Transamerica *******May 5
USA / Duncan Tucker / 103 min
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Felicity Huffman is best known as the Desperate Housewife with the three feisty little boys. Now she has given a miraculously relaxed and witty performance as a man-to-woman pre-op transsexual who, after long periods of hormone treatment, is tensely waiting for her therapist to sign off on crucial permission to have the final surgery. She discovers that she has a grown-up son from an earlier period of her life, and he is hustling on the streets of New York.
“…one of the funniest, subtlest performances to be seen this year” The Guardian
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Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada ******April 28
USA/Tommy Lee Jones/121 min
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Directed by Tommy Lee Jones, marking his first time behind the camera, this film that tells a story about a murder in a troubled border area between the US and Mexico. Jones, with his rugged looks, brings a tremendous presence to his own film. Utterly unmissable.
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Lemming ******May 19
France/Dominik Moll/129 min
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This elegant French suspense thriller stars the cream of French talent. It begins when a nice young couple invite their boss and his wife (Charlotte Rampling) around to dinner. A supernatural element creeps in, complimenting the teasing nature and sharp humour.
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The Squid and The Whale ******May 12
USA / Noah Baumbach / 88 min
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Hilarious and humane, The Squid And The Whale is a terrific tragi-comedy exploring the fall-out from a mid-80s divorce. Jeff Daniels claims to once have been a great novelist, but he has settled into a teaching job. His wife (Laura Linney) discovers a writing talent of her own, jealousy divides the family. Linney begins dating her younger son's tennis coach with Daniels then having an affair with the student his older son is pursuing.
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C.R.A.Z.Y. ******May 19
Canada/Jean-Marc Vallee/127mins
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Sunk deep in a 70s groove, C.R.A.Z.Y. sees a young teenager going through a phase as he struggles to deal with his oddball Catholic family and his own burgeoning sexuality. Glam rock androgyny and confused sexual yearnings makes Zachary a real worry to his conservative family. This film exudes the beauty, the poetry and the madness of the human spirit in all its contradictions.
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Time To Leave ********June 2
Francois Ozon/France/85mins
Paris-based fashion photographer Romain seems to have it all -- a cute boyfriend named Sasha, a beautiful loft apartment and a fast-growing career reputation. On his journey to inner peace though, he pushes people away and needs to come to terms with his mortality. A moving chamber piece from one of France’s most interesting directors.
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Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey ******June 2
Sam Dunn/USA/96mins
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This film sets out on a global journey to find out why this music has been consistently stereotyped, dismissed and condemned and yet is loved so passionately by its millions of fans. Along the way, it explores metals' obsession with some of life's most provocative subjects - sexuality, religion, violence and death
This extremely powerful film depicts Hungarian Jews deported to concentration camps. In style and substance it owes something to Schindler's List, but has a disquieting ambiguity.There are superb performances, including a cameo from Daniel Craig as one of the American GIs who liberate Buchenwald.
Three sisters share a connection to a violent incident from their childhood, reunite for the chance to come to terms with their past. *Starring some of the best French actress currently working - *Emannuelle Beart, Carole Bouquet, Karin Viard and Marie Gillian. A film delivered with brio, attack - and uniformly excellent acting.
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