Shit Year

Cam Archer's Shit Year (US, 2010) - 3/10 - Ellen Barkin stars as an actress whose life become aimless after she decide to retire. This not so engaging black and white indie flick premiered at 2010CANdf. 

The Railway Man

Jonathan Teplitzsky's The Railway Man ( UK, 2013) - 6/10 - based on true story about a British soldier who survive WW II but must confront his Japanese torturer, 35 years later. Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman stars. 2013SANSic, 2013TOR. 

Finding Vivian Maier

John Maloof's Finding Vivian Maier (US, 2013) - 7/10 - after winning a box full of photograph and thousands of film negatives on an auction, a man try to find the story behind it. 2013TOR, 2014BERp, 2014PALM

The Danish Girl - new trans sexual drama from Tom Hooper

After teaming withWorking Titlepartners Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner onLes Miserables, director Tom Hooper and actor Eddie Redmayne are reuniting with them on The Danish Girl, a film inspired by the novel written by David Ebershoff. The film is a love story about Danish painters Einar Wegener and his wife Gerda. In 1930, Wegener was one of the first men ever to undergo operations to become a woman.

My Old Classmate beats competitions in Chinese BO

CHINA BOX OFFICE: Local romantic drama My Old Classmate beat Donnie Yen action drama Iceman 3D and Captain America: Winter Soldier at the Chinese box office last weekend, grossing $17.31m in its first three days.

Spanish Affair breaks Spanish BO record

Spanish Affair breaks Spanish BO records in Spain becomes the second highest grossing film of all time behind Avatar. 

Walking With The Enemy

Mark Schmidt's Walking With The Enemy ( Hungary, 2013) - 7/10 - Based on true story about a young Jewish Hungarian man who impersonate Nazi officer and saved many lives at the end of WW II Hungary. 

Fish

Dervis Zaim's Fish (Turkey, 2014) - 7/10 - 

Things turn deadly when a fisherman in small Turkish village resort to illegal fishing method. 

2014 IIFA Award Winners

Winners of IIFA Awards 2014

Best Film
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Best Director
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male)
Farhan Akhtar - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Best Perfomance in a Leading Role (Female)
Deepika Padukone - Chennai Express

Best Performance in a Comic Role
Arshad Warsi - Jolly L.L.B

Best Performance in Supporting Role (Male)
Aditya Roy Kapoor - Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

Best Performance in Supporting Role (Female)
Divya Dutta - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Best Debutant Award
Dhanush - Raanjhanaa

Best Performance in a Negative Role
Rishi Kapoor - D Day

Best Story
Prasoon Joshi - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Best Playback Singer (Male)
Arijit Singh - Tum Hi Ho (Aashiqui 2)

Best Playback Singer (Female)
Shreya Ghoshal - Sun Raha Hai (Aashiqui 2)

Best Lyrics
Mithoon - Tum Hi Ho (Aashiqui 2)

Best Music Director
Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari, Jeet Ganguly - Aashiqui 2

Best Entertainer of the Year Award
Deepika Padukone

Outstanding Contribution to Indian Cinema
Shatrughan Sinha

Fire Storm

Alan Yuen's Fire a Storm (Hong Kong, 2013) 6/10 a violent cop and robber thriller stars Andy Lau

Nymphomsniac Volume 2

Lars Von Trier's Nymphomaniac Volume 2 (Denmark, 2013) 7/10 

Make Your Move

Make Your Move 5/10 Derek Hough and BoA stars in generic rip off of Step Up series

2 States

Arjun Kapoor and Alia Bhatt stars as two star cross lovers. 8/10

American Hustle

David O Russell's American Hustle (US, 2013) - 9/10 

After Tiller

Martha Shane's After Tiller (US, 2013) - 9/10 - Debuting helmers Martha Shane and Lana Wilson manage a rare feat in "After Tiller," making a calm, humanist docu about a hot-button topic: third-trimester abortions and the last four doctors in the U.S. who perform them. Now the top targets of the anti-abortion movement, these two men and two women were former colleagues of Kansas physician George Tiller, who was assassinated as he attended church in May 2009. Well contextualized and sensitively shot with extraordinary access, the pic reflects the personal, moral and ethical struggles of the doctors as well as their patients, and deserves the widest possible audience. 2013SUN.

12 Years A Slave

Steve McQueen's 12 Years A Slave ( US, 2013) - 9/10

I Origins

Mike Cahill's I Origins (US, 2014) - 9/10

Anvil! The Story of Anvil

Sacha Gervasi's Anvil! the Story of Anvil (US, 2009) - 7/10 - bitter sweet docs on Toronto most influential but under appreciated Heavy Metal rock group from the 80s. 

The Raid 2

Gareth Evans' The Raid 2 (Indonesia, 2014) - 8/10 - ultra violence action flick about undercover cop trying to infiltrate mob organizations in Jakarta

Surfwise

Doug Pray's Surfwise (US, 2007) - 7/10 - surprisingly entertaining, inspiring and philosophical look at the life of surfer guru Dorian Paskowitz and his unconventional ways rearing his 9 children. 

The Unknown Known

Errol Morris' The Unknown Known (US, 2013) - 7/10 - informative docs on the political career of Donald Rumsfeld from late 60s to 00s

My Neighbor, My Killer

Anne Aghion's My Neighbor, My Killer ( Rwanda, 2009) - 6/10 - well meaning but tedious documentary about the aftermath of Rwandan genocide from the point of view of its perpetrator and victims as they try to rebuild their lives. 

Aileen Wuornos: Life and Death of a Serial Killers

Nick Broomfield's Aileen Wuornos Life and Death of a Serial Killer ( US, 2002) - 7/10 - second and final chapter of Niick Broomfield's exploration on Aileen Wuornos, mentally Ill serial killer who killed 7 men.

Le Week-End

Roger Michell's Le Week-End (UK, 2013) - 6/10 - a British couple try to rejuvenate their relationship by spending the weekend in Paris, the place of their honeymoon, after bring married for 30 years. 

Oculus

Mike Flanagan's Oculus (US, 2014) - 6/10 - a young woman try to proved that her younger brother has nothing to do with the death of their parent instead it is cause by the cursed mirror in their house. 

Joe

David Gordon Green's Joe (US, 2013) - 6/10 - a bleak coming of age story set in the south where a man with a dark past become a father figure and symbol of hope to a poor young boy from a broken home 

Nymphomaniac Volume 1

Lars Von Trier's Nymphomaniac Volume 1 (Denmark. 2013) - 7/10 - once again pushing the limits of sex in cinema, the always controversial director explore the world of nymphomaniac with an all stars cast include Charlotte Gainsburg and Shia Le Beouf 

F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu

F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu ( Germany, 1922) - 9/10 - a classic silent retelling if Bram Stoker's Dracula. 

Main Tera Hero

David Dhawan's Main Tera Hero (India, 2014) - 5/10 - a very charismatic Varun Dhawan second outing is a disappointing not do charming Bollywood Masala. 

Captain America

Anthony Russo's Captain America: The Winter Soldier (US, 2014) - 7/10 - better than average super hero movie, in this  latest entry, Captain America must fight to save the world from mad politician who try to get world domination.