Watch Le Havre (2011) Online

Le HavreIn this warmhearted portrait of the French harbor city that gives the film its name, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa (Blondin Miguel) into the path of Marcel Marx (André Wilms), a well-spoken bohemian who works as a shoeshiner. With innate optimism and the unwavering support of his community, Marcel stands up to officials doggedly pursuing the boy for deportation.

A political fairy tale that exists somewhere between the reality of contemporary France and the classic cinema of Jean-Pierre Melville and Marcel Carné, Le Havre is a charming, deadpan delight. -- (C) Official Site

Unrated, 1 hr. 33 min.
Drama, Comedy
Directed By: Aki Kaurismäki
Written By: Aki Kaurismäki
In Theaters: Oct 21, 2011 Limited

 7.2

Le Havre (2013)

Watch A Separation (2011) Online

A SeparationSet in contemporary Iran, A Separation is a compelling drama about the dissolution of a marriage. Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh. Simin sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father.

Her request having failed, Simin returns to her parents' home, but Termeh decides to stay with Nader. When Nader hires a young woman to assist with his father in his wife's absence, he hopes that his life will return to a normal state. However, when he discovers that the new maid has been lying to him, he realizes that there is more on the line than just his marriage. -- (C) Sony Pictures Classics

PG-13, 2 hr. 3 min.
Art House & International, Drama
Directed By: Asghar Farhadi
Written By: Asghar Farhadi
In Theaters: Dec 30, 2011 Limited

 8.5

A Separation (2013)

Watch Leap Year (2011) Online

Leap Year Laura is 25 years old. She's a journalist, she's single and lives in a small apartment in Mexico City. After a series of short-lived affairs, Laura meets Arturo. After the first time they make love, she is left deeply unsettled.

They embark on an intense and passionate sexual relationship, in which pleasure, pain and love merge. As days go by which Laura conscientiously crosses out in a calendar, her secret past resurfaces, pushing Arturo to the limit. -- (C) Strand

Unrated, 1 hr. 34 min.
Art House & International, Drama
Directed By: Michael Rowe
Written By: Lucia Carreras, Michael Rowe
In Theaters: Jun 24, 2011 Limited

 6.2

Leap Year (2013)

Watch Louder Than A Bomb (2011) Online

Louder Than A BombLouder Than a Bomb tells the story of four Chicago high school poetry teams as they prepare to compete in the world's largest youth slam. By turns hopeful and heartbreaking, the film captures the turbulent lives of these unforgettable kids, exploring the ways writing shapes their world, and vice versa. Louder Than a Bomb is not about "high school poetry" as we often think of it.

It's about language as a joyful release, irrepressibly talented teenagers obsessed with making words dance. While the topics they tackle are often deeply personal, what they put into their poems-and what they get out of them-is universal: the defining work of finding one's voice. -- (C) Official Site

Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min.
Documentary, Special Interest
Directed By: Greg Jacobs , Jon Siskel
In Theaters: May 18, 2011 Limited

 6.4

Louder Than A Bomb (2013)

Watch Thunder Soul (2011) Online

Thunder SoulPresented by Jamie Foxx, Thunder Soul follows the extraordinary alumni from Houston's storied Kashmere High School Stage Band, who return home after 35 years to play a tribute concert for the 92-year-old "Prof," their beloved band leader who broke the color barrier and transformed the school's struggling jazz band into a world-class funk powerhouse in the early 1970s. -- (C) Official Site

PG, 1 hr. 23 min.
Documentary, Musical & Performing Arts, Special Interest
Directed By: Mark Landsman
In Theaters: Sep 23, 2011 Limited

 6.8

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Watch Hell and Back Again (2011) Online

Hell and Back AgainA master filmmaker and photographer, Danfung Dennis follows 25-year-old Marine Sgt. Nathan Harris on his most difficult mission: coming home after being seriously wounded in Afghanistan. Embedded with Harris's unit during their assault on a Taliban stronghold, Dennis brilliantly toggles between the intense experience of war, stunningly photographed by the director himself, and the challenges of re-adjusting to civilian life in small town North Carolina.

Hell and Back Again brings the war home in ways that make gun-toting soldiering look like a day at the beach compared with the physical and psychic scars that manifest upon returning home. -- (C) Docurama

Unrated, 1 hr. 28 min.
Documentary, Action & Adventure, Special Interest
Directed By: Danfung Dennis
In Theaters: Oct 5, 2011 Limited

 6.3

Hell and Back Again (2013)

Watch Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness (2011) Online

Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness A riveting portrait of the great writer whose stories became the basis of the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof. Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness tells the tale of the rebellious genius who created an entirely new literature.

