Drama Movies 2009 List

With Christian Petzold

A remake of The Postman always Rings Twice.

With Götz Spielmann

At once a gripping thriller and a tragic drama of nearly Greek proportions, "Revanche" is the stunning, Oscar–nominated, international breakthrough film from Austrian filmmaker Götz Spielmann. In a ragged section of Vienna, hardened ex-con Alex (the mesmerizing Johannes Krisch) works as an assistant in a brothel, where he falls for Ukrainian hooker Tamara (Irina Potapenko). Their desperate plans for escape unexpectedly intersect with the lives of a rural cop (Andreas Lust) and his seemingly content wife (Ursula Strauss). With meticulous, elegant direction, Spielmann creates a tense, existential, and surprising portrait of vengeance and redemption, and a journey into the darkest forest of human nature, in which violence and beauty exist side by side.

With Kelly MacDonald • Michael Keaton • William Dick • Bobby Cannavale • Steven Jones • Ron Lazzeretti • Tom Bastounes

Running away from a troubled marriage, Kate Frazier (Kelly Macdonald, No Country for Old Men) hopes to find anonymity with a new home and a new job in Chicago. What Kate finds instead is Frank Logan (Michael Keaton, Batman), a veteran hit man who intends to kill her when he learns she may be a witness to his latest hit. But when he realizes she is like him, a troubled soul haunted by the past, their relationship deepens, and his plans change. Now, Logan must decide if he should walk away from his old life or use it as a way to secure their future.

With Gael García Bernal • Bill Murray • Luis Tosar • Tilda Swinton • John Hurt • Alex Descas • Youki Kudoh • Jim Jarmusch • Isaach De Bankolé • Hiam Abbass

The story of a mysterious loner, a stranger (Isaach De Bankolé), whose activities remain meticulously outside the law. He is in the process of completing a job, yet he trusts no one, and his objectives are not initially divulged. The new picture from independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch is set in the striking and varied landscapes of contemporary Spain (both urban and otherwise).

With Denis Freyd • Isabelle Huppert • Denis Delcampe • Olivier Gourmet • Ursula Meier • Thierry Spicher • Elena Tatti

Life for a family in a rural town is is upended when a major highway is constructed nearby.

With Johnny Depp • Christian Bale • Stephen Dorff • Marion Cotillard • Stephen Graham • David Wenham • Michael Mann • Jason Clarke • Giovanni Ribisi • Jane Rosenthal • Kevin Misher

In the action-thriller "Public Enemies," acclaimed filmmaker Michael Mann directs Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Academy Award® winner Marion Cotillard in the story of legendary Depression-era outlaw John Dillinger (Depp)—the charismatic bank robber whose lightning raids made him the number one target of J. Edgar Hoover's fledgling FBI and its top agent, Melvin Purvis (Bale), and a folk hero to much of the downtrodden public.

No one could stop Dillinger and his gang. No jail could hold him. His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to almost everyone—from his girlfriend Billie Frechette (Cotillard) to an American public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression.

But while the adventures of Dillinger's gang—later including the sociopathic Baby Face Nelson (Stephen Graham) and Alvin Karpis (Giovanni Ribisi)—thrilled many, Hoover (Billy Crudup) hit on the idea of exploiting the outlaw's capture as a way to elevate his Bureau of Investigation into the national police force that became the FBI. He made Dillinger America's first Public Enemy Number One and sent in Purvis, the dashing "Clark Gable of the FBI."

However, Dillinger and his gang outwitted and outgunned Purvis' men in wild chases and shootouts. Only after importing a crew of Western ex-lawmen (newly baptized as agents) and orchestrating epic betrayals—from the infamous "Lady in Red" to the Chicago crime boss Frank Nitti—were Purvis, the FBI and their new crew of gunfighters able to close in on Dillinger.

