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By Michael Apted
The superb latest addition to the documentary series by Michael Apted, following the lives of 14 people in England.
Documentary
Before Midnight
By Richard Linklater
A couple on the cusp of a mid-life crisis talk their way through a storm of disappointments, resentments, and flash points in their 18-year relationship.
Feature
Fruitvale Station
By Ryan Coogler
The compelling true story of a 22-year-old African-American whose effort to turn his life around was cut short by a trigger-happy policeman.
Feature
Her
By Spike Jonze
A wild and weird romantic story about the intimate relationship between a lonely man and his computer operating system who calls herself Samantha.
Feature
Museum Hours
By Jem Cohen
A wonderfully slow movie that presents a parade of wonders about the beauties and delights of art, city life, and friendship.
Foreign
Nebraska
By Alexander Payne
A spiritual film about a son who takes his irritable dad on the road and in the process opens himself to truly honoring the old man.
Feature
Planes
By Klay Hall
A 3D animated family film about stepping into your dream and becoming all you were meant to be.
Animated
Rush
By Ron Howard
A start-to-finish winner about two race car drivers who start out as enemies and find themselves in a place that neither of them could ever have imagined.
Feature
The Attack
By Ziad Doueiri
An engrossing and rounded look at the religious, political, and cultural factors behind Arab-Israeli enmity in the Middle East.
Foreign
The Hunt
By Thomas Vinterberg
A chilling Danish drama about how an accusation of child sexual abuse can tear a community apart and shatter even the trust of long-standing friends.
Feature
The Past
By Ashgar Farhadi
An Iranian film about the close encounter of a woman unlucky in love, her unhappy children, her ex-husband, and her new lover.
Foreign
The Square
By Jehane Noujaim
A terrific film with its focus on the quest for freedom and the desire to escape the prisons of oppression, violence, and merciless power.
Documentary
Tiger Eyes
By Lawrence Blume
A moving depiction of a teenage girl's quest for a way out of her sadness, grief, and loss over the sudden death of her beloved father.
Feature
To the Wonder
By Terrence Malick
A bold and ground-breaking film that is a mystical meditation on the many manifestations of the spiritual practices of yearning and love.
Feature
Trance
By Danny Boyle
A mesmerizing movie that is a heist flick; a psychological thriller about loss of memory and the powers of hypnotism; and a provocative parable.
Feature
Wadjda
By Haifaa Al-Mansour
A powerful film on how a creative little girl in the oppressive Saudi Arabian society expresses her rebelliousness and tries to fulfill her dreams.
Foreign