Release Date: April 16, 2010 (limited)
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Director: Juan José Campanella
Screenwriter: Juan José Campanella
Starring: Ricardo Darín, Soledad Villamil, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino, Guillermo Francella, José Luis Gioia, Carla Quevedo, Bárbara Palladino, Rudy Romano
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Official Website: SonyClassics.com/TheSecretinTheirEyes
Plot Summary: Benjamín Espósito has spent his entire working life as a criminal court employee. Recently retired and with time on his hands, he decides to write a novel. He does not decide to make up a story. There is no need to. He can draw on his own past as a civil servant for a true, moving and tragic story in which he was once very directly involved. In 1974, his court was assigned an investigation into the rape and murder of a beautiful young woman.
At the scene of the crime, Espósito sees the result of the young woman's rape and murder first hand. He meets Ricardo Morales, who had married the girl a short time before and worshipped her body and soul. Moved by Ricardo's grief, Espósito tries to help him find the culprit despite having to contend with the apathy and ineptitude of the police and legal system. He knows that for help he can count on Sandoval, an underling at the office yet a close friend, who occasionally seeks release from the routine of his existence by drinking himself unconscious. He can also turn to Irene, his immediate superior and secretary of the court, with whom he is secretly deeply in love, although there is no hope that she will ever love him.
The search for the murderer is anything but simple. No clues remain at the scene of the crime and Espósito must rely on guesswork and his own instincts to make any progress. Furthermore, Argentina in 1974 is not a peaceful place. It is a perfect backdrop for the violence, hate, revenge and death that rule people's lives and fates. To this ever more hostile and dark setting, Espósito's investigation takes him deep into a world of terrible violence. No longer an observer, he becomes an unwilling central character in a drama in which he is exposed to ever-greater danger.
But it is not only the young Espósito of 1974 who is swept along by the storm of events, for that storm also envelops the present-day Espósito, the old would-be writer, and sets him adrift. By deciding to revive and relive his memories, he has set in motion the wheels of the terrible mechanism of memory. And those memories are neither innocent, neutral nor aseptic. Espósito writes, and as he does so, relives a past that rises up before his eyes and awakens all his demons: particularly those involving his past decisions, uncertainties and irreparable mistakes.
As he moves forward, Espósito begins to see that it is now too late to stop. Telling a story from the past is no longer just a pastime to fill his empty hours. It becomes a narrow, winding path he must take if he is to understand and find justification for his own life, if he is to give any meaning to the years remaining to him, and if once and for all he is to face up to the woman who, thirty years on, he is still in love with.
Release Date: April 16, 2010 (NY; LA release: Apr. 23)
Studio: IFC Films
Director: Bahman Ghobadi
Screenwriter: Bahman Ghobadi, Hosein M. Abkenar, Roxana Saberi
Starring: Negar Shaghaghi, Ashkan Koshanejad, Hamed Behdad
Genre: Drama
Plot Summary: "No One Knows About Persian Cats" is the fifth feature by award-winning director Bahman Ghobadi ("A Time for Drunken Horses," "Turtles Can Fly"), winner of the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at the Cannes film festival. Co—written by imprisoned Iranian—American journalist Roxana Saberi, the film is an indictment of cultural repression in Iran's exciting underground music scene, a powerful cinematic foreshadowing of current protest movements, and a celebration of an entire generation of Iranians striving towards personal and creative freedom. Shot in secret and featuring extraordinary performances by real underground bands, "No One Knows About Persian Cats" follows a pair of young musicians, recently released from prison, on a mission to take their rock band to Europe. Forbidden by the authorities to play in Iran, they plan their escape abroad with a fast—talking music promoter. Vowing to play one last show before leaving Tehran, their dangerous mission takes them on a free—wheeling journey through the City's vibrant and diverse underground scene, home to an estimated 2,000 illegal independent bands.