With Tyler Perry • Winona Ryder • Eric Bana • Chris Hemsworth • Zoe Saldana • Karl Urban • J.J. Abrams • Chris Pine • Simon Pegg • Anton Yelchin • John Cho • Zachary Quinto • Jimmy Bennett • Alex Kurtzman • Roberto Orci • Damon Lindelof • Clifton Collins Jr. • Bruce Greenwood • Leonard Nimoy • Ben Cross • Bryan Burk

From director J.J. Abrams and screenwriters Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci ("Transformers," "MI: III") comes a new vision of the greatest space adventure of all time, "Star Trek," featuring a young, new crew venturing boldly where no man has gone before. Star Trek explores the early Starfleet careers of future Enterprise officers Kirk (Chris Pine), Spock (Zachary Quinto), Scotty (Simon Pegg), Amanda Grayson (Winona Ryder), Uhura (Zoe Saldana), McCoy (Karl Urban), Sulu (John Cho), and Chekhov (Anton Yelchin). A Romulan, Nero (Eric Bana), and a much older Spock (Leonard Nimoy) are influences, as well as Captain Pike (Bruce Greenwood), the first captain of the USS Enterprise.

With Robert Pattinson • Philippa Goslett • Jaume Vilalta • Paul Morrison • Javier Beltran • Carlo Dusi • Jonny Persey

The young life and loves of artist Salvador Dalí.

With Alfonso Cuarón • Gael García Bernal • Diego Luna • Carlos Cuarón

Tato (Gael García Bernal) and Beto (Diego Luna), two brothers living a hard life of manual labor in rural Mexico, have a simple dream of saving enough money to build their mother her dream house. But fate has other plans; a friendly game of soccer leads to first one, then the other being taken on by the nation’s top talent scout, Batuta, and gives rise to the first of many emotional head to heads between brothers. Suddenly, they find themselves living the high life of star athletes—fame, riches, fast cars, and beautiful women. But every dream has a dark side, and when they are forced to compete on rival teams, bitterness brews between them. Mutual trust gives way to resentment and betrayal, while the dangers of their wild new lifestyles threaten debt and the safety of their entire family. In the end, all will ride on the one big game between their two clubs. Tato and Beto must face each other on the pitch but also reunite again as brothers before they lose everything they had once dreamed of.

With Billy Zane • Amy Smart • Betty White • Robert Iscove • Tom Malloy

Jake and Jessica must try to elude all obstacles, romantic or otherwise, to stay focused on the goal - winning the World Title and winning each other.

With Forest Whitaker • Eddie Redmayne • Kris Kristofferson • Ray Liotta • Jessica Biel • Patrick Swayze • Timothy Linh Bui • Stephane Gauger • Alejandro Romero

The story follows four eclectic characters — a mortician, an ex-con, a suicidal ex-priest and a stripper — brought together on Christmas Eve by a mixture of circumstances.

With Scott Speedman • Simone Urdl • Atom Egoyan • Raoul Bhaneja • Robert Lantos • Laurent Petin • Katie Boland • Arsinee Khanjian • Michele Halberstadt • Jennifer Weiss

A high school student misrepresents himself as a figure from recent history, and draws a group of schoolmates and survivors into a community mourning a tragedy that never happened.

With Kate Del Castillo • Tilda Swinton • Saul Rubinek • Erick Zonca

An alcoholic woman becomes involved in a nefarious ransom kidnapping scheme with a stranger from an AA meeting.

With Tom Hanks • Akiva Goldsman • Ron Howard • Stellan Skarsgard • Ewan McGregor • Brian Grazer • Dan Brown • Masasa Moyo • Nikolaj Lie Kaas • Armin Mueller-Stahl • Ayelet Zurer • John Calley • Todd Hallowell • Kristof Konrad

The team behind the global phenomenon "The Da Vinci Code" returns for the highly anticipated "Angels & Demons," based upon the bestselling novel by Dan Brown. Tom Hanks reprises his role as Harvard religious expert Robert Langdon, who once again finds that forces with ancient roots are willing to stop at nothing, even murder, to advance their goals. Ron Howard again directs the film, which is produced by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, and John Calley.

