Margin Call

Follows the key people at an investment bank, over a 24-hour period, during the early stages of the financial crisis.

7.7

7.8

Wednesday June 1st 2016

Claverton Street, London

7.8

Everybody Wants Some!!

A group of college baseball players navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.

6.6

7.9

Sunday May 22nd 2016

Picturehouse Central, London

7.3

The Revenant

A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team.

5

5.8

Thursday April 20th 2016

Claverton Street, London

5.4

10 Cloverfield Lane

After getting in a car accident, a woman is held in a shelter with two men, who claim the outside world is affected by a widespread chemical attack.

6

7.7

Sunday March 27th 2016

Century 20, Redwood City

6.9

The Hateful Eight

In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters.

7.6

8

Wednesday January 13 2015

Islington Vue, London

7.8

The Lobster

In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

7.4

7

Friday January 1 2016

Curzon Soho, London

7.2

Carol

In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

8

6.5

Saturday December 19 2015

Curzon Soho, London

7.3

Sicario

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

6

7.6

Sunday October 25 2015

Century Cinemas 16, Mountain View

6.8

Bridge of Spies

An American lawyer is recruited by the CIA during the Cold War to help rescue a pilot detained in the Soviet Union.

7.6

7.9

Saturday October 24 2015

Century 20, Redwood City

7.8

The Martian

During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.

7.8

7.8

Thursday October 22nd 2015

Century 20, Redwood City

7.8

Steve Jobs

Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter.

7

7.6

Wednesday October 21 2015

Century Cinemas 16, Mountain View

7.3

When Marnie Was There

A young girl is sent to the country for health reasons, where she meets an unlikely friend in the form of Marnie, a young girl with flowing blonde hair. As the friendship unravels it is possible that Marnie has closer ties to the protagonist than we might expect.

7.4

7.2

Wednesday June 17 2015

Guild, Menlo Park

7.3

Ex Machina

A young programmer is selected to participate in a breakthrough experiment in artificial intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a breathtaking female A.I.

6.5

7.5

Sunday June 7 2015

Century 20, Redwood City

7

Slow West

A young Scottish man travels across America in pursuit of the woman he loves, attracting the attention of an outlaw who is willing to serve as a guide.

7.8

7.5

Sunday May 24 2015

Camera 3, San Jose

7.7

About Elly

The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her follow travelers.

8

7.8

Sunday May 24 2015

Camera 3, San Jose

7.9

Dior and I

Dior and I brings the viewer inside the storied world of the Christian Dior fashion house with a privileged, behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Raf Simons' first haute couture collection as its new artistic director-a true labor of love created by a dedicated group of collaborators.

6.2

6.5

Saturday May 23rd 2015

Opera Plaza, San Francisco

6.4

Mommy

A widowed single mother, raising her violent son alone, finds new hope when a mysterious neighbor inserts herself into their household.

8.2

7.8

Sunday April 12th 2015

Odeon Panton Street, London

8

X+Y

A socially awkward teenage math prodigy finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot on the British squad at the International Mathematics Olympiad.

7

7.2

Sunday April 12th 2015

Odeon Panton Street, London

7.1

3 Coeurs

A tax inspector, his new bride and her sister become entwined in a love triangle.

7.8

6.8

Sunday March 29th 2015

Camera 3, San Jose

7.3

Seymour: An Introduction

Meet Seymour Bernstein: a beloved pianist, teacher and true inspiration who shares eye-opening insights from an amazing life. Ethan Hawke helms this poignant guide to life.

6.9

4.5

Wednesday March 25th 2015

1 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco

5.7

Wild Tales

Six short stories involving distressed people.

7.7

7.6

Friday March 20th 2015

CinéArts @ Palo Alto Square, Palo Alto

7.7

50 Shades of Gray

Literature student Anastasia Steele's life changes forever when she meets handsome, yet tormented, billionaire Christian Grey.

6

6.5

Thursday March 19th 2015

Century 20, Redwood City

6.3

Leviathan

In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.

