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INSIDIOUS

FILM DISTRICT

Starring:

Rose Byrne
Patrick Wilson

Director:

James Wan

Genre:

Horror

MPAA Rating:

PG-13

A family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further.

new

INSIDIOUS

PG-13

FILM DISTRICT

762

n/a

$51,674,312

RUBBER

MAGNOLIA PICTURES

Starring:

Stephen Spinella
Jack Plotnick

Director:

Quentin Dupieux

Genre:

Horror

MPAA Rating:

When Robert, an inanimate tire, discovers his destructive telepathic powers, he soon sets his sights on a desert town; in particular, a mysterious woman becomes his obsession.

new

RUBBER

MAGNOLIA PICTURES

n/a

$80,140

13 ASSASSINS

MAGNOLIA PICTURES

Starring:

Kôji Yakusho
Takayuki Yamada

Director:

Takashi Miike

Genre:

Action

MPAA Rating:

A group of assassins come together for a suicide mission to kill an evil lord.

new

13 ASSASSINS

MAGNOLIA PICTURES

n/a

$201,534

HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN

MAGNOLIA PICTURES

Starring:

Rutger Hauer
Gregory Smith

Director:

Jason Eisener

Genre:

Action

MPAA Rating:

A homeless vigilante blows away crooked cops, pedophile Santas, and other scumbags with his trusty pump-action shotgun.

new

HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN

MAGNOLIA PICTURES

n/a

$539,370

CIRCO

FIRST RUN FEATURES

Starring:

Director:

Aaron Schock

Genre:

Documentary

MPAA Rating:

A hardscrabble traveling Mexican circus troupe has lived and performed on the road since the 19th Century, but will their art survive into the 21st?

new

CIRCO

FIRST RUN FEATURES

n/a

$50,015

THERE BE DRAGONS

SAMUEL GOLDWYN

Starring:

Wes Bentley
Dougray Scott

Director:

Roland Joffé

Genre:

Biography

MPAA Rating:

PG-13

Arising out of the horror of the Spanish Civil War, a candidate for canonization is investigated by a journalist who discovers his own estranged father had a deep, dark and devastating connection to the saint's life.

new

THERE BE DRAGONS

PG-13

SAMUEL GOLDWYN

180

n/a

$972,942

EXPORTING RAYMOND

SAMUEL GOLDWYN

Starring:

Philip Rosenthal

Director:

Philip Rosenthal

Genre:

Documentary

MPAA Rating:

A documentary on Phil Rosenthal's experiences during the making of "Voroniny," the Russian-language version of "Everybody Loves Raymond".

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EXPORTING RAYMOND

SAMUEL GOLDWYN

n/a

$83,894

A BETTER LIFE

Summit

Starring:

Demián Bichir
Nancy Lenehan

Director:

Chris Weitz

Genre:

Drama

MPAA Rating:

PG-13

From the director of About a Boy comes A BETTER LIFE – a touching, poignant, multi-generational story about a father’s love and the lengths a parent will go to give his child the opportunities he never had.

new

A BETTER LIFE

PG-13

Summit

182

$47,999

$6,857

$1,508,834

THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED

ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS

Starring:

J.K. Simmons
Julia Ormond

Director:

Jim Kohlberg

Genre:

Drama

MPAA Rating:

Based on the case study The Last Hippie by Dr. Oliver Sacks (Awakenings) , The Music Never Stopped chronicles the journey of a father and son adjusting to cerebral trauma and a lifetime of missed opportunities.

new

THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED

ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS

n/a

$239,550

LE QUATTRO VOLTE

LORBER FILMS

Starring:

Giuseppe Fuda
Bruno Timpano

Director:

Michelangelo Frammartino

Genre:

Foreign

MPAA Rating:

Inspired by Pythagoras’s belief in four-fold transmigration — by which the soul is passed from human to animal to vegetable to mineral — Michelangelo Frammartino’s wondrous docu-essay traces the cycle of life through the daily rituals of life in the southern Italian region of Calabria.

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LE QUATTRO VOLTE

LORBER FILMS

n/a

$101,235

AMERICAN: THE BILL HICKS STORY

VARIANCE

Starring:

Director:

Paul Thomas,
Matt Harlock

Genre:

Documentary

MPAA Rating:

Photo-animated feature documentary, uniquely narrated by the 10 people who knew Bill best.

