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Directed by Christian Carion (Joyeux Noël)
Starring Guillaume Canet (director and star of Tell No One)
and Emir Kusturica (star of The Widow of Saint-Pierre & director of Underground)
The Washington Post‘s Review Got It Wrong!
“The movie is stunningly intelligent; the concluding passages, in which the game abruptly ends for both men, are frightening and, finally, very moving.”
– David Denby, The New Yorker
“IRRESISTIBLE … ARRESTING … FASCINATING!”
– Mick LaSalle, The San Francisco Chronicle
“Christian Caron’s twisty thriller sports a smart sophistication along with an amazing story that’s all the more remarkable for its relative anonymity in history books.”
– Glenn Whipp, The Los Angeles Times
“A refreshing reminder in the age of the Bourne movies that spies are real people leading everyday lives.”
– Stephen Holden, The New York Times
Engaging, emotional and riveting, FAREWELL is an intricate and highly intelligent thriller pulled from the pages of history– about an ordinary man thrust into the biggest theft of Soviet information of the Cold War. Ronald Reagan called this piece of history – largely unknown until now, “one of the most important espionage cases of the 20th century.”
Directed by Christian Carion, the Academy Award® nominated filmmaker of JOYEUX NÖEL (Merry Christmas), FAREWELL begins in 1981, after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. A French businessman based in Moscow, Pierre Froment, (French director Guillaume Canet, TELL NO ONE), makes an unlikely connection with Grigoriev, (Palme d’Or and Golden Bear winner Emir Kusturica, UNDERGROUND) a senior KGB officer disenchanted with what the Communist ideal has become under Brezhnev. Grigoriev begins passing Froment highly sensitive information about the Soviet spy network in the US.
113 min • Not Rated • in French & Russian w/ English subtitles
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Starring Rachel Weisz
Written/Directed by Alejandro Amenábar
“Alejandro Amenábar’s absorbing historical drama, proves that, in an era of movies made for iPhones with artistic ambitions to match, there are still filmmakers willing to swing for the fences.”
– Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
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“The skeptical and the secular also need stories of martyrdom and rousing acts of cinematic preaching.”
– A.O. Scott, New York Times
A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hopes of pursuing freedom while also falling in love with his master, the famous female philosophy professor and atheist Hypatia of Alexandria.
127 min • Not Rated • Official Site • Watch the trailer:
Starring Academy Award® Winner JULIA ROBERTS
Academy Award® Winner JAVIER BARDEM
Academy Award® Nominee RICHARD JENKINS
Academy Award® Nominee VIOLA DAVIS
BILLY CRUDUP & JAMES FRANCO
“A sumptuous and leisurely adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-selling memoir of post-divorce globe-trotting … An easygoing and generous blend of wish fulfillment, vicarious luxury, wry humor and spiritual uplift, with a star, Julia Roberts, who elicits both envy and empathy.”
– A.O. Scott, New York Times [read the review]
“It provides a gorgeous escape, exquisitely photographed and full of female wish fulfillment. Yet it also offers sufficient emotional heft and self-discovery to make you feel as if you’ve actually learned something.”
– Christy Lemire, Associated Press
“Julia Roberts still flashes that dazzling smile at precisely the right moments to endear but those moments are effectively chosen. No doubt it will be remembered in awards season.”
– Steve Persall, St. Petersburg Times
Read the New York Times Feature on Creator of Nip/Tuck & Glee and Eat Pray Love Director Ryan Murphy!
Liz Gilbert (Roberts) had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having – a husband, a house, a successful career – yet like so many others, she found herself lost, confused, and searching for what she really wanted in life. Newly divorced and at a crossroads, Gilbert steps out of her comfort zone, risking everything to change her life, embarking on a journey around the world that becomes a quest for self-discovery. In her travels, she discovers the true pleasure of nourishment by eating in Italy; the power of prayer in India, and, finally and unexpectedly, the inner peace and balance of true love in Bali. Based upon the bestselling memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert.
140 min • Rated PG-13 • Official Site • Watch the trailer:
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