A sparkling, smart thriller written by Patricia Highsmith (Strangers on a Train, The Talented Mr Ripley). Colette and Chester are two charismatic Americans who are vacationing in Athens in 1952; while sightseeing at the Acropolis they encounter Rydal, a young, Greek-speaking American who is working as a tour guide, scamming tourists on the side.

Two lovers go from pillow talk to possible murder in this sexy, brain-teasing French thriller. “The Blue Room makes a fascinating European companion piece to David Fincher’s Gone Girl.” – Salon

Dec 20, 21 Scroll down for times and locations Matt Van Dyke, a timid 26-year-old, left his home in Baltimore in 2006 and set off on a self-described “crash course in manhood.” He bought a motorcycle and a video camera and began a three-year, 35,000-mile motorcycle trip through Northern Africa and the Middle East. While traveling, […]

A Swedish family travels to the French Alps to enjoy a few days of skiing “Force Majeure is the rare kind of moviegoing experience that will haunt you long after you leave the theater and lead to some very awkward conversations with your spouse.” –Entertainment Weekly

A seasoned politician disappears, causing panic within his party. His top aide and his wife contact his identical twin brother, a genius philosopher living in a psychiatric institution. The three of them concoct a dangerous plan and what at first seems like a crazy idea proves to be their only solution. VIVA LA LIBERTA is underwritten by a grant from the Olga Ragusa Fund administered by the IU Department of French and Italian.

Happy Valley will divide audiences and create heated discussions. However, there’s one point that won’t be CONTROVERSIAL: It’s one of the best documentaries of the year. ♦ The Playlist

Short films, like short stories, are often overlooked. The best short subjects have all of the power, scope and resonance of a feature-length film. We are screening the best of the best: 3 programs (one devoted to animation, one to live-action and the third to documentaries) featuring all 15 Oscar nominees. This is your chance to see the films before the Awards show. And yes, the Animated Program is kid-friendly! Jan 30-Feb 22; Feb 8th at the Buskirk Chumley Theater.

Short films, like short stories, are often overlooked. The best short subjects have all of the power, scope and resonance of a feature-length film. We are screening the best of the best: 3 programs (one devoted to animation, one to live-action and the third to documentaries) featuring all 15 Oscar nominees. This is your chance to see the films before the Awards show. And yes, the Animated Program is kid-friendly! Jan 30-Feb 22; Feb 8th at the Buskirk Chumley Theater.

The five Academy Award nominees for Best Short Animated Film. Children and their adult companions will appreciate the animation films – kids 7 and under free.

In Germany in 1788, a rebellious poet Friedrich Schiller and two bohemian sisters experience an unforgettable period which will eventually bind them forever.

A bumbling detective investigates a murder mystery on the outskirts of the English Channel in northern France but he has to contend with a young prankster, the mischievous Quinquin.

A butterfly expert’s wayward desires test her lover’s patience.

Research scientists travel to a distant planet where reading and writing have been banned in this visionary science-fiction film.

Born out of the 1977 British punk scene, the Mekons progressed from a group of socialist art students with no musical skills to the prolific, raucous progeny of Hank Williams.

Heinrich von Kleist writes the notorious Mariquise of O. The young poet then decides to end it all in Jessica Hausner’s wry and curious critique of dying for love.

Eric Rohmer’s detailed, infinitely subtle 1976 retelling of a Heinrich von Kleist story about an Italian aristocrat who discovers, unaccountably, that she’s pregnant. Co-feature: Amour Fou

Viviane has been applying for divorce for three years. But her domineering husband will not agree. His cold intransigence collides with Viviane’s determination to fight for her freedom in this “gripping film from start to finish.” — NY Times

A Japanese woman becomes convinced that a satchel of money buried and lost in the film, Fargo, is in fact, real. With a crudely drawn treasure map and limited preparation, she escapes her mundane life in Tokyo and embarks on a quest across the frozen tundra of Minnesota in search of her mythical fortune.

May 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31 ♦ Abderrahmane Sissako’s French-language drama about a town’s 2012 takeover by Al Qaeda militants was one of this year’s Academy Award nominees for Best Foreign Language Film. “Not just a timely movie, a great one…Timbuktu feels at once timely and permanent, immediate and essential.”
-The New York Times, A.O. Scott

May 29, 30, 31, June 5, 6 and 7 ♦ Wolfgang Beltracchi fooled the international art world and was responsible for the biggest art forgery scandal of the postwar era. An expert in art history, theory and painting techniques, he fooled renowned experts, curators and art dealers. The auctioneers Sotheby’s and Christie’s were hoodwinked, just like Hollywood star Steve Martin and other collectors throughout the world.

June 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 ♦ Powered by the antics of a mischievous centenarian on the run, blockbuster comedy The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared abounds with irreverent charm. After a long and colorful life working in munitions and getting entangled in the Spanish Civil War, the Manhattan Project, and other definitive events of the 20th century, Allan Karlsson finds himself stuck in a nursing home. Determined to escape on his 100th birthday, he leaps out of a window and onto the nearest bus, kicking off an unexpected journey involving, among other surprises, a suitcase stuffed with cash, some wicked criminals, and an elephant named Sonya.

June 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27 ♦ Michel Houellebecq, possibly the most widely read living French writer, was believed kidnapped on September 16, 2011. But was he really? After a flurry of media reports of his abduction, the story goes cold and Houellebecq, famously reclusive, refuses to set the record straight. Now he goes one step further by starring as himself in a film that purports to tell the tale. With a nod to O. Henry’s short story, The Ransom of Red Chief, the film explores the dramatic territory where the personae of criminal and victim are remade in unexpected and surprisingly amusing ways.

June 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28, July 10, 11 ♦ Scroll down for Times and locations

A disillusioned French architect travels to Italy searching for inspiration. La Sapienza is an inspiring love story set amid sun-drenched Italian vistas and soul-stirring architectural wonders. “Easily the most astonishing and important movie to emerge from France in quite some time.” –Godfrey Cheshire, ROGEREBERT.COM