Director Stephen Daldry (THE HOURS) brings another literary neo-classic to the screen with this adaptation of a novel by Bernhard Schlink. In post-World-War-II Germany, an illness brings together 15-year-old Michael and the much older Hanna (Kate Winslet), and their chance encounter begins a forbidden romance. Soon Hanna vanishes without warning, but they are reunited almost a decade later when he discovers that she is on trial for war crimes.
Sophie Kinsella’s beloved bestseller gets the silver screen treatment with this comedy that transports the novel’s action from London to another world shopping capital: New York City. Isla Fisher (WEDDING CRASHERS) stars as Rebecca Bloomwood, a friendly fashionista whose star as a journalist is ascending–but not as fast as her credit card debt.
In TIMECRIMES, a lazy afternoon spent in a lawn chair turns exciting when a man glimpses a naked woman through his binoculars. But when he goes in search of the beauty, he instead runs into a strange man whose face is wrapped in a bandage, and this encounter brings him into contact with a machine that can transport him through time. This Spanish sci-fi thriller drew raves in its festival run, and the inevitable English-language remake is in the works.
Wayne Kramer (THE COOLER) directs a cast of heavyweights in this drama about the immigrant experience in modern-day Los Angeles. CROSSING OVER features the talents of Harrison Ford, Sean Penn, Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd, and Cliff Curtis with a script from Kramer.
This offbeat comedy from Norway follows elderly Odd Horten (Baard Owe), a man who has just entered forced retirement. Though he no longer is able to ride the rails as a train engineer, he embarks on some very strange and entertaining journeys. Bent Hamer (KITCHEN STORIES, FACTOTUM) directs O’HORTEN, which played at the film festivals in Cannes and Toronto.
Che Part 2: Guerilla opens December 12th, 2008 (limited)
Oscar winner Benicio Del Toro picked up a Best Actor statuette at Cannes for his role as the iconic revolutionary Che Guevara in this two-part film. The second section, GUERILLA, focuses on Che’s life after his victories in the Cuban Revolution, as he begins to plan a continent-wide uprising. This award-winning film is directed by Steven Soderbergh.
Tom Hanks and Ron Howard unite for their fourth pairing with this follow-up to THE DA VINCI CODE. Hanks returns to the role of Robert Langdon in this film based on ANGELS & DEMONS, Brown’s first novel to feature the now-famous symbiologist.