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AMERICAN: THE BILL HICKS STORY

VARIANCE

n/a

$78,653

MEET MONICA VELOUR

ANCHOR BAY

Starring:

Kim Cattrall
Dustin Ingram

Director:

Keith Bearden

Genre:

Drama

MPAA Rating:

When an awkward teen meets his favorite porn star, whose career peaked in the '80s, an unexpected friendship follows as the young man gets a glimpse inside Monica Velour's current life as a single mom struggling to make ends meet.

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MEET MONICA VELOUR

ANCHOR BAY

n/a

$28,323

HENRY'S CRIME

MOVING PICTURES

Starring:

Keanu Reeves
Vera Farmiga

Director:

Malcolm Venville

Genre:

Indie

MPAA Rating:

Released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, an ex-con targets the same bank he was sent away for robbing.

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HENRY'S CRIME

MOVING PICTURES

n/a

$94,195

BLANK CITY

INSURGENT

Starring:

Director:

Celine Danhier

Genre:

Documentary

MPAA Rating:

During the punk rock stage in the late '70s, downtown New York experienced a wave of "Do it yourself" independent filmmaking.

new

BLANK CITY

INSURGENT

n/a

$75,310

NO ERES TU, SOY YO

LIONSGATE

Starring:

Eugenio Derbez
Martina García

Director:

Alejandro Springall

Genre:

Foreign

MPAA Rating:

PG-13

new

NO ERES TU, SOY YO

PG-13

LIONSGATE

n/a

$1,331,518

JUMPING THE BROOM

Sony

Starring:

Angela Bassett
Paula Patton

Director:

Salim Akil

Genre:

MPAA Rating:

PG-13

Two very different families converge on Martha's Vineyard one weekend for a wedding.

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JUMPING THE BROOM

PG-13

Sony

589

n/a

$35,907,300

THE PRINCESS OF MONTPENSIER

IFC FILMS

Starring:

Mélanie Thierry
Lambert Wilson

Director:

Bertrand Tavernier

Genre:

Foreign

MPAA Rating:

Bertrand Tavernier is in top form with this gripping, superbly mounted drama set against the savage Catholic/Protestant wars that ripped France apart in the 16th century.

new

THE PRINCESS OF MONTPENSIER

IFC FILMS

n/a

$214,947

ATLAS SHRUGGED: PART 1

ROCKY MOUNTAIN

Starring:

Taylor Schilling
Paul Johansson

Director:

Paul Johansson

Genre:

Drama

MPAA Rating:

PG-13

A powerful railroad executive, Dagny Taggart, struggles to keep her business alive while society is crumbling around her. Based on the 1957 novel by Ayn Rand.

new

ATLAS SHRUGGED: PART 1

PG-13

ROCKY MOUNTAIN

158

n/a

$4,563,873

DUMBSTRUCK

TRULY INDIE

Starring:

Director:

Mark Goffman

Genre:

Documentary

MPAA Rating:

At the annual Vent Haven Convention in Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky, ventriloquism capital of the world, director Mark Goffman discovers five extraordinary characters straight out of a Christopher Guest mockumentary. But in this delightful, it's-all-true documentary, the characters are real, and so are the emotional attachments that they have with their "dummies."

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DUMBSTRUCK

TRULY INDIE

n/a

$9,434

DYLAN DOG: DEAD OF NIGHT

FREESTYLE

Starring:

Brandon Routh

Director:

Kevin Munroe

Genre:

MPAA Rating:

PG-13

The adventures of supernatural private eye, Dylan Dog, who seeks out the monsters of the Louisiana bayou in his signature red shirt, black jacket, and blue jeans.

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DYLAN DOG: DEAD OF NIGHT

PG-13

FREESTYLE

n/a

$1,183,354

CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS

IFC FILMS

Starring:

Director:

Werner Herzog

Genre:

Documentary

MPAA Rating:

Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind in their astonishing natural setting.

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CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS

IFC FILMS

122

n/a

$3,253,767

HESHER

Wrekin Hill

Starring:

Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Natalie Portman

Director:

Spencer Susser

Genre:

Drama

MPAA Rating:

Hesher is a loner. He hates the world and everyone in it. He has long greasy hair and homemade tattoos. He is malnourished and smokes a lot of cigarettes. He likes fire and blowing things up. He lives in his van, until he meets TJ.

new

HESHER

Wrekin Hill

n/a

$126,046

GO FOR IT!

