West is West
The long-awaited sequel to "East is East'' checks in with the same lovably beleaguered Manchester family living in transitional times in 1976 (five years after the original film). When the youngest son goes into crisis mode over his identity as a half-Brit and half Pakistani and insults his immigrant father's heritage, the family patriarch (Om Puri, reprising his unforgettable role) hauls him to Pakistan to learn the customs of the country. There the two encounter the father's first wife, whom Dad must come to terms with having deserted. A surprise visit by his current wife creates hilarious turmoil. As specific as this family's situation is there is something in it that everyone will relate to. (102 minutes, UK).

"A shamelessly populist coming-of-age drama shot through with humor and bittersweet emotion,'' Screenjaber.com

Vogue Theatre - Thursday February 3 - 8:00PM [Buy Tickets]

Crying with Laughter
A comedy thriller about a struggling stand-up comic (Scottish TV star Stephen McCole) who makes the terrible mistake of poking fun at a former schoolmate during his act. Suddenly he is dragged into a revenge kidnapping plot that puts him and his daughter at risk. (Scotland, 93 minutes)

"Sparkly and engaging with no shortage of belly laughs,'' The Hollywood Reporter

Winner BAFTA Scotland's Best Feature Film Award

"Best of the Fest'' at Edinburgh Film Festival.

Vogue Theatre - Friday February 4 - 5:00PM [Buy Tickets]

Get Carter BRITISH NOIR
Voted one of the 20 best British films of all time, this gritty crime drama set in the scary underworld of Northeast England still has the power to grip 40 years after its initial release. Michael Caine stars as a hitman in the employ of London's top crime bosses who returns to his working-class roots to determine the true circumstances of his brother's untimely death-- exacting revenge no matter the cost. Co-presented with the Film Noir Foundation. (UK 112 minutes)

Vogue Theatre - Friday February 4- 7:00PM [Buy Tickets]

The Ipcress File BRITISH NOIR
A landmark in spy movies, this 1965 espionage thriller jettisons the excesses of James Bond and presents the secret service agent as working-class antihero. In his first starring role, Michael Caine gives one of the most memorable performances of his storied career as the bespectacled, super-cool agent investigating a sudden brain drain of top scientists from England. All too soon he becomes enmeshed in a world of double-dealing, kidnap, torture and murder. Co-presented with the Film Noir Foundation. (UK, 109 minutes)

Vogue Theatre - Friday February 4- 7:00PM [Buy Tickets]

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff
An exquisitely realized documentary about the over 70 year career of the famed cinematographer, who worked with Alfred Hitchcock, John Huston and Michael Powell. Included are stunning clips from his work in "The African Queen,'' "Red Shoes'' and "Rambo.'' A must-see for film buffs, the documentary describes Cardiff's role in the development and use of Technicolor. Martin Scorsese, Lauren Bacall and Kirk Douglas talk about Cardiff's lasting influence. (UK, 86 minutes)

Vogue Theatre - Saturday February 5- 12:00PM [Buy Tickets]

Black Narcissus
Cardiff deservedly won an Oscar in 1948 for the lush cinematography in this drama of Anglican nuns attempting to set up a religious community in the Himalayas. Shot in vivid color, the film makes you feel like you are there-- a remarkable feat considering it was shot on movie sets. Deborah Kerr and Jean Simmons co-star. (UK, 100 minutes)

Vogue Theatre - Saturday February 5- 2:30PM [Buy Tickets]

Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
Winner of Best Documentary at the Toronto International Film Festival and New York's LGBT Festival, this is the touching story of singing, yodeling, joke-telling lesbian twins Jools and Linda Topp, who have been phenomenally successful in New Zealand with their own TV variety show. This film-- the most popular documentary ever released in their country-- captures the exuberance and joy they bring to their performances. Co-presented with Frameline LGBT Film Festival. (New Zealand, 84 minutes)

Vogue Theatre - Saturday February 5- 4:30PM [Buy Tickets]

Beneath Hill 60 AUSTRALIA SPOTLIGHT
Nominated for Best Film by the Australian Film Institute and Inside Film Awards, this epic and gripping drama tells the extraordinary true story of a secret platoon of Australian miners who fight to defend a leaking labyrinthine tunnel under the Western Front during World War I. This stirring film stars Brendan Cowell as Captain Oliver Woodward, who with his men helped change the course of the war. (Australia, 122 minutes)

"A moving portrait of the dreadful trenches, the easy camaraderie and simple heroism of the men,'' Australia's Urban Cinefile.

"One of the great war movies in our cinema history,'' The West Australian.

Winner Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director, Savannah Film Festival.

