Friday February 7 to Thursday February 13, 2014

5 OSCAR NOMINATIONS INCLUDING BEST PICTURE & ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 

6 OSCAR NOMINATIONS INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, ACTOR & SUPPORTING ACTOR

“In the new biopic Dallas Buyers Club, Matthew McConaughey has shed nearly 50 pounds to play an AIDS victim. At a third of his normal weight, McConaughey is almost literally a shadow of his former self. He is also twice the actor he's ever been, delivering the performance of his career as a homophobic Texan diagnosed with HIV in 1985.

4 OSCAR NOMINATIONS INCLUDING BEST PICTURE & ACTRESS

The title character of Stephen Frears' Philomena is played by Judi Dench. She is an elderly Irish woman who, as a teenager, gave birth while she was working at a convent. The Catholic Church had the child adopted, and now, decades later, Philomena is introduced to Martin Sixsmith (Steve Coogan), onetime government spokesperson who is now working as a freelance journalist.

Canada's official Best Foreign Language Oscar entry

On the surface, it’s a simple love story: girl meets boy, girl likes boy, girl kisses boy. But Louise Archambault’s Gabrielle is much more. The Quebec director’s second feature is a deeply affecting tale of difference, dignity and the healing power of song.

3 OSCAR NOMINATIONS INCLUDING BEST ACTRESS & SCREENPLAY

After recent excursions to London, Paris, and Rome, Woody Allen shifts his focus back to American shores, following Cate Blanchett's New York housewife through a personal crisis that takes her to San Francisco. Alec Baldwin plays Blanchett's husband, whom the actor describes as ''a go-getter, hard-charging corporate type who wants to buy her everything and keep her happy.