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Beast
Denmark, 2011, 83 min.
An obsessive, destructive love transforms a caring husband into a bloodthirsty beast in this perversely fascinating psychodrama. Beast boasts sharp dialogue, strong performances, plenty of tense and troubling moments and atmosphere in spades.Contains scenes of disturbing violence. ... more
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The Monk
France, 2011, 101 min.
A splendid 17th-century gothic period piece featuring Vincent Cassel (Black Swan) as a devoted monk whose piety is destroyed when a woman infiltrates his monastery, a minion from Satan disguised as a man. ... 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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Sound of My Voice
USA, 2011, 86 min.
Gripping mind games come into play when two documentary filmmakers infiltrate a cult and find themselves drawn in by the charismatic leader—a woman (co-writer Brit Marling, of Another Earth fame) who purports to be from the future. Smart, compelling science fiction.... more
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The Turin Horse
Hungary, 2011, 146 min.
Tarr’s swan song is an unforgettable end-of-days parable largely confined to an ascetic shack shared by an old man and his daughter as a terrible blight takes hold outside. A melancholy masterpiece, stunningly photographed in black and white by Fred Kelemen... more
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