Release Date: April 16, 2010 (limited)
Studio: Music Box Films
Director: Jean-François Richet
Screenwriter: Abel Raouf Dafri
Starring: Vincent Cassel, Cecile de France, Gerard Depardieu, Roy Dupuis, Gilles Lellouche, Elena Anaya, Michel Duchaussoy, Myriam Boyer, Florence Thomassin
Genre: Crime, Drama
Official Website: PublicEnemyNumberOnethemovie.com
Plot Summary: Continuing France's love affair with the American gangster movie, "Mesrine: A Film in Two Parts" (formerly known as "Public Enemy Number One") tells the true story of Jacques Mesrine who became his country's most notorious "bad guy" throughout the 1970's. Arch-fiend to some and folk hero to others, Mesrine's criminal career spanned nearly two decades of brazen bank robberies, breathtaking prison breaks, and ingenious identity changes – all meticulously and stylishly recreated on an epic scale. Vincent Cassel ("Eastern Promises," "Ocean's 12"), one of France's most magnetic leading men, heads a heavyweight cast (including Oscar-nominee Gerard Depardieu) and gives a star-making performance as Mesrine.
Release Date: April 16, 2010 (limited)
Studio: Paladin
Director: Bette Gordon
Screenwriter: Nicholas T. Proferes
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Mariann Mayberry, Aidan Quinn, John Savage, Campbell Scott, Titus Welliver, Karen Young
Genre: Mystery
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Official Website: HandsomeHarrythemovie.com
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Plot Summary: They call him "Handsome" Harry Sweeney (Jamey Sheridan). At 52, the Vietnam veteran has kept his rugged good looks. Everyone likes Harry, an electrician by trade who loves to sing—but for some reason he never lets anyone get too close. He's been divorced for a long time, has a son whom he rarely sees, and, although he's engaged in a long-term flirtation with the waitress at the diner, seems destined to remain alone.
One day, Harry gets a call from a former Navy buddy, Tom Kelly (Steve Buscemi), whom he hasn't seen in some thirty years. On his deathbed and terrified of going to Hell, Kelly convinces Harry to seek forgiveness on his behalf from a comrade they betrayed long ago, David Kagan (Campbell Scott).
At first, Harry wants nothing to do with Kelly, Kagan or the remnants of his murky past. But guilt and memories have a mysterious grasp on Harry, and he finally relents, driving down the East Coast to call on his old comrades. As he confronts the three other men involved in a long-ago crime, he observes how each man has dealt with his own guilt. The rugged Rheems (John Savage) hides behind righteous moral posturing and economic success. The intellectual Porter (Aidan Quinn) has divorced himself from the violent implications of his past in the military. Soft-spoken Gephardt (Titus Welliver) has turned to Jesus. Though they've all grown older, it is unclear whether any of them have really found salvation.
As the road stretches out before Harry, two mysteries gradually unfold: what really happened on that night thirty years ago, and the mystery of what it has meant to Harry—and how it has shaped his life ever since. It is only through confronting the events of the distant past, and finally confronting David himself, that Harry can begin to truly live again.
"Handsome Harry" is a psychological mystery about lost love, forgiveness, and the stifling effect the "code of silence" has over men and their relationships. Each encounter both clarifies and further clouds the truth that haunts Harry. But can Harry confront that truth? Can he ever attain forgiveness and regain a love he believes he has already destroyed?
Release Date: April 16, 2010 (limited)
Studio: Paranoid Pictures
Director: Banksy, Shepard Fairey
Screenwriter: Not Available
Starring: Banksy, Shepard Fairey
Genre: Documentary
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Official Website: Banksyfilm.com
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Plot Summary: "Exit Through the Gift Shop," the first film by renowned graffiti artist Banksy, became the hottest ticket at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival where it made its world debut. Banksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation whose work can be seen on walls from post—hurricane New Orleans to the separation barrier on the Palestinian West Bank. Fiercely guarding his anonymity to avoid prosecution, Banksy has so far resisted all attempts to be captured on film. "Exit Through the Gift Shop" tells the incredible true story of how an eccentric French shop keeper turned documentary maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner – with spectacular results. The film contains exclusive footage of Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Invader and many of the world's most infamous graffiti artists at work, on walls and in interview. As Banksy describes it, "It's basically the story of how one man set out to film the un—filmable. And failed."