Vogue Theatre - Saturday February 5- 8:00PM [Buy Tickets]
Smith Rafael Film Center - Wednesday February 9- 7:00PM [Buy Tickets]

Heartless
A contemporary urban fairytale and Faustian horror film perfect for late-night viewing. Jim Sturgess ("21,' "Across the Universe'' and "Legend of the Guardian'') breathes life into his character, a confused East Londoner whose life is blighted by a large-heart-shaped birthmark on his face. Random violence has convinced him the world is ugly until he meets a mentor who reveals the world as a thing of great beauty. That's when the young man's real nightmares start. (UK, 114 minutes)

"Has more ideas than it knows what to do with but they're balanced by its jokes--and its heart,'' London Independent

Vogue Theatre - Saturday February 5- 10:30PM [Buy Tickets]

Solo AUSTRALIA SPOTLIGHT
Engrossing documentary about a man seeking to become the first person to kayak solo across the wild, treacherous Tasman Sea from Australia to New Zealand. An engineer, he thoroughly plans the trip through extreme variations in weather and waves, attaching a camera to his kayak to allow him to record a visual diary. His heartbreaking story is told through this footage and interviews. Co-directed by David Michod ("Animal Kingdom). Winner Best Documentary, Australian Film Institute. (Australia, 55 minutes)

Vogue Theatre - Sunday February 6- 12:30PM [Buy Tickets]

Contact AUSTRALIA SPOTLIGHT
Eye-opening documentary about the last Aboriginal tribe living traditionally without any knowledge of the modern world, who are discovered in 1964 by Australian and British scientists clearing Australia's Great Sandy Desert for a test missile launch. The tribe includes 17-year-old Yuwali who with no knowledge of the outside world thinks the white men are cannibals. Now 64, Yuwali looks back at their lives in the desert and recalls their first steps into modern Australia. (Australia, 79 minutes)

Winner, Best Feature Documentary Australian Film Institute Awards

Vogue Theatre - Sunday February 6- 2:00PM [Buy Tickets]

The Waiting City
An Australian couple travel to eastern India to collect their adopted child in this drama about familial love. Bureaucratic delays force them to deal with life in India so different from what they know, and the country winds up having an impact on their relationship. Radha Mitchell ("High Art,'' "Melinda and Melinda') and Joel Edgerton ("The Square'') give delicately nuanced performances as the parents-to-be. Subtle cinematography captures the colors and vibrancy of India. (Australia, 108 minutes)

Vogue Theatre - Sunday February 6- 4:00PM [Buy Tickets]

I Love You Too AUSTRALIA SPOTLIGHT
In this light Australian romantic comedy, Jim, an emotionally stunted 30-something year old, struggles to say the four words his long-time girlfriend wants to hear. Unwilling to wait any longer, she calls it off and a stunned Jim returns to his old single life, drinking and carousing with his best friend, who is in arrested development still seeking one night stands. An encounter with a introspective, sensitive widower Charlie (Peter Dinklage, "The Station Agent'') teaches Jim to use words to express himself. In exchange he helps Charlie meet the supermodel he is obsessed with. (Australia, 107 minutes)

Vogue Theatre - Sunday February 6- 6:30PM [Buy Tickets]

Blessed AUSTRALIA SPOTLIGHT
A haunting drama that gets at the heart of relationships between mothers and children. Seven youngsters are traced through the course of a day and night in a Melbourne suburb. Shoplifters and runaways, each is troubled in his or her own way. Following their stories, the same 24 hours are recounted from the point of view of their mothers, including one played by Frances O'Conner ("Mansfield Park''). (Australia, 113 minutes)

"An achingly potent film, '' Urban Cinefile

Winner Australian Writers Guild Top Prize

Vogue Theatre - Sunday February 6- 9:00PM [Buy Tickets]

Gallipoli AUSTRALIA SPOTLIGHT
Director Peter Weir and a young Mel Gibson team up in this 1981 drama about World War I, an alternately stirring and deeply sad saga considered to be one of the best pictures to come out of Australia. Two idealistic friends from rural Western Australia are followed as they enlist in the war and are dispatched to Turkey to be part of the bloody Gallipoli campaign. (Australia, 110 minutes)

Vogue Theatre - Monday February 7 - 4:30PM [Buy Tickets]

Samson & Delilah AUSTRALIA SPOTLIGHT
This captivating love story set in an Aboriginal community is generally acknowledged to be one of the most important Australian films of the decade. Winner of the Golden Camera at Cannes and short listed for an Oscar, the film follows teens who become attracted to each other in their village in the desolate Central Australian desert known for its poverty, violence and substance abuse. When the girl is held responsible for her grandmother's death, she and her boyfriend flee to Alice Springs. The award-winning screenplay offers rare insights into the Aboriginal culture. (Australia, 101 minutes)

Vogue Theatre - Monday February 7 - 7:15PM [Buy Tickets]

Beautiful Kate AUSTRALIA SPOTLIGHT
Actress Rachel Ward makes a stunning debut as a filmmaker, directing her husband Bryan Brown, Rachel Griffiths ("Brothers and Sisters'') and Ben Mendelsohn (''Animal Kingdom'') in this haunting drama about a dysfunctional family. Mendelsohn plays a writer who returns to his family's remote home to see his dying father. During his stay he learns a dark, disturbing secret that destroys many lives and relationships. (Australia, 90 minutes)

Vogue Theatre - Monday February 7 - 9:30PM [Buy Tickets]

Down Terrace
This British deadpan crime comedy explores the world of a criminal family in which two members (played by real-life father and son Robert and Robin Hill) suspect that one of their own was responsible for ratting them out to the police. Shot with a handheld camera, the film has a jarring immediacy. (UK, 89 minutes)

"Kitchen-sink realism meets the Coen brothers, '' Salon. com

Winner of the British Independent Film's Raindance Award for "excellence in filmmaking working against the odds.''

