Jacob Burns

"This film flies when Mr. Chi is on screen. When he is on stage, spinning and leaping to the strains of magnificent music, the film soars." (Wall Street Journal)

Bruce Beresford (Tender Mercies, Driving Miss Daisy) crafts an inspiring tale based on the the autobiography by Li Cunxin, who was plucked at age 11 from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. When Li falls in love with an American woman, a remarkable chain of events leads to his defection from Communist China and emergence as an elite dancer on the worldwide stage. Mao's Last Dancer poignantly captures the struggles, triumphs, and intoxicating effects of first love and celebrity amid the pain of exile.

"Duvall’s acting turns magical. Scary, touching, and full of grace." (Entertainment Weekly)

Based on a 1938 true story, Get Low features a majestic performance by Robert Duvall as Felix Bush, a hermit in the Tennessee backwoods who decides it is time to plan his funeral while he’s still alive. But his funeral will not be any old macabre occasion. Organized by a sleazy local undertaker (Bill Murray) and his sidekick (Lucas Black), no one is quite sure just what Felix has planned for this strange ritual.

THE SCORE: Can you guess?

Richard Fleischer, director of the noir classic The Narrow Margin, gives this film a raw force as blunt as its title. The plan couldn’t be more simple: Wait for the money to stop moving, and then take it. But the botched job leaves the culprits at the mercy of a vengeful cop, a two-timing stripper, and their mutual mistrust.