When Langdon discovers evidence of the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati - the most powerful underground organization in history - he also faces a deadly threat to the existence of the secret organization's most despised enemy: the Catholic Church. When Langdon learns that the clock is ticking on an unstoppable Illuminati time bomb, he jets to Rome, where he joins forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and enigmatic Italian scientist. Embarking on a nonstop, action-packed hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and even to the heart of the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra will follow a 400-year-old trail of ancient symbols that mark the Vatican's only hope for survival.

With Jennifer Aniston • Woody Harrelson • Steve Zahn • Fred Ward • Wyck Godfrey • Stephen Belber • Marty Bowen • William Horberg • Jim Tauber

"Management" is a romantic comedy that chronicles a chance meeting between Mike Cranshaw (Steve Zahn) and Sue Claussen (Jennifer Aniston). When Sue checks into the roadside motel owned by Mike's parents in Arizona, what starts with a bottle of wine "compliments of management" soon evolves into a multi-layered, cross-country journey of two people looking for a sense of purpose. Mike, an aimless dreamer, bets it all on a trip to Sue's workplace in Maryland - only to find that she has no place for him in her carefully ordered life. Buttoned down and obsessed with making a difference in the world, Sue goes back to her yogurt mogul ex-boyfriend Jango (Woody Harrelson), who promises her a chance to head his charity operations. But having found something worth fighting for, Mike pits his hopes against Sue's practicality, and the two embark on a twisted, bumpy, freeing journey to discover that their place in the world just might be together.

With Nathanaël Karmitz • Juliette Binoche • Olivier Assayas • Charles Gillibert • Marin Karmitz

Three kids must sell all their childhood valuables to ensure their dead mother’s wishes are granted.

With Steven Soderbergh • Sasha Grey • David Levien • Brian Koppelman • Greg Jacobs • Chris Santos

A revealing look at the world of prostitution from an elite call girl's point of view.

With Justin Long • Rob Tapert • Sam Raimi • Jessica Lucas • Reggie Lee • Alison Lohman • David Paymer • Joe Drake • Nathan Kahane • Josh Donen • Grant Curtis • Ivan Raimi • Dileep Rao • Lorna Raver

Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) is an ambitious L.A. loan officer with a charming boyfriend, professor Clay Dalton (Justin Long). Life is good until the mysterious Mrs. Ganush (Lorna Raver) arrives at the bank to beg for an extension on her home loan. Should Christine follow her instincts and give the old woman a break? Or should she deny the extension to impress her boss, Mr. Jacks (David Paymer), and get a leg-up on a promotion? Christine fatefully chooses the latter, shaming Mrs. Ganush and dispossessing her of her home.

In retaliation, the old woman places the powerful curse of the Lamia on Christine, transforming her life into a living hell. Haunted by an evil spirit and misunderstood by a skeptical boyfriend, she seeks the aid of seer Rham Jas (Dileep Rao) to save her soul from eternal damnation. To help the shattered Christine return her life to normal, the psychic sets her on a frantic course to reverse the spell. As evil forces close in, Christine must face the unthinkable: how far will she go to break free of the curse?

With Yojiro Takita • Kundo Koyama

A cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved, leaving him without a job. He decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work, finding a job in a funeral home.

With Olivia Thirlby • Molly Shannon • Steve Coogan • Hilary Duff • Jonathan Glazer • Robert Lawson • R.D. Robb

A reporter covering the Challenger Space Shuttle launch becomes mixed up in the lives of some local students.

