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14. Ruby Sparks (July 25)
Directors: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Cast: Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Antonio Banderas, Annette Bening, Steve Coogan
Distributor: Fox Searchlight
Why is it a "Must See"? Six years after "Little Miss Sunshine," directorial team Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris finally give us their follow-up with "Ruby Sparks." The film follows a novelist ("Sunshine" breakout Paul Dano) struggling with writer's block who manages to somehow creating a female character he thinks will love him, and then forcing her into actual existence. Chaos and romance ensure.
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15. Oslo, August 31st (May 25)
Director: Joachim Trier
Cast: Anders Danielsen Lie, Hans Olav Brenner
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Why is it a "Must See"? While the 2012 Cannes Film Festival takes place over the pond, American audiences can check out one of the best films from last year's festival as Joachim Trier's "Oslo, August 31st" hits US screens. The film depicts one day in the life of Anders -- a recovering drug addict -- who takes a brief leave from his treatment center to interview for a job and catch up with old friends in Oslo. A critical darling on the festival circuit ever since Cannes (it also played Toronto and Sundance), this Norwegian import is one of the best foreign language films coming this way over the summer.
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16. Hysteria (May 18)
Director: Tanya Wexler
Cast: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Felicity Jones, Rupert Everett, Jonathan Pryce
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Why is it a "Must See"? A romantic comedy set around the invention of the vibrator, this Victorian-era film from director Tanya Wexler ("Finding North") definitely offers a premise unique to its studio rom-com comrades. With a cast led by Maggie Gyllenhaal and Hugh Dancy, this historical sex romp is a lot of good old fashioned saucy fun.
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Robert Remy | May 1, 2012 7:05 AM
A great list.
But how can you forget film number twenty-one of the "must-sees? " www.touchstonethemovie.com
bob hawk | May 1, 2012 1:28 AM
I've only seen seven out of your 20, but I want to see all of those seven again -- although I do hope the makers of QUEEN OF VERSAILLES have tightened it a bit (less can be more, and all that jazz). As for the other juicy sounding 13 -- I'm salivating.
jingmei | April 30, 2012 11:53 PM
Thanks for the introduction though already known about most of them since winter. 8) Strongly look forward to Les Intouchables.
danny | April 30, 2012 1:36 PM
think something was left out of this sentence..
Their move prompts a considerable search party in their honor, which includes the rest of the film's amazing cast (though notably, Owen Wilson for the first time in Anderson history).