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.