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Summer Previews

2046
Directed and written by Wong Kar Wai
Tony Leung reprises his role from In the Mood for Love as a man who becomes involved with a series of women, played by Asia's biggest female stars, as he struggles to write a futuristic novel based on his own memories.

The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Directed by Jacques Audiard
Written by Jacques Audiard and Tonino Benacquista
In this ingenious French re-make of James Tobak's Fingers, a shady real-estate investor is torn between his semi-criminal world and a second chance at respectability as a concert pianist.

Be Here To Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt
Directed by Margaret Brown
An affectionate and unblinking look at the troubled life of Townes Van Zandt, Be Here To Love Me captures the wounded essence of the man and his music.

The Beautiful Country
Directed by Hans Petter Moland
Written by Sabina Murray
Touched with an epic sensibility, The Beautiful Country is a tender, straightforward tale of a young man's journey to find the parents he's never known, a Vietnamese mother and an American G.I. father.

Junebug
Directed by Phil Morrison
Written by Angus MacLachlan
While on a business trip to North Carolina, a midwestern art dealer gets to know her new in-laws in this portrait of life and family in the modern South.

Keane
Directed and written by Lodge H. Kerrigan
In a mesmerizing performance, Damian Lewis plays William Keane, a man struggling to cope with the abduction of his daughter, in the latest from director Lodge Kerrigan.

Last Days
Directed and written by Gus Van Sant
A meditation on isolation inspired by the final days in the life of Kurt Cobain, Gus Van Sant's latest exploration of American tragedy and elliptical storytelling follows rock-star Blake as he spends his last hours rambling through his crumbling estate.

Me and You and Everyone We Know
Directed and written by Miranda July
Acclaimed video and performance artist Miranda July makes her feature debut with the gently moving Me and You and Everyone We Know, an invigorating hybrid.

New York Doll
Directed and written by Greg Whiteley
New York Dolls rock star Arthur "Killer" Kane, who transformed from suicidal alcoholic into born-again Mormon, is given the chance to reunite with his infamous punk band after 30 years.

November
Directed by Greg Harrison
Written by Benjamin Brand
Courteney Cox stars as a photographer trying to cope with her boyfriend's murder while her grasp on what actually transpired begins to disintegrate.

Yes
Directed and written by Sally Potter
A successful molecular scientist in a loveless marriage begins an affair with a middle-eastern man. Though the two have much in common, their affair soon begins to strain under the pressures of their cultural and political differences.


 


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