Vogue Theatre - Tuesday February 8 - 5:00PM [Buy Tickets]

Glorious 39
Set as Great Britain is about to enter World War II, this engrossing saga of an upper-crust family centers around the suspicions of an adopted daughter that her politician father may be conspiring to appease Hitler. An A-list cast includes Julie Christie, Bill Nighy and Christopher Lee. Noted playwright and TV director Stephen Poliakoff covers some of the same ground as "The Remains of the Day'' while making the film uniquely his own. (UK, 129 minutes)

Vogue Theatre - Tuesday February 8 - 7:00PM [Buy Tickets]

Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde's classic 1890 novel about a singular Faustian deal has been brought to the screen in all its gore and glory. Ben Barnes ("Narnia'' series) stars as the title character, a naive and vain youth who arrives in Victorian London and promptly sells his soul to the devil in return for eternal youthfulness. Only his portrait will age showing his moral decay in every crevice. Colin Firth, who is having a career moment, appears as the debauched lord who eagerly leads Dorian down the primrose path. Dripping in period detail and atmosphere, the film makes you feel you are accompanying Dorian on his rounds of opium dens. A guilty pleasure. (UK, 113 minutes)

Vogue Theatre - Tuesday February 8 - 9:30PM [Buy Tickets]

Skeletons
Two traveling psychics set off in suits to wander the Scottish countryside and help couples discover each other's darkest secrets in this absurdist comedy. By using mystical poems and electronics, the pair are able to walk through a closet and locate hidden skeletons within. But they get in over their heads when their mysterious boss (Jason Isaacs, "Harry Potter'' series) dispatches them to find a missing husband. (Scotland, 94 minutes)

Winner Best New Feature Award at the Edinburgh Film Festival, where the film was described as "imaginative and touching.''

Vogue Theatre - Wednesday February 9 - 3:00PM [Buy Tickets]

East is East
This hilarious saga of a cross-cultural family in Manchester circa early 1970s -- an unexpected hit in the U.S.-- offers rare insight into the fraught integration of ethnic minorities into working-class Britain. Dad (the inimitable Om Puri who has one of the most expressive faces on the screen today) is a Pakistani immigrant married to an English wife. He expects their seven children to adhere to strict Pakistani Muslim customs while the kids consider themselves to be British and are embarrassed by him. (96 minutes, UK)

Winner 1999 Best British Independent Film Award

Vogue Theatre - Wednesday February 9 - 5:30PM [Buy Tickets]

The Infidel
A spirited comedy about a prosperous Muslim businessman (comedian Omid Djalili) in London's East End who discovers he is adopted and that he was born Jewish. Suffering from a major identity crisis, he turns to a cabbie acquaintance (Richard Schiff from "West Wing'') to give him lessons on how to act Jewish. His wife (Archie Panjabi, an Emmy-award winner for "The Good Wife'') becomes confused by his erratic behavior. The subject matter leaves you a lot to think about-- after you stop laughing. Co-presented by the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. (UK, 105 minutes)

Vogue Theatre - Wednesday February 9 - 7:30PM [Buy Tickets]

Nothing Personal
A touching drama revolving around a distraught and impulsive Dutch woman who leaves her married life behind to wander alone through western Ireland. She comes upon the house of a hermit (Stephen Rea,'' The Crying Game''). The two begin a tentative employer-employee relationship that develops in unexpected ways. Beautifully filmed on the wild, remote Irish coast. (Ireland, 85 minutes)

Winner Best First Film, Locarno Film Festival

Irish Film and Television Best Actor nomination for Rea.

Vogue Theatre - Wednesday February 9 - 9:45PM [Buy Tickets]

Cemetery Junction
Written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant (both of "The Office'' and "Extras''), this comedy/drama tells of three restless men in a boring and predictable industrial town in the UK who are aching to break away from their prescribed lives. It is 1973, and the best friends are struggling to find their place in the world even if it means abandoning their families and friends. The high-powered cast includes Ralph Fiennes, Emily Watson and Gervais. (95 minutes, UK)

''A heartfelt coming-of-age film,'' The Scotsman

Vogue Theatre - Thursday February 10 - 5:30PM [Buy Tickets]

Boy
This spirited and wildly comic coming-of-age story is based on Maori filmmaker Taika Waititi's own childhood experience in the Easter Bay of Plenty in New Zealand. In 1984, an 11-year-old Boy, is put in charge of his siblings by their grandmother who is raising them. Boy fantasizes about Michael Jackson and about his missing father-- both heroes in his eyes. But when the delinquent dad suddenly appears he is nothing like what his son imagined. (New Zealand, 87 minutes)

"A very strong piece of work that will quickly become a classic.'' - New Zealand Herald

Winner Best Feature Award, Berlin International Film Festival and Grand Jury Prize, Sundance.

Vogue Theatre - Thursday February 10 - 8:00PM [Buy Tickets]