BELLFLOWER (USA 2011) **
Directed by Evan Glodell

Bellflower is the name of the street where a few of the characters live and where some of the action (like the drunken parties) takes place.

WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER (USA 2011) **
Directed by Mark Mylod

Lead Anna Faris has proven that she can hold her own in successful comedy hits like THE HOUSE BUNNY or even in films that hardly contain a plot as in Greg Araki’s SMILEY FACE.  SMILEY FACE (Faris’ funniest film) just showed Faris during one day when she was totally stoned.

50/50 (USA 2010) ****
Directed by Jonathan Levine

Three films about cancer hits the screens soon.  Two open this week.  RESTLESS treats cancer as a romance gone questionably awry while the one to open later DEATH OF A SUPERHERO treats the subject with dead seriousness.

RESTLESS (USA 2011) **
Directed by Gus Van Sant

Fall 2011 appears to be the season for cancer films.  50/50 treats cancer with tasteful humour, the upcoming DEATH OF A SUPERHERO with more seriousness and depth while Gus Van Sant’s (MILK, MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO) looks unsure of where it is headed.

POETRY (South Korea 2010) ***** Top 10
Directed by Lee Chang-Dong

POETRY traces the thoughts and events that occur to a 66-year old grandmother, Yang Mija (Yoon Jeong-Hee) after she hears the news of the suicide of a 16-year old schoolgirl as revealed in the film’s startling opening sequence.