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4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
The winner of this year's Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, Cristian Mungiu's devastating drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days tells the story of a young woman who helps her friend obtain an illegal abortion in 1980s Romania. Opens January 25, 2008.
The Kite Runner
Based one on of the most acclaimed novels in recent memory, Marc Foster's The Kite Runner is a profoundly emotional tale of friendship, family, devastating mistakes and redeeming love. Opens December 14th, 2007.
Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi's critically acclaimed memoir, Persepolis, comes to life in the animated feature directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud. Opens December 25, 2007.
The Orphanage
From Spain comes an incredibly spooky ghost story by first-time director Juan Antonio Bayona. The film was just selected as the country's entry for the Foreign Film category for the Academy Awards, and it is being produced and "presented" by Guillermo Del Toro. Opens December 25, 2007.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Tim Burton directs this story about a grisly revenge by Benjamin Barker (Johnny Depp), a man unjustly imprisoned by a lecherous judge. The cast also includes Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall. Opens December 21st, 2007.
There Will Be Blood
Set in the booming West coast oil fields at the turn of the 20th century, Paul Thomas Anderson's "There Will Be Blood" follows the rise of rugged prospector Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day Lewis) who becomes an independent oilman after hitting it rich with the strike of a lifetime. Opens December 26, 2007.
Youth Without Youth
Francis Ford Coppola’s "Youth Without Youth" stars Tim Roth as Dominic Matei, an aging professor of linguistics who survives a cataclysmic event to find his youth miraculously restored. Youth Without Youth also stars Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Pirici, Marcel Iures and Andre M. Hennicke. Opens December 14th, 2007.

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