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Foxcatcher

Channing Tatum stars in "Foxcatcher."

Whiplash

Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons star in "Whiplash."

Curtis LaForche (Michael Shannon), a man plagued by apocalyptic visions of the future, tries to shield his daughter Hannah (Tova Stewart) in director Jeff Nichols’s “Take Shelter.”

Henry Hopper and Mia Wasikowska play Enoch Brae and Annabel Cotton, two star-crossed lovers in Gus Van Sant’s new film “Restless.”

Lubna Azabal plays Nawal Marwan, a mother with a closely guarded secret past long hidden from her children, in Denis Villeneuve’s “Incendies.”

Colorful costumes abound in "A Woman, A Gun, And A Noodle Shop."

Jacques Audiard’s “A Prophet,” chronicles a young French-Arab’s experiences in a French prison. The film has won a number of awards and has also been nominated as Best Foreign Language Film in the 2010 Oscars.

Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is wined and dined by a mysterious, cultured older man named David (Peter Sarsgaard) in Lone Scherfig’s “An Education.”