Friday May 15 to Thursday May 21, 2015

Adapting a beloved piece of literature and to fashion a relevant interpretation for modern audiences, there must be a healthy respect and understanding of the author's original intent and a cast and crew capable of creating their own artistic stamp.

"Woman in Gold is an extraordinary true story turned into an exemplary motion picture about one brave German Jew who bites the bullet and fights overwhelming odds to cut through the red tape in the Austrian government and reclaim the art treasures stolen from her family 60 years earlier by the Nazis.

“Recalling the best movies about actors, Clouds of Sils Maria is a bonbon spiked with wit and malice. It's also a penetrating look into the female psyche, a specialty of critic-turned-filmmaker Olivier Assayas, who wrote Juliette Binoche her first starring role in 1985's Rendez-vous.

“Though the lid was blown off the Church of Scientology long ago, Alex Gibney’s powder-keg documentary, Going Clear, should certainly rattle the walls.

“Director Kirby Dick has gone from examining sexual assaults in the military in 2012's The Invisible War to investigating rapes on college campuses. His is an impassioned and well-researched film that will incite outrage.