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#10. Play - Ruben Östlund (Cannes 2011) Riveting, harrowing, infuriating. Never has adolescent bullying and manipulation been so watchably mundane. Östlund has clearly got this meandering realism down to a T; applying it to a clearer form and purpose has its ups and downs in comparison to his previous, more free-form film, Involuntary. Borrows, and expands on, the better moments of Haneke's Code Unknown, which is to say: he understands the depressing impossibility of inter-cultural unity.

Seeing that we're at the half-way mark, I figured I'd round-up the troops and take a mid-season temperature -- assessing the noteworthy film titles that were theatrically released and the the first six months of the film festival season has brought us so far. Including myself, I asked our regular contributors Ryan Brown, Jesse Klein, Jordan M. Smith and Blake Williams to submit their mid-year "Best of" Lists so far, no surprises here: we have a broad range of films to watch out for, some overlapping selections, some unique picks, a consensus top pick in this year's Palme d'Or winner, but the real shocker is the omission of last year's Palme recipient (Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives) which received a small theatrical release.

Here she plays alongside her real life boyfriend Paul Dano as her half of a young privileged couple who previously led a sheltered life, until their foray on the Oregon trail. This period piece feminist western is another feather in the cap of Kazan’s early career.

IONCINEMA.com's Book-to-Film is a monthly feature written by our resident book worm and cinephile Lori Fischburg who contemplates how the book (those that have been optioned and are in various stages of development) might translate onto the big screen. This month we feature: Boston Tehran's Creed of Violence (2009).

Shotgun Stories announced the arrival of filmmaker with a command for story, in full control of the temperature and reminded us of others that work with the elements such as his producer David Gordon Green and mentors such as Terrence Malick. We expect plenty of flavor with this film (big studio effects pepper this distinctly indie feature and I'm especially excited about the prospects of Jeff Nichols teaming up with Michael Shannon once again.