7.1

7.2

Wednesday March 18th 2015

Aquarius, Palo Alto

7.2

Run All Night

Mobster and hit man Jimmy Conlon has one night to figure out where his loyalties lie: with his estranged son, Mike, whose life is in danger, or his longtime best friend, mob boss Shawn Maguire, who wants Mike to pay for the death of his own son.

5.5

7.5

Monday March 16th 2015

Century 20, Redwood City

6.5

Bringing Up Baby

While trying to secure a $1 million donation for his museum, a befuddled paleontologist is pursued by a flighty and often irritating heiress and her pet leopard "Baby."

5

7.8

Sunday March 15th 2015

Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto

6.4

'71

A young and disoriented British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the deadly streets of Belfast in 1971.

7.9

8

Friday March 13th 2015

Aquarius, Palo Alto

8

CHAPPiE

In the near future, crime is patrolled by a mechanized police force. When one police droid, Chappie, is stolen and given new programming, he becomes the first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself.

7.8

7.5

Sunday March 8th 2015

Century Cinemas 16, Mountain View

7.7

Kingsman: The Secret Service

A spy organization recruits an unrefined, but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program, just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.

6

5.8

Sunday March 8th 2015

Century Cinemas 16, Mountain View

5.9

Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem

Viviane Amsalem has been applying for divorce for three years. But her husband Elisha will not agree. His cold intransigence, Viviane's determination to fight for her freedom, and the ambiguous role of the judges shape a procedure in which tragedy vies with absurdity, and everything is brought out for judgment, apart from the initial request.

6

6.5

Saturday March 7th 2015

1 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco

6.3

What We Do In the Shadows

Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav are vampires who are finding that modern life has them struggling with the mundane - like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs, and overcoming flatmate conflicts.

7

7

Tuesday March 3rd 2015

Guild, Menlo Park

7

The Imitation Game

During World War II, mathematician Alan Turing tries to crack the enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians.

7.8

7.8

December 2014

7.8

The Theory of Everything

A look at the relationship between the famous physicist Stephen Hawking and his wife.

7.9

7.4

January 2015

Curzon Victoria, London

7.7

Pride

U.K. gay activists work to help miners during their lengthy strike of the National Union of Mineworkers in the summer of 1984.

7.9

8

Monday 6th October 2014

Century Cinemas 16, Mountain View

8

A Walk Among the Tombstones

Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.

5.4

6.2

Sunday 21st September 2014

Century Cinemas 16, Mountain View

5.8

God Help the Girl

As Eve begins writing songs as a way to sort through some emotional problems, she meets James and Cassie, two musicians each at crossroads of their own.

7.3

7.5

Wednesday 17th September 2014

Camera 3, San Jose

7.4

Land Ho!

A pair of former brothers-in-law embark on a road trip through Iceland.

2

4

Sunday 14th September 2014

The Theatres at Canal Place, New Orleans

3

The Drop

Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.

7.9

7.6

Thursday 11th September 2014

The Theatres at Canal Place, New Orleans

7.8

Love is Strange

After Ben and George get married, George is fired from his teaching post, forcing them to stay with friends separately while they sell their place and look for cheaper housing -- a situation that weighs heavily on all involved.

7.7

7.3

Friday 5th September 2014

CinéArts @ Palo Alto Square, Palo Alto

7.5

The Trip to Italy

Two men, six meals in six different places on a road trip around Italy. Liguria, Tuscany, Rome, Amalfi and ending in Capri.

7.3

7.8

Wednesday 3rd September 2014

Aquarius, Palo Alto

7.6

A Most Wanted Man

A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg, where he gets caught in the international war on terror.

6.2

7.2

Sunday 31st August 2014

Arclight Cinema, Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles

6.7

Lucy

A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.

7

7.5

Wednesday 27th August 2014

Century 20, Redwood City

7.3

Calvary

After he is threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.

