CEMETERY JUNCTION - From the writers of bbc's THE OFFICE (Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant), this nostalgic U.K. comedy is set in 1973 Reading, in a district whose name, Cemetery Junction, mirrors the small-town stagnation there. A group of working-class teens aspire to bigger things and bigger places, but struggle with their loyalties to each other and to their home. Eternal lout Ricky Gervais shows up as one of their boorish, politically incorrect fathers.

THE CITY OF YOUR FINAL DESTINATION - This is the first film from James Ivory after the death of collaborate Ismail Merchant (the words "Merchant Ivory" should conjure up visions of Helena Bonham Carter in lush literary adaptations). A Kansas University professor of Iranian descent sets out to write an autobiography of an eccentric Uruguayan author, but the author's widowed wife and mistress vehemently oppose his attempts. The impressive cast includes Laura Linney, Anthony Hopkins, and Charlotte Gainsbourg.

ME AND ORSON WELLES - Richard Linklater's latest is based on the novel by Robert Kaplow, and stars Zac Efron (wait, don't stop reading yet!) as a young actor who lands a part in Orson Welles' 1937 modern dress version of JULIUS CAESAR. Also stars Claire Danes, Zoe Kazan, Ben Chaplin, and Christian McCay (as Welles).

TEMPLE GRANDIN - Claire Danes stars in this much-requested biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who overcame adversity to earn a doctorate and become a bestselling author and pioneer in the humane treatment of livestock.

THE LOST SKELETON RETURNS AGAIN - The long-awaited sequel (at least by us) to the cult uber-hit THE LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA is another cheesy sci-fi spoof for all fans of drive-in classics and MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATRE 3000. Featuring mad scientists, mind controlled twins, and a lost race called the Cantaloupe People.

DARK AND STORMY NIGHT - Another new spoof from the LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA team, this one takes on the "old dark house" mystery genre. A "strange and mysterious group of strange, mysterious people" meet up at a spooky estate for the reading of a will, and are killed off one by one.

BURNING BRIGHT - This has got to be the best independent thriller this year about a teenage girl and her autistic younger brother who get trapped in a boarded-up house with a man-eating tiger during a violent hurricane. Something for everyone!

CA$H - A down-on-their luck couple whose home has been foreclosed on is forced to consider how far they will go for cash, when they chance upon a briefcase containing $625,000, and an obsessive-compulsive British criminal (Sean Bean) hounds them to retrieve the money they've spent.

DEXTER: FOURTH SEASON - "Look! Or I will cut your eyelids right off your face."

THE GOOD, THE BAD, & THE WEIRD - This Korean spoof of Sergio Leone's "spaghetti westerns" is one of the most expensive films ever made in South Korea. Set in 1930s Manchuria, the film concerns "a manic outlaw, a nasty holy man and a determined bounty hunter" battling Chinese gangsters and the Japanese army, all in pursuit of a lost treasure map.

SKELLIG: THE OWL MAN - The latest family movie based on a popular children's fantasy novel, this one stars Tim Roth as the titular owl man who helps a young boy deal with his family problems and school bullies by teaching him to fly - both metaphorically and literally.

FURRY VENGEANCE - Forest critters will stop at nothing to halt the plans of a supposedly eco-friendly housing development in their woods. Brendan Fraser is looking very plasticine these days, as the developer who suffers their wrath.

THE ASSASSIN NEXT DOOR - This Israeli film stars Bond girl Olga Kurylenko (QUANTUM OF SOLACE, RING FINGER) as an unwilling assassin who just wants to reunite with her daughter back in Russia. When she finds out that her pregnant neighbor's husband is abusing her, the two of them form a plan to take action against their oppressors.

FUNKY FOREST - Perhaps one of the strangest Japanese films of all time, which is saying a lot, directed by Katsuhito Ishii (SHARK SKIN MAN & PEACH HIP GIRL, THE TASTE OF TEA), Shunichiro Miki, and Hajime Ishimine. We will not even attempt to describe it, other than to say it is dreamlike, absurdly original, and totally mind-blowing.

I'M A CYBORG, BUT THAT'S OK - This quirky romantic dramedy from South Korean director Park Chan-wook (OLDBOY, SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE) concerns a young mental patient who believes she is half-android, who falls in love with another patient who believes he can absorb peoples' souls.

And here are a couple highlights from our JUST ADDED section, both put out by Criterion Collection:

L'ENFANCE NUE (1968) - "French director Maurice Pialat (À NOS AMOURS) puts his distinct stamp on the lost-youth film with his debut feature, a devastating portrait of a damaged foster child."

LOUIE BLUIE (1985) - "The first film from CRUMB director Terry Zwigoff, a documentary about the obscure country blues musician and visual artist Howard 'Louie Bluie' Armstrong, member of the last known black string band in America. As beguiling a raconteur as he is a performer, Louie makes for a wildly entertaining movie subject, and Zwigoff honors him with an unsentimental but endlessly affectionate tribute. Full of infectious music and comedy, Louie Bluie is a humane evocation of the kind of pop-cultural marginalia that Zwigoff would continue to excavate in the coming years."

