Friday January 30 to Thursday February 5, 2015

"Somehow, 'Inherent Vice' director Paul Thomas Anderson ('Boogie Nights,' 'Magnolia') and his up-for-anything lead, Joaquin Phoenix, have managed the impossible. They’ve turned Thomas Pynchon’s work into a slapstick noir homage that doesn’t just reward but demands multiple viewings.

Oscar Winner! Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography A fading actor (Michael Keaton) best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play.

OSCAR WINNER! Best Actor. James Marsh's biopic of the celebrated scientist Stephen Hawking, The Theory of Everything, stars Eddie Redmayne as the famous figure. Enrolled as a graduate student at Cambridge, Hawking establishes himself as one of the leading minds of his generation, and begins to win the heart of Jane (Felicity Jones).

“French-Canadian infant terrible Xavier Dolan grows up, with a powerful film about the ferocity of mother love. At a still-precocious 25, Dolan takes a more mature but endlessly provocative and exhilarating look at the same relationship that lead to his debut film in Mommy. In a somnolent Cannes season, Mommy is precisely the electroshock jolt the festival needed.