The Actress

A group of strangers find themselves trapped in a maze-like prison. It soon becomes clear that each of them possesses the peculiar skills necessary to escape, if they don't wind up dead first.

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Vincenzo Natali

Cast

Nicole De Boer, Nicky Guadagni, Maurice Dean Wint

From the youth directed novel of the same name by Greogor Tressnow comes a film by Detlev Buck that is a realistic portrait of life in the section of Berlin called Neukölln. It’s about power and weakness, delinquents and victims, and the difficulties a 15-year-old faces in a poor and criminal environment.

Runtime

1h 38m

Director

Detlev Buck

Cast

David Kross, Jenny Elvers, Erhan Emre

A young programmer whose job is to watch over the reality-warping Cube defies orders to rescue an innocent mother trapped in one of its rooms.

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

Ernie Barbarash

Cast

Zachary Bennett, Stephanie Moore, David Huband

As the host of a literary TV show, Georges begins receiving anonymously filmed videos of his family alongside cryptic, disturbing drawings, but as the tapes become increasingly intimate, they reveal a stalker who has known him for a very long time.

Runtime

1h 58m

Director

Michael Haneke

Cast

Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche, Annie Girardot

In this contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.

Runtime

2h

Director

Baz Luhrmann

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Jesse Bradford