With Rose Byrne • Hugh Dancy • Peter Gallagher • Leslie Urdang • Mark Linn-Baker • Dan Revers • Amy Irving • Frankie Faison • Max Mayer • Miranda De Pencier • Dean Vanech • Christina Weiss Lurie • Gary Guidice • Geoff Linville

The boy and the girl in "Adam" are no ordinary characters, and their romance is anything but familiar. Soon after moving in, Beth, a brainy, beautiful writer damaged from a past relationship encounters Adam, the handsome, but odd, fellow in the downstairs apartment whose awkwardness is perplexing. Beth and Adam's ultimate connection leads to a tricky relationship that exemplifies something universal: truly reaching another person means bravely stretching into uncomfortable territory and the resulting shake-up can be liberating.

With Lee Daniels • Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey will play waitress who teams with her two brothers to search for their estranged father in an effort to help the youngest brother, who has leukemia.

With Brin Hill

Based on the novel of the same name, Ball Dont Lie takes it to the streets for an urban basketball coming-of-age drama.

With Lee Ross • Maria Bello • Amy Brenneman • Jason Patric • Rufus Sewell • Johan Renck • Pamela Cuming

The film centers on Nancy (Bello), an unhappy wife who, instead of committing suicide, meets a man (Liotta) over the Internet and hires him to kill her. Problems arise when they form a relationship.

With Denzel Washington • John Travolta • James Gandolfini • Steve Tisch • Luis Guzman • John Turturro • Tony Scott • Michael Rispoli • David Koepp • Jason Blumenthal • Todd Black

In "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3," Denzel Washington stars as New York City subway dispatcher Walter Garber, whose ordinary day is thrown into chaos by an audacious crime: the hijacking of a subway train. John Travolta stars as Ryder, the criminal mastermind who, as leader of a highly-armed gang of four, threatens to execute the train's passengers unless a large ransom is paid within one hour. As the tension mounts beneath his feet, Garber employs his vast knowledge of the subway system in a battle to outwit Ryder and save the hostages. But there's one riddle Garber can't solve: even if the thieves get the money, how can they possibly escape?

With Kevin Spacey • Sam Rockwell • Duncan Jones • Nathan Parker • Dominique McElligott • Rosie Shaw

Sam Bell (Rockwell) is nearing the end of his contract with Lunar. He's been a faithful employee for 3 long years. His home has been Selene, a moon base where he has spent his days alone, mining Helium 3. The precious gas holds the key to reversing the Earth's energy crisis.

Isolated, determined and steadfast, Sam has followed the rulebook obediently and his time on the moon has been enlightening, but uneventful. The solitude has given him time to reflect on the mistakes of his past and work on his raging temper. He does his job mechanically, and spends most of his available time dreaming of his imminent return to Earth, to his wife, young daughter and an early retirement.

But two weeks shy of his departure from Selene, Sam starts seeing things, hearing things and feeling strange. And when a routine extraction goes horribly wrong, he discovers that Lunar have their own plans for replacing him... and the new recruit is eerily familiar.

Before he can return to Earth, Sam has to confront himself and the discovery that the life he has created, may not be his own. It's more than his contract that is set to expire.

With Cameron Diaz • Alec Baldwin • Joan Cusack • Abigail Breslin • Thomas Dekker • Nick Cassavetes • Mark Johnson • Diana Pokorny • Jeremy Leven • Sofia Vassilieva • Jason Patric • Chuck Pacheco • Scott Goldman • Stephen Furst • Evan Ellingson • Hillary Sherman

Sara and Brian Fitzgerald's life with their young son and their two-year-old daughter, Kate, is forever altered when they learn that Kate has leukemia. The parents' only hope is to conceive another child, specifically intended to save Kate's life. For some, such genetic engineering would raise both moral and ethical questions; for the Fitzgeralds, Sara in particular, there is no choice but to do whatever it takes to keep Kate alive. And what it takes is Anna.

Kate (Sofia Vassilieva) and Anna (Abigail Breslin) share a bond closer than most sisters: though Kate is older, she relies on her little sister--in fact, her life depends on Anna.

