen (2012)

  5,5/10  

A struggling musician takes an overnight long-distance drive in order to fight his estranged wife for custody of their young daughter. (94 mins.)

Director: So Yong Kim

Stars: Paul Dano, Margarita Levieva, Jon Heder, Jena Malone

16.

Ginger & Rosa (2012)

  5/10  

A look at the lives of two teenage girls - inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa -- growing up in 1960s London, and the pivotal event the comes to redefine their relationship as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms. (90 mins.)

Director: Sally Potter

Stars: Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Annette Bening, Oliver Platt

17.

Grabbers (2012)

  5,5/10  

When an island off the coast of Ireland is invaded by bloodsucking aliens, the heroes discover that getting drunk is the only way to survive. (94 mins.)

Director: Jon Wright

Stars: Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley, Russell Tovey, Lalor Roddy

18.

Gun Hill Road (2011)

  5,5/10  

An ex-con returns home to the Bronx after three year in prison to discover his wife estranged and his teenage son exploring a sexual transformation that will put the fragile bonds of their family to the test.

Director: Rashaad Ernesto Green

Stars: Esai Morales, Judy Reyes, Miriam Colon, Isiah Whitlock Jr.

19.

Hoa-cha (2012)

  5/10  

A man searches for his fiancée who vanished without a trace just before their wedding ceremony, only to discover the shocking identity of her. (117 mins.)

Director: Young-Joo Byun

Stars: Seon-gyun Lee, Min-hie Kim, Seong-ha Jo, Byeol Kim

20.

Jayne Mansfield's Car (2012)

  6,5/10  

The drama is about two families from different countries whose cultures clash. The drama takes place in the 1960s. (122 mins.)

Director: Billy Bob Thornton

Stars: Kevin Bacon, Ray Stevenson, Robert Duvall, Robert Patrick

21.

Les Misérables (2012)

  7/10  

In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after he breaks parole, agrees to care for factory worker Fantine's daughter, Cosette. The fateful decision changes their lives forever. (158 mins.)

Director: Tom Hooper

Stars: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried

22.

Lore (2012)

  7,5/10  

As the Allies sweep across Germany, Lore leads her siblings on a journey that exposes them to the truth of their parents' beliefs. An encounter with a mysterious refugee forces Lore to rely on a person she has always been taught to hate. (109 mins.)

Director: Cate Shortland

Stars: Saskia Rosendahl, Kai-Peter Malina, Nele Trebs, Ursina Lardi

23.

Nairobi Half Life (2012)

  6,5/10  

A young, aspiring actor from upcountry Kenya dreams of becoming a success in the big city. In pursuit of this and to the chagrin of his brother and parents, he makes his way to Nairobi:the city of opportunity. (96 mins.)

Director: David 'Tosh' Gitonga

Stars: Joseph Wairimu, Olwenya Maina, Nancy Wanjiku Karanja, Mugambi Nthiga

24.

À perdre la raison (2012)

  6/10  

Like millions of other couples, Mounir and Murielle fall in love. Like millions of other couples, Mounir and Murielle have children... (111 mins.)

Director: Joachim Lafosse

Stars: Niels Arestrup, Tahar Rahim, Émilie Dequenne, Stéphane Bissot

25.

Price Check (2012)

  6/10  

Peter, a family man who works for a failing supermarket chain finds his life shaken up by his new boss, Susan, who starts to groom him for an executive position. Money and opportunities are within his grasp, but at what price? (92 mins.)

Director: Michael Walker

Stars: Parker Posey, Eric Mabius, Annie Parisse, Juan Luis Acevedo

26.

Reality (2012)

  7,5/10  

Luciano is a charming fishmonger whose unexpected and sudden obsession with being a contestant on a reality show leads him down a rabbit hole of skewed perceptions and paranoia. (116 mins.)

Director: Matteo Garrone

Stars: Aniello Arena, Paola Minaccioni, Loredana Simioli, Nando Paone

27.

Red Dawn (2012)

  4,5/10  

A group of teenagers look to save their town from an invasion of North Korean soldiers. (93 mins.)