Plumbing the depths of a Jewish world locked in crisis and on the cusp of profound change, he captured that world with brilliant humor. Sholem Aleichem was not just a witness to the creation of a new modern Jewish identity, but one of the very men who forged it. --(c) International Film Circuit

Unrated, 1 hr. 33 min.
Documentary, Special Interest
Directed By: Joseph Dorman
In Theaters: Jul 8, 2011 Limited

 6.1

Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness (2013)

Watch We Were Here (2011) Online

We Were HereWe Were Here documents the coming of what was called the "Gay Plague" in the early 1980s. It illuminates the profound personal and community issues raised by the AIDS epidemic as well as the broad political and social upheavals it unleashed.

It offers a cathartic validation for the generation that suffered through, and responded to, the onset of AIDS. It opens a window of understanding to those who have only the vaguest notions of what transpired in those years. It provides insight into what society could, and should, offer its citizens in the way of medical care, social services, and community support. -- (C) Official Site

Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.
Documentary
Directed By: David Weissman , Bill Weber (V)
In Theaters: Sep 9, 2011 Limited

 7.6

We Were Here (2013)

Watch Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone (2011) Online

Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone From the shifting faultlines of Hollywood fantasies and the economic and racial tensions of Reagan's America, Fishbone rose to become one of the most original bands of the last 25 years. With a blistering combination of punk and funk they demolished the walls of genre and challenged the racial stereotypes and political order of the music industry and the nation.

Telling it like it is, the iconic Laurence Fishburne narrates Everyday Sunshine, a story about music, history, fear, courage and funking on the one. At the heart of the film's story is lead singer Angelo Moore and bassist Norwood Fisher who show how they keep the band rolling out of pride, desperation and love for their art. To overcome money woes, family strife, and the strain of being aging Punk rockers on the road, Norwood and Angelo are challenged to re-invent themselves in the face of dysfunction and ghosts from a painful past. -- (C) Official Site

Unrated, 1 hr. 43 min.
Musical & Performing Arts, Documentary
Directed By: Lev Anderson , Chris Metzler
Written By: Lev Anderson, Chris Metzler
In Theaters: Oct 7, 2011 Limited

 7.2

Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone (2013)

Watch The Interrupters (2011)

The InterruptersThe Interrupters tells the moving and surprising stories of three Violence Interrupters who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed. From acclaimed director Steve James and bestselling author Alex Kotlowitz, this film is an unusually intimate journey into the stubborn persistence of violence in our cities. Shot over the course of a year out of Kartemquin Films, The Interrupters captures a period in Chicago when it became a national symbol for the violence in our cities.

During that period, the city was besieged by high-profile incidents, most notably the brutal beating of Derrion Albert, a Chicago High School student, whose death was caught on videotape. The film's main subjects work for an innovative organization, CeaseFire, which believes that the spread of violence mimics the spread of infectious diseases, and so the treatment should be similar: go after the most infected, and stop the infection at its source. --(C) Official Site

Unrated, 2 hr. 5 min.
Documentary, Special Interest
Directed By: Steve James
Written By: Alex Kotlowitz
In Theaters: Jul 29, 2011 Limited

 7.5

The Interrupters (2013)

Watch Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)

Jiro Dreams of SushiJiro Dreams of Sushi is the story of 85 year-old Jiro Ono, considered by many to be the world's greatest sushi chef. He is the proprietor of Sukiyabashi Jiro, a 10-seat, sushi-only restaurant inauspiciously located in a Tokyo subway station.

Despite its humble appearances, it is the first restaurant of its kind to be awarded a prestigious 3 star Michelin review, and sushi lovers from around the globe make repeated pilgrimage, calling months in advance and shelling out top dollar for a coveted seat at Jiro's sushi bar.At the heart of this story is Jiro's relationship with his eldest son Yoshikazu, the worthy heir to Jiro's legacy, who is unable to live up to his full potential in his father's shadow. -- (C) Magnolia

PG, 1 hr. 21 min.
Documentary, Art House & International, Special Interest
Directed By: David Gelb
In Theaters: Mar 9, 2012 Limited

 7.8

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