The Assessment

A retelling of the story of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette - from her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at fifteen to her reign as queen at nineteen and ultimately the fall of Versailles.

Runtime

2h 3m

Director

Sofia Coppola

Cast

Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Steve Coogan

Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school as a member of the custodial staff. In spite of Sarah's withdrawn emotional state, a romance slowly develops between the pair.

Runtime

1h 59m

Director

Randa Haines

Cast

William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie

Or shoulders a lot: she's 17 or 18, a student, works evenings at a restaurant, recycles cans and bottles for cash, and tries to keep her mother Ruthie from returning to streetwalking in Tel Aviv. Ruthie calls Or "my treasure," but Ruthie is a burden. She's just out of hospital, weak, and Or has found her a job as a house cleaner. The c...

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

Keren Yedaya

Cast

Dana Ivgy, Ronit Elkabetz, Meshar Cohen

Fiona and Grant have been married for nearly 50 years. They have to face the fact that Fiona’s absent-mindedness is a symptom of Alzheimer’s disease. She must go to a specialized nursing home, where she slowly forgets Grant and turns her affection to Aubrey, another patient in the home.

Runtime

1h 50m

Director

Sarah Polley

Cast

Gordon Pinsent, Julie Christie, Michael Murphy

A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

David Cronenberg

Cast

Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Ian Holm