Director: Dan Bradley

Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Isabel Lucas, Josh Hutcherson, Josh Peck

28.

Fasle kargadan (2012)

  6/10  

Kurdish-Iranian poet Sahel has just been released from a 30-year prison sentence in Iran. Now the one thing keeping him going is the thought of finding his wife, who thinks him dead for over 20 years. (88 mins.)

Director: Bahman Ghobadi

Stars: Behrouz Vossoughi, Monica Bellucci, Yilmaz Erdogan, Caner Cindoruk

29.

Robot & Frank (2012)

  7,5/10  

Set in the near future, an ex-jewel thief receives a gift from his son: a robot butler programmed to look after him. But soon the two companions try their luck as a heist team. (89 mins.)

Director: Jake Schreier

Stars: Peter Sarsgaard, Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon, Liv Tyler

30.

Shadow Dancer (2012)

  7/10  

Set in 1990s Belfast, an active member of the IRA becomes an informant for MI5 in order to protect her son's welfare. (101 mins.)

Director: James Marsh

Stars: Clive Owen, Andrea Riseborough, Gillian Anderson, Aidan Gillen

31.

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (2012)

  3,5/10  

When her father disappears, Heather Mason is drawn into a strange and terrifying alternate reality that holds answers to the horrific nightmares that have plagued her since childhood. (94 mins.)

Director: Michael J. Bassett

Stars: Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Sean Bean, Carrie-Anne Moss

32.

Simon och ekarna (2011)

  5,5/10  

Two boys come of age in Sweden during World War II. (122 mins.)

Director: Lisa Ohlin

Stars: Bill Skarsgård, Helen Sjöholm, Jan Josef Liefers, Stefan Gödicke

33.

Smashed (2012)

  7/10  

A married couple whose bond is built on a mutual love of alcohol gets their relationship put to the test when the wife decides to get sober. (81 mins.)

Director: James Ponsoldt

Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Octavia Spencer, Nick Offerman

34.

The Collection (2012)

  2/10  

A man who escapes from the vicious grips of the serial killer known as "The Collector" is blackmailed to rescue an innocent girl from the killer's booby-trapped warehouse. (82 mins.)

Director: Marcus Dunstan

Stars: Josh Stewart, Emma Fitzpatrick, Christopher McDonald, Randall Archer

35.

The Color Wheel (2011)

  5/10  

JR has broken up with her professor. She enlists her nervous and obnoxious younger brother Colin to... (83 mins.)

Director: Alex Ross Perry

Stars: Carlen Altman, Bob Byington, Kate Lyn Sheil, Anna Bak-Kvapil

36.

The Master (2012)

  8/10  

A Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future - until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader. (144 mins.)

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Jesse Plemons

37.

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012)

  6/10  

Pirate Captain sets out on a mission to defeat his rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz for the Pirate of the year Award. The quest takes Captain and his crew from the shores of Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. (88 mins.)

Director: Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt

Stars: Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek, Jeremy Piven, Martin Freeman

38.

The Sapphires (2012)

  5,5/10  

It's 1968, and four young, talented Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship and war when their all girl group The Sapphires entertain the US troops in Vietnam. (103 mins.)

Director: Wayne Blair

Stars: Chris O'Dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens

39.

The Sweeney (2012)

  6/10  

A hardened detective in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan police. Based on the '70s UK TV show. (112 mins.)

Director: Nick Love

Stars: Ray Winstone, Ben Drew, Hayley Atwell, Steven Mackintosh

40.

Dodookdeul (2012)

  5,5/10  

In order to let things cool down from their latest heist, Popeye and his group of thieves go to Macau on a job... (135 mins.)

Director: Dong-Hoon Choi

Stars: Chae Gook-Hee, Jin-mo Ju, Gianna Jun, Guk-Seo Ki

41.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)

  5/10  

After the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi. (115 mins.)

Director: Bill Condon

Stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Peter Facinelli

42.
This Is 40 (2012)
6/10 
A look at the lives of Pete and Debbie a few years after the events of Knocked Up. (134 mins.)
Director: Judd Apatow
Stars: Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Maude Apatow, Iris Apatow