Amreeka
By Cherien Dabis
The uplifting story of a resilient Palestinian mother and her son struggling to make a new life in America.
Feature
Avatar
By James Cameron
A thematically rich, visually impressive sci-fi/fantasy masterpiece that gives us a cosmology in sync with contemporary spirituality movements.
Feature
Away We Go
By Sam Mendes
An incredibly original and appealing drama about the quest of two intimate lovers to find the perfect home to raise their child.
Feature
Bright Star
By Jane Campion
A spellbinding story on the mystical and ecstatic nature of true love and its effects upon those around the lovers.
Feature
Cold Souls
By Sophie Barthes
An engrossing surreal comedy that takes an inventive look at soul, dreams, emotions, and the emptiness of a life devoid of meaning.
Feature
Crude
By Joe Berlinger
A dramatic documentary about the "Amazon Chernobyl" case where indigenous tribal groups are fighting the multinational corporation Chevron.
Documentary
Departures
By Yojiro Takita
An exquisite cinematic masterpiece that touches the heart with its treatment of beauty, music, death, and abandonment.
Foreign
District 9
By Neill Blomkamp
A bold and creative science fiction adventure that shows the dire consequences of hating strangers and ignoring the practice of hospitality.
Feature
Fantastic Mr. Fox
By Wes Anderson
A delightful adaptation of a Roald Dahl children's tale about a charming, smart and cunning fox and his quest to be true to his animal nature.
Animated
Food, Inc.
By Robert Kenner
A bracing and disturbing documentary about the industrialization of farming and the growing power of the unregulated food industry.
Documentary
In the Loop
By Armando Iannuci
A lively movie that sends sparks flying with its depiction of insanity and incompetence among powerful political players in London and Washington.
Feature
Invictus
By Clint Eastwood
An astonishing movie about the power of forgiveness, the importance of sports, the art of transformative leadership, and the reconciliation of the races.
Feature
Ponyo
By Hayao Miyazaki
A charming fairy tale about a goldfish who becomes a girl and a little boy who loves her and introduces her with pride to his world of wonders.
Animated
Precious
By Lee Daniels
An emotionally poignant film about a degraded and abused African-American teenage girl whose life is turned around by the concern of an inspiring teacher.
Feature
Seraphine
By Martin Provost
An extraordinary French film about a deeply religious cleaning woman with a passion for creating luminous paintings.
Foreign
The Messenger
By Oren Moverman
An emotionally affecting drama about the birth of compassion in an Iraq war hero assigned to work for the Casualty Notification Office.
Feature
Treeless Mountain
By So Yong Kim
A wonder-inducing drama about a six-year-old Korean girl who takes on adult responsibilities when she and her little sister are abandoned.
Foreign
Up
By Pete Docter
A charming animated feature about a memorable cross-generation friendship that is also a probe on the true meaning of adventure.
Animated