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Running time: 1 Hour 34 Minutes • PG-13 • Documentary

On August 7, 1974 a young Frenchman named Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between New York's twin towers, then the world's tallest buildings. After nearly an hour dancing on the wire, he was arrested, taken for psychological evaluation and brought to jail. Petit spent eight months in New York planning the execution of the coup. Aided by a team of friends and accomplices, he had to find a way to bypass the WTC's security; smuggle the heavy steel cable and rigging equipment into the towers; pass the wire between the two rooftops; anchor the wire and tension it to withstand the winds and the swaying of the buildings. The rigging was done by night in complete secrecy. At 7:15 AM, Philippe took his first step on the high wire 1,350 feet above the sidewalks of Manhattan. James Marsh's documentary brings Petit's extraordinary adventure to life through the testimony of Philippe himself, and some of the co-conspirators who helped him create the unique and magnificent spectacle that became known as "the artistic crime of the century." Original music by Michael Nyman.

 

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Running time: 1 Hour 37 Minutes • R • Comedy

Just as New York City was the backdrop in Woody Allen's Manhattan, the stunning city of Barcelona is the setting for the writer/director's look at the romantic adventures of Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson). These two young American women spend a summer in Spain, where they meet a flamboyant artist (Javier Bardem, Academy Award winner for No Country for Old Men) and his beautiful but insane ex-wife (Penélope Cruz). Vicky is straight-laced and about to be married. Cristina is a sexually adventurous free spirit. When they all become amorously entangled, the results can only be described as chaotic. Co-starring Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Dunn and Chris Messina.

 

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Running time: 1 Hour 41 Minutes • R • Comedy

It's the summer of 1994, and the streets of New York are pulsing with hip-hop and wafting with the sweet aroma of marijuana—but change is in the air. The newly inaugurated mayor, Rudy Giuliani, is beginning to implement his anti-fun initiatives against "crimes" like noisy portable radios, graffiti and public drunkenness. Set against this backdrop, Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck) spends his last summer before college selling dope throughout New York City, trading it with his shrink (Ben Kingsley) for therapy, while crushing on his step-daughter (Olivia Thirlby). Famke Janssen, Mary Kate Olsen, and Method Man round out the cast in this edgy, bittersweet and funny coming-of-age story. Winner of the Audience Award at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Written and directed by Jonathan Levine.

 

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Running time: 1 Hour 47 Minutes • R • Adventure

One of those legendary train trips that people used to dream about taking, the Trans-Siberian Express has probably seen better days. Roy (Woody Harrelson) and Jessie (Emily Mortimer) are the perfect American couple traveling from Beijing to Moscow on this legendary express train. The two strike a bond with another couple, Carlos (Eduardo Noriega) and Abby (Kate Mara), with whom they quickly form that tenuous bond that often unites fellow travelers away from home. When Roy gets separated from the train at a stopover, Jessie begins to realize that their compatriots are not exactly as they appear. Unwittingly, Roy and Jessie are caught in a web of drug trafficking and murderous deceit when all four become targets of ex-KGB detective Grinko's (Ben Kingsley) investigation. Directed and co-written by Brad Anderson (The Machinist).

 

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