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Hancock - Peter Berg

Will Smith tops the box office in July?

The Fall - Tarsem

Commercial director Tarsem rebounds from his only previous foray into feature film-making, 2000's The Cell, with a more personal visual feast that doesn't need a sordid mainstream thriller to frame it.

The King of Kong - Seth Gordon

Much more than kitsch, a great documentary about classic video game competition.

Paranoid Park - Gus Van Sant

Following his Death Trilogy, Gus Van Sant once again navigates the waters of adolescence through untimely circumstances in this visionary masterpiece.

Persepolis - Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi

Based on Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novel of the same name, this Oscar nominated animated feature film is the coming of age story of a young girl in Iran, before, during and after the 1979 Islamic revolution.

The Ten - David Wain

Second feature for David Wain of "Stella" and "The State."

Funny Games - Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke's decision to remake his controversial 1997 film Funny Games in English has certainly caused a stir in critical circles, with many big name writers slating the film and branding the director a pretentious hypocrite.

There Will Be Blood - Paul Thomas Anderson

The greatest American film of the decade?

Anna M. - Michel Spinosa

A depressed librarian develops a dangerous obsession in Michel Spinosa's latest film.

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A - Takashi Miike

Miike gets artsy, real artsy.

No Country For Old Men - Joel and Ethan Coen

That rare beast - a movie that's as good as the book.

Across the Universe - Julie Taymor

Help! Yesterday I saw Across the Universe, or was it the Night Before? I Feel Fine about it but maybe I'm Only Sleeping.

I'm Not There - Todd Haynes

The many stories of Bob Dylan.

Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox - Sara Lamm

The grand tale of the soap maker of choice for generations of American counter-culture.

The Darjeeling Limited - Wes Anderson

Wes Anderson bounces back from The Life Aquatic.

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