Jacob Burns

"Capitalism: A Love Story is a searing outcry against the excesses of a cutthroat time." (Entertainment Weekly)

Academy Award–winning director Michael Moore (Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 911, Sicko) is back. This time he’s using his provocative approach to examine the global economic meltdown and what he has described as “the biggest robbery in the history of this country”—the massive transfer of US taxpayer money to private financial institutions. “It will be the perfect date movie,” he says. “It’s got it all—lust, passion, romance, and 14,000 jobs being eliminated every day.” Opening nationally on Oct. 2—a year and a day after the Senate voted to approve the $700 billion bailout—it’s sure to generate more than its share of controversy.
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"A tart, brilliantly acted fable of life’s little cosmic difficulties." (Chicago Tribune)

The Coen Brothers' (No Country for Old Men) signature humor and cinematic imagination take on questions of faith, familial responsibility, delinquent behavior, dental phenomena, academia, mortality, and Judaism in their hot awaited new film, A Serious Man. It’s the story of Larry Gopnik, a suburban Jewish physics professor who is plagued with a dysfunctional family, a vindictive neighbor, and a grade-grubbing foreign exchange student who is threatening his long-nurtured chance for tenure. In a moment of existential desperation, he turns to three rabbis for help. Can anyone help him cope with his afflictions and become a righteous person—a mensch—a serious man?

"Reminds you of the transporting power of pure cinema." (New York Times)

A revealing kaleidoscopic self-portrait by the great French New Wave director Agnès Varda. At the age of 81 Varda (Cléo from 5 to 7, The Gleaners and I) is a warm, generous presence, sharing film clips, interviews, and moving reflections—from stories of growing up in occupied Paris to memories of her husband, Jacques Demy, to affirmations of her personal commitments and politics.