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<strong>On The Rise:</strong> Up-and-coming actress Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo) gets recognized by another extra (Malcolm McDowell) after getting her big break in the talkies.

In Glorious Black And White, An 'Artist' Falls Silent

In 1927 Hollywood, a silent-film icon (Jean Dujardin) is about to face a challenge with the arrival of talkies — while a young extra (Berenice Bejo) stands on the verge of stardom. (Recommended)

Wracked with anger and anguish, Joseph (<em>Trainspotting</em>'s Peter Mullan<em></em>) is nearing rock bottom when he meets a woman whose own troubles awaken his protective instincts.

'Tyrannosaur': Us, Wretched Of The Earth

A love story disguised as a blunt instrument, Paddy Considine's film centers on an alcoholic with anger-management issues and the victimized woman with whom he forms an unlikely bond. (Recommended)

<strong>How The Other Half Lives: </strong>When 10-year-old Laure (Zoe Heran) moves to a town where no one knows her, she introduces herself as "Michael" — and spends the summer exploring what it's like to be a boy.

'Tomboy': Truths And Dares For A 10-Year-Old

After a move to a new neighborhood, a short-haired 10-year-old decides on impulse to introduce herself as Michael — and thereby charts a surprising summer for herself and her new friends. (Recommended)

<strong>Uncomfortably Numb</strong><strong>:</strong> For Brandon (Michael Fassbender<em></em>), the endless pursuit of sex doesn't involve any particular pleasure — only a driving obsession.

Lives Of Paralyzing 'Shame,' For Reasons Unexplained

Hunger director Steve McQueen and star Michael Fassbender reunite for a stylishly composed story about a sex addict and the sister whose own obsessions may be key to understanding his pathology.

<strong>Gearhead:</strong> Orphan Hugo Cabret (Asa Butterfield) lives and breathes machines, servicing the train-station tower clock by day and sleeping in it by night.

'Hugo': From A Master, A Love Letter To His Medium

Martin Scorsese adapts the wildly popular kids' book The Invention of Hugo Cabret, deploying the visual-storytelling chops he has honed in nearly half a century of filmmaking. (Recommended)

<strong>Superfans: </strong>Gary (Jason Segel), Mary (Amy Adams) and Gary's brother Walter (the one in felt) set out to tour the Muppet Theater, only to discover that it's in danger of demolition.

'The Muppets': Felt Favorites, Still Merrily Pretending

Two small-town Muppet fans (Jason Segel and Amy Adams) and their Muppet companion Walter set out to foil a greedy oilman who plans to raze the Muppet Theater in his quest for black gold. (Recommended)

Culturetopia: Morally Ambiguous Edition

Spotify, Ayn Rand, and Leonardo DiCaprio, on this week's arts and culture podcast.

<strong>Double Game:</strong> Barcelona-born Juan Pujol Garcia established himself as a German spy — then turned to the British, who called him "Garbo" and used him to feed disinformation to the Nazis.

'Garbo The Spy': A Nazi Double Agent, Mystery Intact

Clips from newsreels, propaganda films and Hollywood spy dramas help flesh out a documentary about World War II double agent Juan Pujol Garcia, who sold secrets to the German high command — but was secretly working for the British.

<strong>The happy couple:</strong> <em>Psych!</em> Edward (Robert Pattinson) and Bella (Kristen Stewart) are never (spoiler) going to be happy.

'Dawn' Breaks, And Much Baroque Nonsense Ensues

Supernatural trans-species PG-13 eroticism? In the first half of the last Twilight installment, Stephenie Meyer's already gothic saga loses what little restraint it had — and tips over into territory that's both absurd and, given the target audience, a little alarming.

Bonello's film portrays life in a Paris brothel, defined by the distress and hopelessness of the women who work there.

'House Of Pleasures': A Lush Portrait Of A Bordello

It isn't what you might think; the sensual pleasures in this far-from-erotic film have to do with the opulence of costume and upholstery, and the intoxications of opium and champagne. Bertrand Bonello's drama is a decadent portrait of the end of an era — and of its most beautiful victims.

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