LIONSGATE

Starring:

Aimee Garcia
Al Bandiero

Director:

Carmen Marron

Genre:

Indie

MPAA Rating:

Carmen is a good student with a bad attitude who lives for dancing in the underground clubs of Chicago.

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GO FOR IT!

LIONSGATE

218

n/a

$119,714

THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD

SONY CLASSICS

Starring:

Director:

Morgan Spurlock

Genre:

Documentary

MPAA Rating:

PG-13

A documentary about branding, advertising and product placement that is financed and made possible by brands, advertising and product placement.

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THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD

PG-13

SONY CLASSICS

n/a

$413,023

L'AMOUR FOU

IFC FILMS

Starring:

Director:

Pierre Thoretton

Genre:

Documentary

MPAA Rating:

A documentary on the relationship between fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent and his lover, Pierre Berge.

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L'AMOUR FOU

IFC FILMS

n/a

$37,250

THE FIRST GRADER

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Starring:

Naomie Harris
Sam Feuer

Director:

Justin Chadwick

Genre:

Drama

MPAA Rating:

PG-13

The true story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager and ex Mau Mau freedom fighter who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford.

new

THE FIRST GRADER

PG-13

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

n/a

$20,437

HEY BOO

FIRST RUN FEATURES

Starring:

Director:

Mary Murphy

Genre:

Documentary

MPAA Rating:

HEY, BOO explores the To Kill a Mockingbird phenomenon and unravels some of the mysteries surrounding Harper Lee, including why she never published again.

new

HEY BOO

FIRST RUN FEATURES

n/a

$5,457

SKATELAND

FREESTYLE

Starring:

Ashley Greene
Shiloh Fernandez

Director:

Anthony Burns

Genre:

Drama

MPAA Rating:

PG-13

In the early 1980s, in small-town Texas, dramatic events force a 19-year-old skating rink manager to look at his life in a very new way.

new

SKATELAND

PG-13

FREESTYLE

n/a

$5,254

CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH

KINO

Starring:

Ye Liu
Yuanyuan Gao

Director:

Chuan Lu

Genre:

Drama

MPAA Rating:

In December 1937, the Imperial Japanese Army laid siege to the Chinese capital of Nanking, killing as many as 300,000 citizens during a six-week reign of terror, the details of which Japan and China dispute to this day.

new

CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH

KINO

n/a

$7,947

LEBANON, PA

TRULY INDIE

Starring:

Josh Hopkins
Samantha Mathis

Director:

Ben Hickernell

Genre:

Drama

MPAA Rating:

PG-13

Will (Josh Hopkins), a charming 35-year-old Philadelphia ad man, heads to Lebanon, Pa. to bury his recently deceased father. He forms an unexpected friendship with CJ (Rachel Kitson), his bright, newly pregnant 17-year-old cousin.

new

LEBANON, PA

PG-13

TRULY INDIE

n/a

$30,381

DUM MAARO DUM

FOX SEARCHLIGHT

Starring:

Abhishek Bachchan
Aditya Pancholi

Director:

Rohan Sippy

Genre:

Crime

MPAA Rating:

A corrupt police officer is entrusted the task of apprehending drug-dealers.

new

DUM MAARO DUM

FOX SEARCHLIGHT

n/a

$551,398

OUT THE GATE

FAR I FILMS

Starring:

Paul Campbell
Oliver Samuels

Director:

Qmillion,
Stevie Johnson

Genre:

Action

MPAA Rating:

After a turn of unfortunate events in Jamaica, Everton leaves his home to make it big in the music business in America.

new

OUT THE GATE

FAR I FILMS

n/a

$14,990

THE TENANT

INDICAN PICTURES

Starring:

J. LaRose
Michael Berryman

Director:

Ric La Monte

Genre:

Thriller

MPAA Rating:

A simple man, Dr. Walter Newman, has high aspirations to cure all disease through genetic manipulation.

new

THE TENANT

INDICAN PICTURES

n/a

$9,586

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

SONY CLASSICS

Starring:

Director:

Genre:

MPAA Rating:

PG-13

new

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

PG-13

SONY CLASSICS

621

$219,560

$31,366

$45,002,766