7

7.7

Sunday 24th August 2014

Century Cinemas 9, San Francisco

7.4

Frank

Jon, a young wanna-be musician, discovers he's bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank

6.5

7

Saturday 23rd August 2014

Camera 3, San Jose

6.8

Boyhood

The life of a young man, Mason, from age 5 to age 18.

10

7.8

Sunday 20th July 2014

Curzon Victoria, London

8.9

We Are the Best!

Three girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band -- despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead.

7

7.6

Tuesday 27th May 2014

Odeon Panton Street, London

7.3

Only Lovers Left Alive

A depressed musician reunites with his lover, though their romance - which has already endured several centuries - is disrupted by the arrival of uncontrollable younger sister.

6

7.5

Friday 25th April 2014

Century Cinemas 16, Mountain View

6.8

Jodorowsky's Dune

The story of cult film director Alejandro Jodorowsky's ambitious but ultimately doomed film adaptation of the seminal science fiction novel.

5.5

7.4

Thursday 24th April 2014

1 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco

6.5

Dabba

A mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system connects a young housewife to an older man in the dusk of his life as they build a fantasy world together through notes in the lunchbox.

7.6

7.6

Saturday 19th April 2014

CinéArts @ Palo Alto Square, Palo Alto

7.6

Under the Skin

An alien seductress preys upon hitchhikers in Scotland.

7.5

5

Thursday 18th April 2014

CinéArts @ Palo Alto Square, Palo Alto

6.3

The Lady Eve

A trio of classy card sharks targets the socially awkward heir to brewery millions for his money, till one of them falls in love with him.

6.5

8

Monday 17th March 2014

Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto

7.3

The Grand Budapest Hotel

The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.

6.5

8.1

Monday 17th March 2014

Aquarius, Palo Alto

7.8

The Lego Movie

An ordinary LEGO minifigure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil LEGO tyrant from gluing the universe together.

7

7.9

Thursday 13th March 2014

AMC Cupertino Square, Cupertino

7.5

Gloria

A story set in Santiago and centered on Gloria, a free-spirited older woman, and the realities of her whirlwind relationship with a former naval officer whom she meets out in the clubs.

7

4.5

Saturday 8th February 2014

CinéArts @ Palo Alto Square, Palo Alto

5.8

Philomena

A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent.

7.8

7.6

Sunday 2nd February 2014

Guild, Palo Alto

7.7

August: Osage County

A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.

8

8.1

Friday 31st January 2014

Century Cinemas 16, Mountain View

8.1

Saving Mr. Banks

Author P. L. Travers reflects on her difficult childhood while meeting with filmmaker Walt Disney during production for the adaptation of her novel, Mary Poppins.

7.2

7.5

Saturday 4th January 2014

Century Cinemas 16, Mountain View

7.4

The Wolf of Wall Street

Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stockbroker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.

7.8

8.1

Wednesday 1st January 2014

Century Cinemas 16, Mountain View

8

American Hustle

A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive British partner, Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso. DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia.

7.7

8.1

Tuesday 31st Decemeber 2014

Century Cinemas 16, Mountain View

7.9

Her

A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that's designed to meet his every need.

5

6.4

Tuesday 31st December 2013

CinéArts @ Palo Alto Square, Palo Alto

5.7

Inside Llewyn Davis

A week in the life of a young singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961

7.3

7

Tuesday 31st December 2013

Nitehawk Cinema, Williamsburg

7.2

Fanny and Alexander

Two young Swedish children experience the many comedies and tragedies of their family, the Ekdahls.

7.8

7

Wednesday 25th December 2013

Manhattan Ave, Williamsburg

7.4

Before Midnight

We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.

6.4

7.7

Monday 23rd December 2013

Manhattan Ave, Williamsburg

7.1

All is Lost

After a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face.

4

5

Saturday 9nd November 2013

Century 20, Redwood City

4.5

Prisoners

When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?

7.7

7.7

Saturday 2nd November 2013

Century 20, Redwood City

7.7

12 Years a Slave

In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.

