Synecdoche, New York: Charlie Kauffman, the writer of Being John Malkovich, Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, makes his directorial debut with this “creepy film”. Starring the brilliant Philip Seymour Hoffman and the lovely Catherine Keener, the film revolves around a playwright and his relationships with various women. Expect a great cinematic trip!

 

 

Changeling: Angelina Jolie stars as a mother who suspects that the child who is returned to her after a kidnapping act is not her own. Directed by Clint Eastwood, the film also stars the brilliant John Malkovich. Set in 1920s Los Angeles, the film is loosely based on the real-life Wineville Chicken Murders

 

 

 

 

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: It’s like a dream come true to have Spielberg directing a new Indy film with Harrison Ford reprising his role and George Lucas producing the adventure. The presence of Cate Blanchett makes it extra special

 

 

 

Blindness: The opening night film is directed by Brazilian auteur Fernando Meirelles, the man who directed the modern-day masterpiece City of God. The film, starring Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo, is an adaptation of the 1995 novel Blindness by Jose Saramago about an epidemic which causes blindness in a modern city and ultimately results in the collapse of society

 

 

 

 

Che: Made in two parts — The Argentine and Guerilla — this is Steven Soderbergh’s biopic on Che Guevera with Benicio Del Toro playing the Cuban leader. The Argentine will focus on the Cuban revolution, from the moment Castro, Guevara and other revolutionaries landed on the Caribbean island. Guerrilla will focus on the years following the Cuban revolution till his death