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All Your Dead Ones
Colombia, 2011, 88 min.
A suspenseful social thriller in which a Colombian farmer finds a pile of dead bodies in his cornfield. When no one wants to go to the trouble of conducting a serious investigation, his predicament becomes increasingly absurd.... more
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Bullhead
Belgium, 2011, 124 min.
As astoundingly muscular in style as it is in subject, this assured debut drama is anchored by a mesmerizing performance from Matthias Schoenaerts as a steroid-addicted Belgian cattle farmer tangled up in the illegal trade in growth-hormone-laced beef.... more
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Elena
Russia, 2011, 109 min.
An engrossing yarn about a coveted inheritance, cruel class differences and quietly monstrous misdeeds, Elena paints a chilling portrait of Russia’s post-Communist consumer society as culture entirely lacking in morality. Winner: Special Jury Prize, A Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival.... more
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Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
Brazil, 2010, 115 min.
A top cop’s spectacular war on Rio drug gangs uncovers a web of corruption. The highest-grossing Brazilian film ever, this sequel to Padilha’s 2007 hit offers the heart-pounding adrenalin rush of the best action films without sacrificing complexity and realism.... more
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Expiration Date
Mexico, 2011, 100 min.
When Ramona’s adult son disappears, she believes her new neighbor Mariana will lead her to him, but Mariana has a secret….This macabre black comedy offers three conflicting perspectives on a tragic tale. Winner: Audience Award, Morelia Film Festival.... more
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Gypsy
Slovak Republic, 2011, 107 min.
The bruising life of a Roma teen takes on shades of Hamlet in this poignant and beautifully rendered humanist drama, spliced with moments of magical realism. Winner: Special Jury Prize, Karlovy Vary Film Festival.... more
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Headhunters
Norway, 2011, 100 min.
A stylish, pacy and sometimes blackly funny adaptation of Jo Nesbo's bestselling Norwegian thriller. When a successful headhunter with a duplicitous life as a con artist seizes on agreat opportunity, nothing goes quite according to plan. ... more
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Lena
Netherlands, 2011, 119 min.
This emotionally engaging coming-of-age tale features one of the most complex and endearing teen heroines of recent years. Christophe van Rompaey (Moscow, Belgium) directs with tenderness and empathy.... more
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Miss Bala
Mexico, 2011, 113 min.
Gerardo Naranjo’s gritty and stylish thriller tells the story of Laura, a young Tijuana woman who enters a local beauty contest but ends up being forced to work for the local crime syndicate by the quietly menacing druglord Lino.... more
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Omar Killed Me
Morocco, 2011, 85 min.
An Arab worker becomes the scapegoat for a brutal murder in this gripping thriller based on one of the most shocking miscarriages of French justice in the last 20 years. Zem’s film shines a revealing light on racism, class problems and prejudice.... more
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Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Turkey, 2011, 157 min.
If Samuel Beckett has written a crime movie, it might have resembled this somber, subtle comedy, a morbid, melancholy road trip in which a confessed killer searches for the body he buried. Winner: Grand Jury Prize, Cannes Film Festival.... more
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Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
USA, 2011, 106 min.
The third part of the landmark HBO documentary series contesting the murder conviction of three Arkansas men brings the case to a shocking conclusion. Winner: Best Documentary 2011, National Board of Review.... more
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Return to Murder
Malaysia, 2011, 97 min.
Kickboxing mixes with family drama, blood, and mysticism in this revenge tale with echoes of King Lear. Although it contains scenes of disturbing violence, it also serves up a feast of haunting archetypes amid gorgeous natural scenery. ... more
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The Rif Lover
Morocco, 2011, 90 min.
A bold, visually ravishing tale of women struggling against the bonds of tradition as a beautiful but naïve 20-year-old falls into the clutches of a drug baron.... more
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The Snows of Kilimanjaro
France, 2011, 107 min.
Veteran Guediguian – Marseilles’s answer to Mike Leigh – delivers a potent, moving slice of life as an aging trade unionist and his wife try to come to terms with a traumatic home invasion – and the knowledge that they know the perpetrator.... more
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The Tall Man
Australia, 2011, 80 min.
A riveting and tragic true crime story set against the backdrop of Palm Island, a small Aboriginal community on the edge of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.Beautifully filmed and movingly told, this is a truly unforgettable documentary.... more
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Thin Ice
USA, 2011, 114 min.
Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin, and Billy Crudup are all superb in Sprecher’s ingeniously structured film noir-slash-black comedy, about a sleazy insurance salesman (Kinnear) and the scam he runs to acquire a $25,000 violin from a lonely Midwest farmer (Arkin).... more
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Tilt
Bulgaria, 2011, 97 min.
A Romeo and Juliet style love story set against the backdrop of the huge political and social changes of the late 80s and early 90s, Tilt takes a critical look at Bulgaria’s post-revolution changes.... more
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The Woman in the Fifth
United Kingdom, 2011, 84 min.
Ethan Hawke and Kristin Scott Thomas star in this mind-bending psychological thriller about an American writer in Paris to reconnect with his daughter, whose grip on reality loosens in part due to the influence of Scott Thomas’s mysterious femme fatale.... more
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