A Most Violent Year Written and Directed by J.C Chandor Starring: Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, Albert Brooks In 1981, there were 2166 murders in New York City. (In comparison, 2013 had 648.) New York suffered from mob violence, gang violence, dirty...

Selma Director: Ava DuVernay Written by Paul Webb Starring David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Wilkinson, Giovanni Ribisi, Lorraine Toussaint Dylan Baker, Wendell Pierce, Tim Roth, Stephen Root SELMA chronicles Martin Luther King's crusade to secure...

Force Majeure Written and Directed by Ruben Ostlund Starring: Johannes Kuhnke, Lisa Kongsli A Swedish family is on a ski vacation. They are enjoying lunch at an outdoor restaurant when it appears that an avalanche is rushing toward them. The father (Johannes...

BIG EYES Directed by Tim Burton Written by Scott Alexander and Larry Kraszewski Written by Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Krysten Ritter Amy Adams, who seems adept at playing any part at this point, is Margaret Keane in BIG EYES. The movie begins with her fleeing her...

WILD Directed by Jean-Marc Vallee Written by Nick Hornby, based on the book by Cheryl Strayed Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Gaby Hoffman, Thomas Sadoski This is the story of Cheryl Strayed (Witherspoon), who went into a tailspin after the death of her...

FOXCATCHER Directed by Bennett Miller Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman Starring: Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Vanessa Redgrave FOXCATCHER tells the story of the relationship between John duPont (Carell) and two brothers, Dave and Mark Schultz...