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Release Date: April 9, 2010 (limited)
Studio: Screen Media Ventures
Director: Peter Bratt
Screenwriter: Peter Bratt
Starring: Benjamin Bratt, Erika Alexander, Jeremy Ray Valdez, Jesse Borrego, Talisa Soto Bratt
Genre: Drama
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Official Website: LaMissionthemovie.com
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Plot Summary: "La Mission" is the story of Che Rivera (Benjamin Bratt), a San Francisco bus driver respected in his Mission district barrio for building beautiful low rider cars, yet feared for his tough and machismo ways.
A reformed inmate and recovering alcoholic, Che's path to redemption is tested when he discovers that his pride and joy--his only child, Jesse (Jeremy Ray Valdez)--is gay. In a homophobic rage, Che violently beats his son, disowning him. Out of pride, Che loses his son – the "best friend he's got" – and once again loses himself. Emotionally broken and vulnerable, Che is left isolated and alone.
In a cathartic moment on the mean streets of the Mission, Che realizes that his patriarchal pride is meaningless to him, and that in order to maintain it, he has sacrificed the one thing that he cherishes most – love.
Release Date: April 9, 2010 (NY)
Studio: The Cinema Guild
Director: Maren Ade
Screenwriter: Maren Ade
Starring: Lars Eidinger, Birgit Minichmayr
Genre: Drama, Romance
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Plot Summary: On the surface, Chris (Lars Eidinger) and Gitti (Birgit Minichmayr/"The White Ribbon," "Cherry Blossoms," "Downfall") are a young German couple enjoying the sun and relaxation of a Mediterranean holiday. But as they spend more time alone with each other, their playful teasing and silly habits begin to reveal some fundamental differences between them. And when they accidentally run into another, clearly happier and more successful couple, the tensions between them erupt.
"Everyone Else" is about a new relationship that hasn't yet endured much," notes writer-director Maren Ade. "The ground rules haven't been set and both partners are still afraid to completely expose themselves. I was intrigued by this newly created, intricate and unique entity that two people form when they become a couple-a chaotic meshwork of desires, secrets, demands, power structures and rituals."
Release Date: April 9, 2010
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Director: Shawn Levy
Screenwriter: Josh Klausner
Starring: Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Mark Wahlberg, James Franco, Leighton Meester, Common, Taraji Henson, Kristen Wiig, Ray Liotta, Mila Kunis, Mark Ruffalo, William Fichtner, Olivia Munn
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for sexual and crude content throughout, language, some violence and a drug reference)
Official Website: DateNightthemovie.com
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Plot Summary: Action-comedy maestro Shawn Levy, the director of the blockbuster "Night at the Museum" franchise, teams up with two of the comedy world's biggest talents, Steve Carell ("The 40-Year-Old Virgin," "The Office") and Tina Fey ("Baby Mama," "30 Rock," "SNL") for an adventure that turns a run-of-the-mill married couple's date upside down - way upside down, in "Date Night."
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Release Date: April 9, 2010 (limited)
Studio: Anchor Bay Films
Director: Agnieszka Vosloo
Screenwriter: Agnieszka Vosloo
Starring: Christina Ricci, Liam Neeson, Justin Long, Josh Charles, Chandler Canterbury
Genre: Psychological Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for nudity, disturbing images, language and brief sexuality)
Official Website: AfterLifethefilm.com
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Plot Summary: After a horrific car accident, Anna (Christina Ricci) wakes up to find the local funeral director Eliot Deacon (Liam Neeson) preparing her body for her funeral. Confused, terrified and feeling still very much alive, Anna doesn't believe she's dead, despite the funeral director's reassurances that she is merely in transition to the afterlife. Eliot convinces her he has the ability to communicate with the dead and is the only one who can help her. Trapped inside the funeral home, with nobody to turn to except Eliot, Anna is forced to face her deepest fears and accept her own death. But Anna's grief—stricken boyfriend Paul (Justin Long) still can't shake the nagging suspicion that Eliot isn't what he appears to be. As the funeral nears, Paul gets closer to unlocking the disturbing truth, but it could be too late; Anna may have already begun to cross over the other side. With an unrelenting edge of menace, "After.Life" is a stylish psychological thriller which provocatively questions the line between life and death.