Saturday 2nd November 2013

Century 20, Redwood City

Gravity

A medical engineer and an astronaut work together to survive after an accident leaves them adrift in space.

7.8

7.5

Tuesday 29th October 2013

Century Cinemas 16, Mountain View

7.7

Enough Said

A divorced woman who decides to pursue the man she's interested in learns he's her new friend's ex-husband.

7

5.9

Tuesday 22nd October 2013

Century 20, Redwood City

6.5

About Time

At the age of 21, Tim discovers he can travel in time and change what happens and has happened in his own life. His decision to make his world a better place by getting a girlfriend turns out not to be as easy as you might think.

7

7

Wednesday 16th October 2013

Fulham Broadway Vue, London

7

Filth

A bipolar, bigoted junkie cop manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive season in a bid to secure promotion and win back his wife and daughter.

7

6.9

Wednesday 16th October 2013

Fulham Broadway Vue, London

7

Before Sunset

It's nine years after Jesse and Celine first met; now, they encounter one another on the French leg of Jesse's book tour.

7.6

8.1

Monday 23rd September 2013

Claverton Street, London

7.9

Before Sunrise

A young man and woman meet on a train in Europe, and wind up spending one romantic evening together in Vienna. Unfortunately, both know that this will probably be their only night together.

7.6

8.1

Wednesday 14th August 2013

Claverton Street, London

7.9

Stories We Tell

A film that excavates layers of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of storytellers.

7.7

7.5

Sunday 19th May 2013

1 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco

7.6

The Great Gatsby

A Midwestern war veteran finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his millionaire neighbor.

7.8

8.1

Friday 17th May 2013

AMC 1000 Van Ness, San Francisco

8

Mud

Two young boys encounter a fugitive and form a pact to help him evade the bounty hunters on his trail and to reunite him with his true love.

7.5

7.8

Wednesday 15th May 2013

Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, San Francisco

7.7

The Hangover Part II

Two years after the bachelor party in Las Vegas, Phil, Stu, Alan, and Doug jet to Thailand for Stu's wedding. Stu's plan for a subdued pre-wedding brunch, however, goes seriously awry.

6.5

6.8

Monday 6th May 2013

23rd Street, San Francisco

6.7

Upstream Color

A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.

2

5.2

Friday 3rd May 2013

College Ave, Berkeley

3.6

Room 237

A subjective documentary that explores the numerous theories about the hidden meanings within Stanley Kubrick's film The Shining

4

6.8

Tuesday 30th April 2013

Roxie Theater, 16th Street, San Francisco

5.4

Blancanieves

A twist on the Snow White fairy tale that is set in 1920s Seville and centered on a female bullfighter.

7.6

7.4

Monday 29th April 2013

1 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco

7.5

Incendies

Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history, and fulfill their mother's last wishes.

8.2

8

Sunday 28th April 2013

23rd Street, San Francisco

8.1

My Brother the Devil

Two teenage brothers must face their own prejudices head on if they are to survive the perils of being British Arabs growing up on the streets of gangland London.

6.8

7.4

Opera Plaza, San Francisco

7.1

Ginger & Rosa

A look at the lives of two teenage girls — inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa — growing up in 1960s London as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms, and the pivotal event that comes to redefine their relationship.

7.4

7.6

Saturday 23rd March 2013

1 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco

7.5

No

An ad executive comes up with a campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in Chile's 1988 referendum.

6.7

7.2

Sunday 10th March 2013

1 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco

7

Ray

The life and career of the legendary popular music pianist, Ray Charles.

7.8

7.8

Saturday 9th March 2013

23rd Street, San Francisco

7.8

The Ghost Writer

A ghostwriter hired to complete the memoirs of a former British prime minister uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy.

7.5

7.9

Thursday 7th March 2013

23rd Street, San Francisco

7.7

Lincoln

As the Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield and as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.