DATE NIGHT - The good news is, any time you get Tina Fey and Steve Carrell on camera, you're bound to crack a smile. The other good news is that even though it's directed by the guy who brought us the new PINK PANTHER and NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM movies, it is still thoroughly charming.

THE THORN IN THE HEART - King of quirk Michel Gondry turns to documentary filmmaking for this nuanced portrait of his formidable aunt Suzette, a former teacher at a small school in the French countryside.

DEATH AT A FUNERAL - For people who are afraid of hearing British accents, we call your attention to this American remake of Frank Oz's dark U.K. comedy from 2007. Starring Chris Rock, Tracy Morgan, Danny Glover, Martin Lawrence and Luke Wilson, this version has some impressive cast chemistry in its corner. From Neil LaBute, the director who brought us the American remake of WICKER MAN (whyyyyy?), as well as the underrated comedies IN THE COMPANY OF MEN and NURSE BETTY.

THE LIVING WAKE - An absurdist comedy set in a "timeless storybook universe," this indie debut feature stars stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan and Jesse Eisenberg from ADVENTURELAND. A self-proclaimed genius finds out that he has one day to live and enlists his only friend to drive him around in a bicycle-powered rickshaw while he "probes life's deepest mysteries" and irritates everyone around him one last time before throwing his own wake. This one grew on us after an awkward start, and it has some pretty memorable musical numbers if you stick with it.

TRIAGE - An Irish war photographer (Colin Farrell) is so traumatized by his experiences in Kurdistan and the death of a fellow photojournalist there, that only former Count Dracula Christopher Lee can help him (Lee plays a Spanish psychiatrist who coaxes the shocking truth about the other photographer's death out of Farrell).

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE: ODDSAC - This "mind-frazzling piece full of vampire monks, demonic fakirs, and lengthy episodes of trance-inducing pattern loops" is a collaboration between influential next-generation troubadours Animal Collective and artist David Perez (who once created an installation piece that occupied the entire Guggenheim Museum). Note to Animal Collective fans: the new songs on this "visual album" will not be released in any other format!

THE GOOD HEART - This independent dramedy stars Paul Dano (the silent teen from LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE and the loud preacher from THERE WILL BE BLOOD) as a suicidal young homeless man who is taken in by the curmudgeonly owner of an old-fashioned NYC dive bar, and made into a curmudgeon-in-training.

CHILDREN OF INVENTION - In this award-winning independent drama, a divorced Hong Kong immigrant in Boston gets scammed into working for a pyramid scheme aimed at other immigrants. When she doesn't come home one day, her young daughter and son must fend for themselves.

LA MISSION - In this indie drama directed by his brother Peter, Benjamin Bratt (LAW & ORDER) movingly portrays a reformed ex-con in San Francisco's Mission district, wrestling with both his son's homosexuality and his neighborhood's gentrification.

MULTIPLE SARCASMS - With capable actors like Timothy Hutton, Stockard Channing, and Mira Sorvino, and a setting in 1979, we couldn't pass this one up despite the way-too-clever title. Hutton plays a successful architect who suffers a midlife crisis and decides to write a thinly veiled play about his family.

MY NAME IS KHAN - Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, two of Bollywood's biggest stars, headline this Indian film set in the U.S. Khan is an Indian Muslim with Asperger's Syndrome who moves to San Francisco and falls in love with a Hindu single mother there. When their happiness is shattered after the 9/11 attacks, Khan embarks on a trek to counter racism against Muslims in the U.S.

THE ART OF THE STEAL - This acclaimed documentary follows the surprisingly thrilling, backstabbing saga of the Barnes Foundation's collection of Post-impressionist and early Modern art. Housed since 1922 in Albert Barnes' own home five miles outside of Philadelphia, and left in his will to a small African-American college there, the collection has drawn a lot of press for the battle between alumni of the college who want to keep it there, and powerful people who sued the college in order to move the art to larger museums. Not as dry as it sounds!

SEA OF DUST - This throwback to the U.K.'s classic Hammer Horror films of the 60s has gained the praise of Fangoria and other respected genre journals. In this low-budget social satire set in "the fairytale village of Heidelberg," there is a mysterious epidemic in which the villagers fall into trances and awaken under the control of the mythical Christian King Prester John. For serious midnight movie fans only!

HELEN - Ashley Judd plays a successful businesswoman whose repressed mental illness flares up again and threatens to crumble her carefully constructed world.

MIDGETS VS. MASCOTS - We caved in and ordered this mockumentary due to customer requests, so don't blame us when you're drinking away the shame of laughing hysterically at a team of little people (fronted by the late Gary Coleman) and a team of belligerent sports mascots, battling for $1 million while engaging in ridiculous Jackass-worthy competitions. We warned you...!