Smilla’s Sense of Snow
Smilla Jaspersen, half Danish, half Greenlander, attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail of clues leading towards a secretive corporation that has made several mysterious expeditions to Greenland. Scenes from the film were shot in Copenhagen and western Greenland. The film was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival, where director Bille August was nominated for the Golden Bear.
Director: Bille August
Stars: Bob Peck David Hayman Gabriel Byrne Jim Broadbent Julia Ormond Peter Capaldi Richard Harris Robert Loggia Tom Wilkinson Vanessa Redgrave
Signs
A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Stars: Abigail Breslin Cherry Jones Joaquin Phoenix M. Night Shyamalan Marion McCorry Mel Gibson Merritt Wever Patricia Kalember Rory Culkin Ted Sutton
The Siege
The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his team attempt to locate and decommission the enemy cells, but must also deal with an Army General gone rogue and a female CIA agent of uncertain loyalties.
Director: Edward Zwick
Stars: Aasif Mandvi Annette Bening Bruce Willis David Proval Denzel Washington Jack Gwaltney Lance Reddick Mark Valley Sami Bouajila Tony Shalhoub
The Shipping News
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
Director: Lasse Hallström
Stars: Cate Blanchett Gordon Pinsent Jason Behr Judi Dench Julianne Moore Katherine Moennig Kevin Spacey Pete Postlethwaite Rhys Ifans Scott Glenn
She Hate Me
Fired from his job, a former executive turns to impregnating wealthy lesbians for profit.
Director: Spike Lee
Stars: Anthony Mackie Bai Ling Brian Dennehy Ellen Barkin Jamel Debbouze Jim Brown John Turturro Kerry Washington Monica Bellucci Woody Harrelson
Rocket Science
Hal, a 15-year-old high-school student with a minor yet socially alienating (and painful) disability: he stutters uncontrollably. Determined to work through the problem, Hal opts for an extreme route he joins the school debating team, which sends him on a headfirst plunge into breakneck speech competitions and offers a much-needed boost toward correcting the problem.
Director: Jeffrey Blitz
Stars: Aaron Yoo Anna Kendrick Denis O'Hare Jonah Hill Margo Martindale Nicholas D'Agosto Reece Thompson Vincent Piazza