Throughout their young lives, the sisters endure various medical procedures and hospital stays--just another part of their close-knit family's otherwise normal life. Sara (Cameron Diaz), a loving wife and mother who left her career as an attorney to care for her daughter, is sometimes lost inside the single-minded caregiver she has become in her efforts to save Kate. Her strong, supportive husband, Brian (Jason Patric), is often rendered powerless and passive by his wife's strength and determination. And their only son, Jesse (Evan Ellingson), drifts, at times all but forgotten as Kate and Anna take center stage.

Until Anna, now 11, says "no." Seeking medical emancipation, she hires her own lawyer (Alec Baldwin), initiating a court case that divides the family and that could leave Kate's rapidly failing body in the hands of fate.

With Greg Shapiro • Jeremy Renner • Anthony Mackie • Mark Boal • Evangeline Lilly • David Morse • Nicolas Chartier • Brian Geraghty • Kathryn Bigelow • Jenn Lee • Tony Mark • Sam Spruell

"The Hurt Locker" is a riveting, suspenseful portrait of the courage under fire of the military's unrecognized heroes: the technicians of a bomb squad who volunteer to challenge the odds and save lives doing one of the world's most dangerous jobs. Three members of the Army's elite Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) squad battle insurgents and one another as they search for and disarm a wave of roadside bombs on the streets of Baghdad—in order to try and make the city a safer place for Iraqis and Americans alike. Their mission is clear—protect and save—but it's anything but easy, as the margin of error when defusing a war-zone bomb is zero. This thrilling and heart-pounding look at the psychology of bomb technicians and the effects of risk and danger on the human psyche is a fictional tale inspired by real events by journalist and screenwriter Mark Boal, who was embedded with a special bomb unit in Iraq. In Iraq, it is soldier vernacular to speak of explosions as sending you to "the hurt locker."

With Bill Pullman • Pell James • Julia Ormond • David Lynch • Ryan Simpkins • French Stewart • Cheri Oteri • Jennifer Lynch • Ken Harper

Somewhere deep inside the Santa Fe desert there have been a number of blood curdling murders...a real killing spree. The local police station is in disarray. Captain Billings, Officers Degrasso and Wright have apprehended three witnesses: Officer Jack Bennet, one of their own, tough, but affected by recent events; Bobby, young, high as a kite on cocaine; and Stephanie, eight years old, who has just witnessed her family being brutally murdered by two figures dressed in jumpsuits, gloves, boots, and horrifyingly disfiguring blue latex masks. Even though everyone is ready to go, they are still waiting... waiting for the Feds to arrive. As the witnesses tell their stories one by one to the FBI agents who have now taken over, the murderous events unravel before our eyes. It becomes clear, little Stephanie knows something, something about the agents, Hallaway and Anderson. And then two more bodies have been found...

With Rupert Friend • Michelle Pfeiffer • Stephen Frears • Christopher Hampton • Kathy Bates • Bill Kenwright • Thom Mount

Set in 1920s Paris, the young son of a wealthy courtesan is educated in the ways of love by a middle-aged friend of the man's mother. When he is forced to give up the six-year relationship after marrying someone else, the young man can't forget her and retreats into a fantasy world.

With Henry Goodman • Ang Lee • Liev Schreiber • Eugene Levy • Emile Hirsch • Imelda Staunton • Jonathan Groff • James Schamus • Demetri Martin

The new film from Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee. A 1969-set true story about a man, Elliot Tiber (Demetri Martin), who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the famed happening it was. Working as an interior designer in Greenwich Village during culturally and politically exciting times, Mr. Tiber felt empowered by the gay rights movement. But he was also still staked to the family business – a Catskills motel. Upon hearing that a planned concert had lost its permit from the neighboring town of Wallkill, NY, Mr. Tiber called producer Michael Lang (Jonathan Groff) at Woodstock Ventures to offer his motel. Soon the Woodstock staff was moving into the El Monaco; half a million people were on their way to Mr. Tiber’s neighbor’s Max Yasgur’s (Eugene Levy) farm in White Lake, NY; and Mr. Tiber found himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life, and American culture, forever.

