Directed by Marc Foster, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Heath Ledger. A white prison employee falls in love with a black death-row inmate’s wife. Oscar-winning performance by Berry.

Directed by Francois Ozon, starring Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Beart, Fanny Ardant, Virginie Ledoyen, Danielle Darrieux. A combination of comedy, crime and music, in which eight women face their demons and each other in the wake of a murder. (French)

Directed by Jez Butterworth, starring Nicole Kidman, Ben Chaplin, Vincent Cassel, Mathieu Kassovitz. After arranging his marriage over the Internet, a man’s small-town life is upset by the arrival of his Russian bride.