Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
By Lumet, Sidney
Hoffman, Philip Seymour
Hawke, Ethan

This movie has flawless acting by Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke, and brings a Shakespearean sense of tragedy to a thoroughly modern setting.

Be Kind Rewind
By Gondry, Michael

This movie has a charming silliness that is disarming and affecting.

Transsiberian
By Anderson, Brad
Don’t miss this overlooked mystery-on-a-train movie starring Ben Kingsley, Emily Mortimer, and Woody Harrelson.

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The Orphanage
By Bayona, Juan Antonio
This immensely creepy ghost story was directed by a protégée of Guillermo del Toro and has some of the same visual appeal as Pan’s Labyrinth.

The Order of Myths

Don’t miss this excellent but disturbing documentary with an unexpected twist at the end.

- Beth