With Benoit Graffin • Stephane Audran • Roschdy Zem • Anne Fontaine

A Parisian attorney who travels to Monaco to defend a woman accused of murder. On arriving he finds that he's been assigned a bodyguard who becomes a major part of the story.

With Adam Brody • Jacquline Bisset • Josh Lucas • Lukas Haas • Boaz Yakin

The indie drama follows a pair of story lines that revolve around two brothers (Lucas and Haas). While Haas' character must deal with his mother (Bisset), his brother is lost in life until he is befriended by a scam artist (Brody).

With Mischa Barton • Matt Long • Jessica Stroup • Frank Hannah • Morgan J. Freeman

The indie stalker thriller centers on a former small-town golden boy and his new girlfriend who visit his hometown and discover his high school sweetheart (Barton) has developed an unhealthy obsession with him.

With Adam Sandler • Eric Bana • Seth Rogen • Jonah Hill • Judd Apatow • Aubrey Plaza • Leslie Mann • Jason Schwartzman • RZA • Evan Goldberg • Andy Dick • Barry Mendel • Jack Giarraputo • Maude Apatow • Iris Apatow • Clayton Townsend

Over the past few years, writer/director Judd Apatow ("The 40-Year-Old Virgin," "Knocked Up") has shown that nothing—not even losing your virginity or the miracle of childbirth—is sacred. About his third film behind the camera, he says, "I'm trying to make a very serious movie that is twice as funny as my other movies. Wish me luck!" Apatow directs Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann in "Funny People," the story of a famous comedian who has a near-death experience.

With Denis Freyd • Arta Dobroshi • Jean-Pierre Dardenne • Luc Dardenne

Lorna wants to open a snack shop with her loving boyfriend but her marriage to a mobster puts her in the middle of a murder plot.

With Peter Jackson • Sharlto Copley • Neill Blomkamp • Bill Block • David James • Carolynne Cunningham • Ken Kamins • Jason Cope • Robert Hobbs

Over twenty years ago, aliens made first contact with Earth. Humans waited for the hostile attack, or the giant advances in technology. Neither came. Instead, the aliens were refugees, the last survivors of their home world. The creatures were set up in a makeshift home in South Africa’s District 9 as the world’s nations argued over what to do with them.

Now, patience over the alien situation has run out. Control over the aliens has been contracted out to Multi-National United (MNU), a private company uninterested in the aliens’ welfare – they will receive tremendous profits if they can make the aliens’ awesome weaponry work. So far, they have failed; activation of the weaponry requires alien DNA.

The tension between the aliens and the humans comes to a head when an MNU field operative, Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley), contracts a mysterious virus that begins changing his DNA. Wikus quickly becomes the most hunted man in the world, as well as the most valuable – he is the key to unlocking the secrets of alien technology. Ostracized and friendless, there is only one place left for him to hide: District 9.

With Brad Pitt • Eric Bana • Rachel McAdams • Dede Gardner • Ron Livingston • Robert Schwentke • Jeremy Leven • Stephen Tobolowsky • Nick Wechsler • Bruce Joel Rubin

The love story focuses on a couple in which the man has a genetic disorder known as "chrono-impairment," a condition that causes him to involuntarily travel through time. Jeremy Leven wrote the adaptation.

