Friday January 17 to Thursday January 23, 2014

6 OSCAR NOMINATIONS INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, DIRECTOR & ACTOR

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.

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.

Every living thing requires water. We humans interact with it in a myriad of ways, numerous times a day. But how often do we consider the complexity of that interaction? And, unless confronted by scarcity, when do we meditate on its ubiquity in creating, sustaining and enriching life?

OSCAR NOMINATED - BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Colourful characters, dramatic conflict and enduring love make for a winning formula in director Zachary Heinzerling’s Cutie and the Boxer, a lively double portrait of Ushio and Noriko Shinohara, two Brooklyn-based artists who, after 40 years of marriage, are still creating side by side, and tormenting each other.