Non-Stop

Jaume Collet Serra's Non-Stop (US, 2014) - 7/10 - a mildly entertaining action thriller stars Liam Neeson as US Air Marshal who must fight unknown threat on board of nonstop flight to London. 

2014 Cesar Award Winners

The Cesar Award winners: 

BEST FILM
“”Me, Myself And Mum,” Guillaume Gallienne
BEST FIRST FILM
“Me, Myself And Mum,” Guillaume Gallienne
BEST DIRECTOR
Roman Polanski, “Venus in Fur”
BEST FOREIGN FILM
“The Broken Circle Breakdown,” Felix van Groeningen
BEST ACTRESS
Sandrine Kiberlain, “Nine-Month Stretch”
BEST ACTOR
Guillaume Gallienne, “Me, Myself and Mum”
BEST FEMALE NEWCOMER
Adèle Exarchopoulos, “Blue Is The Warmest Color”
BEST MALE NEWCOMER
Pierre Deladonchamps, “Stranger by the Lake”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Niels Arestrup, “The French Minister”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Adele Haenel, “Suzanne”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Albert Dupontel, “Nine-Month Stretch”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Guilaume Gallienne, “Me, Myself and Mum”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Thomas Hardmeier, “The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet”
BEST EDITING
Valérie Deseine,”Me, Myself and Mum”
BEST COSTUMES
Pascaline Chavanne, “Renoir”
BEST DECORS
Stephane Rozenbaum, “Mood Indigo”
BEST ANIMATED FILM
“Loulou l’incroyable secret,” Eric Omond

Highway

Randeep Hooda and Alia Bhatt in Imtiaz Ali's Highway. The film exploring Stockholm Syndrome with Bollywood twist. 

2 States

Arjun Kapoor and Alia Bhatt in Abhisek Varman new film 2 States

The Forbidden Christ AKA Strange Deception

Curzio Malaparte's The Forbidden Christ (Italy, 1951) - 9/10 - winning top award at both Berlin and Cannes Film Festival in 1951, this Italian Masterpiece is about a man who return home after years spent in Russian POW camp to avenge the death of his partisan brother in the hand of German after the betrayal of one of the villager. Curzio Malaparte, a controversial, Italian author and intellectual, whose works at various times condemned by both Benito Mussolini and The Vatican, make this film, his only film he ever directed. 

Child's Pose

Calin Peter Netzer's Child's Pose (Romania, 2013) - 8/10 - an upper class woman try to save her son from manslaughter charge using her connection. 2013 Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear Winner. 

Like Father, Like Son

Hirokazu Kore Eda's Like Father Like Son (Japan, 2013) a powerful look at the life of two family turn upside down when they find out that their sons were switch at birth. 9/10

Wolf Creek 2

Mick Taylor, Australia’s very own movie boogieman, returns to his outback hunting ground for a fresh round of giggling brutality and torture porn. The original Wolf Creek(2005) is on the all-time Top 100 local box office list and made a decent $A30m worldwide. Mick’s deeply sadistic return gets a wide 217-screen release and plenty of upfront publicity. Image Entertainment has acquired North American rights and US and UK release dates are expected soon.

The Darkside

Warwick Thornton's The Darkside (Australia, 2013) is about aboriginal  people retelling their ghost stories 4/10 2014BERf

DOUBLE FEATURE: East Germany through the Looking Glass

Wolfgang Becker's Good Bye Lenin ! (Germany, 2003) - A young man, Daniel Bruhl in star making performance, must hide the fact that East Germany has fallen from his mother because of her weak health in this great family drama. Premiered at 2003 Berlin Film Festival and nominated for ten 2003 German Film Award.

Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck's The Lives of Others (Germany, 2006) - Set in 1984 East Berlin, this flawlessly acted masterpiece about a love triangle between a Stasi agent and the subject of his surveillance, a writer and his girlfriend. Winner of 2007 Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film. Nominated for eleven 2006 German Film Award.

DOUBLE FEATURE: Wong Kar Wai's Masterpieces - A Chinese Love Story

Wong Kar Wai's Happy Together (1997, Hong Kong) - Two men tries to save their troubled relationship stars Tony Leung and Leslie Cheung. Tony Leung won 1997 Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award and nominated for nine 1998 Hong Kong Film Award

Wong Kar Wai's In The Mood For Love -a man and a woman fall in love after meeting each other because suspecting their spouses having extra marital affair set in early 60s Hong Kong stars Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung. Won Best Aator Award at 2000 Cannes Film Festival and Nominated for twelve 2001 Hong Kong Film Award

DOUBLE FEATURE: Herzog - In The Edge of Madness

Werner Herzog's Aguirre The Wrath of God (Germany, 1972) - Spanish explorer doomed expedition to South America searching for El Dorado stars Klaus Kinski. Nominated for three 1973 German Film Award.

Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo (Germany, 1982) - The story of Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an extremely determined man who intends to build an opera house in the middle of a jungle. Won Best Director Award at 1982 CANNES Film Festival, 1982NYFF, 1982SANSic, 1982TEL, 2013LOCpg. 

DOUBLE FEATURE: Roland Joffe's 80s Masterpieces

The Killing Fields (1984) a powerful look at friendship between an American war photographer and his Cambodian interpreter in the bloody end of Cambodian War. Nominated for seven 1985 Academy Award.

The Mission (1986) a Spanish Jesuit leads the South American Indian tribe to fight the advancing Portuguese army in 18th Century South America starring Robert De Niro and Jeremy Irons. Won Palm d'Or at 1986 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for seven 1987 Academy Award.