With Vanessa Hudgens • Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas • Lisa Kudrow • Ryan Donowho • Elvy Yost • Todd Graff • Gaelan Connell • Charlie Saxton • Tim Jo • Scott Porter • Ron Schmidt • Marisa Yeres • Josh Cagan • Aly Michalka

Disney Channel superstars Vanessa Anne Hudgens ("High School Musical 1 & 2," "High School Musical 3") and Alyson Michalka ("Phil of the Future," pop duo Aly and AJ) join Gaelan Connell ("Chocolat"), Scott Porter ("Speed Racer") and Lisa Kudrow ("Friends") in the music-driven comedy "Bandslam." When gifted singer-songwriter Charlotte Banks (Michalka) asks new kid in town Will Burton (Connell) to manage her fledgling rock band, she appears to have just one goal in mind: go head-to-head against her egotistical musician ex-boyfriend, Ben (Porter), at the biggest event of the year, a battle of the bands.

Against all odds, their band develops a sound all its own with a real shot at success in the contest. Meanwhile, romance brews between Will and Sam (Hudgens), who plays a mean guitar and has a voice to die for. When disaster strikes, it's time for the band to make a choice: Do they admit defeat, or face the music and stand up for what they believe in?

With Lucrecia Martel

A mysterious and intriguing tale of a woman who may have killed someone or something while driving on a dirt road. Dazed and confused, she tries to piece together what happened, while her husband systematically tries to erase her tracks.

With A.J. Cook • David Moscow • Ron Satlof • Ira Pearlstein

The project stars A.J. Cook (CBS' "Criminal Minds") as a religious conservative who receives a message from God telling her to act as a surrogate mother for two gay men desiring to raise a child.

With Liam Neeson • Oliver Hirschbiegel • Guy Hibbert • James Nesbitt • Eoin O'Callaghan • Stephen Wright

Two men struggle to come to terms with the murder of a fellow 19-year-old Catholic soldier years after the conflict that raged between Republican and Loyalist paramilitary groups, the British Army and the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

With Henry Goodman • Ang Lee • Liev Schreiber • Eugene Levy • Emile Hirsch • Imelda Staunton • Jonathan Groff • James Schamus • Demetri Martin

The new film from Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee. A 1969-set true story about a man, Elliot Tiber (Demetri Martin), who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the famed happening it was. Working as an interior designer in Greenwich Village during culturally and politically exciting times, Mr. Tiber felt empowered by the gay rights movement. But he was also still staked to the family business – a Catskills motel. Upon hearing that a planned concert had lost its permit from the neighboring town of Wallkill, NY, Mr. Tiber called producer Michael Lang (Jonathan Groff) at Woodstock Ventures to offer his motel. Soon the Woodstock staff was moving into the El Monaco; half a million people were on their way to Mr. Tiber’s neighbor’s Max Yasgur’s (Eugene Levy) farm in White Lake, NY; and Mr. Tiber found himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life, and American culture, forever.

With Justin Timberlake • Jeff Bridges • Kate Mara • Mary Steenburgen • Michael Meredith • Harry Dean Stanton • Lyle Lovett

In this heartwarming comedy, minor leaguer Carlton Garrett (Justin Timberlake) takes an unexpected road trip to track down his estranged father, legendary baseball player Kyle Garrett (Jeff Bridges) when Carlton’s mother (Mary Steenburgen) becomes sick. Knowing his charming yet painfully immature dad’s likelihood to disappoint, Carlton enlists his on-again-off-again girlfriend Lucy (Kate Mara) for emotional support. Once reunited, Carlton struggles to deal with the series of misadventures caused by his father’s antics, including missed flights, car trouble and bathroom brawls. Years of miscommunication, frustration and comically awkward attempts at bonding come to a head as the mismatched trio make their way from Ohio back home to Houston to reunite the family.

With Hirokazu Koreeda

Grown children visit their elderly parents one summer day. They gather to commemorate the tragic death of the eldest son, who drowned in an accident 15 years ago.

With Robert D. Siegel • Jean Kouremetis • Michael Rapaport • Patton Oswalt • Kevin Corrigan • Elan Bogarin

Paul Aufiero, a hardcore New York Giants football fan, struggles to deal with the consequences when he is beaten up by his favorite player.