Release Date: April 2, 2010 (limited)
Studio: Magnet Releasing (Magnolia Pictures)
Director: Peter Ho-Sun Chan
Screenwriter: Xu Lan, Chun Tin Nam, Aubrey Lam
Starring: Jet Li, Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro
Genre: Action, Drama, War
MPAA Rating: R (for sequences of strong violence)
Official Website: Warlordsmovie.com
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Plot Summary: "Warlords" is set in the midst of war and political upheaval during the Taiping Rebellion of the 1860s. Jet Li stars as General Pang, who after a surviving a massacre of his fellow soldiers by playing dead, joins a band of bandits led by Er Hu (Lau) and Wu Yang (Kaneshiro). After fighting back attackers from an helpless village, the three men take an oath to become "blood brothers," pledging loyalty to one another until death, but things quickly turn sour and the three men become embroiled in a web of political deceit, and a love triangle between Pang, Er Hu and a beautiful courtesan (Wu Jing-Lei).
Release Date: April 2, 2010 (limited)
Studio: Oscilloscope Laboratories
Director: Michel Gondry
Screenwriter: Not Available
Starring: Suzette Gondry, Jean-Yves
Genre: Documentary
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Plot Summary: Michel Gondry's documentary is a personal look at the life of Gondry family matriarch, his aunt Suzette Gondry, and her relationship with her son, Jean-Yves. Michel examines Suzette's years as a school teacher and her life in rural France. During the course of filming the documentary, Michel unearths new family stories and uses his camera to explore them in a subtle and sensitive way.
Release Date: April 2, 2010
Studio: MGM
Director: Alejandro Agresti
Screenwriter: Not Available
Starring: Camilla Belle, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Al Pacino, Jessica Lange, Diogo Morgado
Genre: Drama
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Plot Summary: Camilla Belle ("Push," "10,000 BC") will star as the titular character and will be joined by Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the dual roles of Gabriel and Lucifer and Peter O'Toole as Symeon.
Al Pacino and Jessica Lange are in talks to play Herod and Anna the Prophetess.
Release Date: April 2, 2010 (limited)
Studio: Paladin
Director: Shana Feste
Screenwriter: Shana Feste
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Susan Sarandon, Carey Mulligan, Aaron Johnson, Johnny Simmons, Zoe Kravitz, Michael Shannon
Genre: Drama
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Plot Summary: "The Greatest" tells the story of Allen and Grace Brewer, a grief-stricken couple whose family has been pushed to the breaking point by the death of their older son, Bennett, in a car crash. When a young woman, Rose, shows up a few months later announcing that she is pregnant with Bennett's child, the Brewer's are forced to take her in. At first, Rose's presence threatens to tear the family even further apart but, eventually, her interaction with each of the Brewers proves to be the very thing that brings them back together.
Release Date: April 2, 2010 (limited)
Studio: Image Entertainment
Director: Jake Goldberger
Screenwriter: Jake Goldberger
Starring: Thomas Haden Church, Elisabeth Shue, Melissa Leo, M. Emmet Walsh, Keith David
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for language and some violence)
Official Website: DonMcKaymovie.com
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Plot Summary: In this edgy thriller, Don McKay (Thomas Haden Church, "Sideways") flees his hometown after a horrendous tragedy and vows never to return. But 25 years later he comes back to find a dark menace looming over the town. As he attempts to rekindle his romance with an old high school girlfriend (Elisabeth Shue, "Leaving Las Vegas"), Don is pulled into a malevolent world from which he may never escape.
