October is here and the US film releases have been a bit on the weak side. There have been some really good ones like WHIP IT, Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page roller derby movie…but please taking up valuable screen space movies like CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS, COUPLE'S RETREAT, ZOMBIELAND. If you are a thinking person, here are a few films that are around for your enjoyment and thought:

COCO BEFORE CHANEL, Audrey Tatou in the title role, with Benoit Poelvoorde and Emmanuelle Devos, directed by Anne Fontaine. In select cities opening wider during the month.

THE TUNNEL starring Heino Ferch, Sebastien Koch, Alexandra Maria Lara,based on a true story of the desperate attempts to escape East Berlin in the'60's. Still running strong on EUROCINEMA VIDEO ON DEMAND look for it on your cable system’s video on demand guide.

INTIMATE ENEMIES, had its US debut at the Charlotte Film Festival in lateSeptember, Benoit Magimel and Albert Dupontel star, directed by Florent Emilio Siri. A drama following a French platoon during Algeria's war of independence.

THE MAID (LA NANA), starring Catalina Saaverdra, directed by Sebastien Silva. A drama centered on a maid trying to hold on to her position after having served a family for 23 years.

THE WEDDING SONG, Tunisia (French), starring Lizzie Brochere and Olympe Borval, directed by Karin Albou. The Nazi occupation of Tunisia strains the bonds of friendship between a Muslim woman and her Jewish friend who are both preparing for their marriages.

BRIGHT STAR a Jane Campion movie starring Abbie Cornish about the British poet John Keats and the woman who loved him.

Also, in October on EUROCINEMA ON DEMAND, you will see BERLIN CALLING, starring Paul Kalbrenner, Corrine Harfouch, Rita Lengyel. DJ Ickarus (Kalkbrenner) tours clubs around the globe with his manager/girlfriend (Lengyel). On the eve of their largest album release he is admitted to a psychiatric clinic after overdosing at a gig. GREAT MUSIC, beautiful people, don't miss it.

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