5

8.2

Sunday 3rd March 2013

Century 20, Redwood City

6.6

Side Effects

7.8

7.2

Saturday 2nd March 2013

AMC Metreon 16, San Francisco

7.5

Bang Bang You're Dead

Trevor is a troubled high school student, thanks to the effects of bullying. This is the story of his fight to break free.

4.8

7.6

Sunday 24th February 2013

23rd Street, San Francisco

6.2

The Help

An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African-American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.

7.6

7.7

Sunday 24th February 2013

23rd Street, San Francisco

7.7

Sympathy for Lady Vengeance

After a 13-year imprisonment for the kidnap and murder of a 6 year old boy, beautiful Lee Guem-ja starts seeking revenge on the man that was really responsible for the boy's death. With the help of fellow inmates and reunited with her daughter, she gets closer and closer to her goal. But will her actions lead to the relief she seeks?

5

5.2

Monday 18th February 2013

Claverton Street, London

5.1

Zero Dark Thirty

A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May 2011.

7.7

7.6

Wednesday, January 30th 2013

Odeon Swadlincote

7.7

The Impossible

7.4

7

Tuesday, January 1st 2013

Cineworld Burton-on-Trent

7.2

Amour

Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has an attack. The couple's bond of love is severely tested.

Wednesday, December 4th 2012

Odeon Covent Garden

The Master

A Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future - until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader.

5.5

5.6

Sunday, November 18th 2012

Derby QUAD

5.6

Skyfall

Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.

5.0

7.0

Tuesday, November 13th 2012

Cineworld Burton-on-Trent

6

Untouchable

After he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caretaker.

7.6

7.0

Wednesday, October 15th 2012

Curzon Mayfair, London

7.3

The Secret in Their Eyes

A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.

9.0

7.9

Wednesday, October 4th 2012

Bretby Hall, Bretby

8.5

Looper

In 2072, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent 30 years into the past, where a hired gun awaits. Someone like Joe, who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by transporting back Joe's future self.

6.8

6.5

Monday, October 2nd 2012

Cineworld Burton-on-Trent

6.7

Kiling Them Softly

Jackie Cogan is a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game.

6.2

6.2

Saturday, September 22nd 2012

Odeon Covent Garden, London

6.2

The Imposter

A documentary centered on a young Frenchman who convinces a grieving Texas family that he is their 16-year-old son who went missing for 3 years.

6.5

6.8

Saturday, September 22nd 2012

Odeon Covent Garden, London

6.7

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Faced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.

7.6

7.0

Wednesday, September 12th 2012

Guild, Palo Alto

7.3

Lawless

Set in Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a bootlegging gang is threatened by a new deputy and other authorities who want a cut of their profits.

7.5

7.0

Wednesday, September 5th 2012

AMC 1000 Van Ness, San Francisco

7.3

Moonrise Kingdom

A pair of young lovers flee their New England town, which causes a local search party to fan out and find them.

7.5

7.5

Tuesday, September 4th 2012

Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, San Francisco

7.5

Vertigo

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's much-younger wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

Wednesday, July 18th 2012

Odeon Panton Street, London

Dark Horse

Romance blooms between two thirty-somethings in arrested development: an avid toy collector who is the dark horse of her family and a depressed woman on the rebound.

5.9

6.0

Wednesday, July 18th 2012

Odeon Panton Street, London

6

Prometheus

A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

6.9

6.8

Tuesday, June 5th 2012

Odeon Swadlincote

6.9

Café de Flore

A love story between a man and woman. And between a mother and her son. A mystical and fantastical odyssey on love.

7.8

Friday, May 18th 2012

Odeon Swadlincote

7.5

Dark Shadows

An imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins, is set free and returns to his ancestral home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his protection.

7.5

Thursday, May 17th 2012

Odeon Swadlincote

7.5

Hodejegerne

An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.

7.2

7.6

Friday, May 11th 2012

Odeon Swiss Cottage, London

7.4

Martha Marcy May Marlene

Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.

