Jean-Marc Vallee directed Matthew McConaughey to an Oscar in last year’s Toronto drama “Dallas Buyers Club,” and now he’s made Reese Witherspoon a real contender for “Wild,” based on the Cheryl Strayed memoir.
Jessica Chastain and Colin Farrell star in “Miss Julie,” an adaptation of the Strindberg drama from actress-turned-director Liv Ullman.
James Marsh’s “The Theory of Everything” stars Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking and Felicity Jones as his wife Jane.
Joshua Oppenheimer won an Oscar nomination for his chilling documentary about the Indonesian genocide, “The Act of Killing” — and his new film, “The Look of Silence,” tells another side of the same story.