7.8

7.6

Saturday, February 18th, 2012

Curzon Soho, London

7.7

The Artist

Hollywood, 1927: As silent movie star George Valentin wonders if the arrival of talking pictures will cause him to fade into oblivion, he sparks with Peppy Miller, a young dancer set for a big break.

7.0

7.9

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Cineworld Haymarket, London

7.5

Starter for 10

Set in 1985, working-class student Brian Jackson navigates his first year at Bristol University.

7.0

6.4

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

Claverton Street, London

6.7

Dreams of a Life

A filmmaker sets out to discover the life of Joyce Vincent, who died in her bedsit in North London in 2003. Her body wasn't discovered for three years, and newspaper reports offered few details of her life - not even a photograph.

6.8

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

Curzon Soho, London

Snowtown

When 16 year-old Jamie begins a friendship with a charismatic man, his world becomes threatened by his loyalty and fear of his newfound father figure, John Bunting: Australia's most notorious serial killer.

Sunday, December 11th, 2011

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Buck

There's no wisdom worth having that isn't hard won

8.0

7.8

Wednesday, August 5th, 2011

CinéArts @ Palo Alto Square, Palo Alto

7.9

Project Nim

Tells the story of a chimpanzee taken from its mother at birth and raised like a human child by a family in a brownstone on the upper West Side in the 1970s.

8.0

7.2

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

Rialto Cinemas Elmwood, Berkeley

7.6

Bill Cunningham New York

A cinematic profile of the noted veteran New York City fashion photographer.

8.0

7.5

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Opera Plaza Cinema, San Francisco

7.8

Mary and Max

A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.

7.0

5.8

Monday, July 18th, 2011

Oak Creek Apartments, Palo Alto

6.4

The Lady Vanishes

While traveling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.

6.8

8.0

Saturday, July 9th, 2011

Oak Creek Apartments, Palo Alto

7.4

The Tree of Life

The story centers around a family with three boys in the 1950s. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence.

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

CinéArts @ Palo Alto Square, Palo Alto

The Trip

Steve Coogan has been asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, but after his girlfriend backs out on him he must take his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon.

6.0

6.8

Sunday, June 26th, 2011

Aquarius, Palo Alto

6.4

Bridesmaids

Picked as her best friend's maid of honor, lovelorn and broke Annie looks to bluff her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals with an oddball group of bridesmaids.

No heart, no soul, funny in places, 6.0

Entertaining but unpleasant, 6.2

Monday, June 20th, 2011

Century 20, Redwood City

6.1

Monsters

Six years after Earth has suffered an alien invasion a cynical journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through an infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the US border.

Bit boring but an achievement, 5.5

6.6

Monday, June 20th, 2011

Oak Creek Apartments, Palo Alto

6.1

Super 8

After witnessing a mysterious train crash, a group of friends in the summer of 1979 begin noticing strange happenings going around in their small town, and begin to investigate into the creepy phenomenon.

Great apart from the last act, 7.5

Could we get another order of fries? Because my friend here is FAT, 8.2

Saturday, June 19th, 2011

Century Cinemas 16, Mountain View

7.9

Animal Kingdom

Tells the story of seventeen year-old J (Josh) as he navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him.

Sh!, 9.1

Great film but I wish there was a glimmer of hope in it, 8.2

Saturday, June 12th, 2011

Oak Creek Apartments, Palo Alto

8.7

Midnight in Paris

A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better.

There is no way they would ever be together in the first place, 6.0

I was still laughing at meeting famous people at the end - it had legs, 6.8

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Guild, Menlo Park

6.4

Win Win

A struggling lawyer and volunteer wrestling coach's chicanery comes back to haunt him when the teenage grandson of the client he's double-crossed comes into his life.

A cross between <a href="#" class="movie-title">Little Miss Sunshine</a> and <a href="#2" class="movie-title">The Blind Side</a>, 7.2

Would be boring without Terry, 7

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

Bluelight Cinemas 5, Cupertino

7.1