Director: Sergei Bodrov

With: Tadanobu Asano, Khulan Chuluun, Amadu Mamadakov

Mongolian with English Subtitles, Rated R, 126 Min.

History is written by the victors they say, but not always. The vanquished seem to have had their way with the legend of Genghis Khan. His hordes of Mongol Tartars thundered across the known world to wreak havoc and strike fear into the heart of 13th century Eastern Europe. Russian director Sergei Bodrov has it in mind to set the record straight in a grand historical epic (eventually a trilogy) which owes nothing to Hollywood when it comes to sheer action entrainment. The story opens with a nine-year-old Temudgin, the boy who will be Khan, overriding tradition decides for himself who will be his betrothed; there ensues a tale of loss, hardship and recovery that make Temudgin who he is destined to become. "relentlessly entertaining action picture." - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun- Times.

Director: Julie Gavras

With:Nina Kervel-bay, Julie Depardieu, Stefano Accorsi

Children in their formative years are naturally conservative in the sense that they seek out continuity and predictability. Anna, the daughter of a French and Spanish couple living in France in the early 1970s. She is a happy child until her parents under go a "consciousness raising" experience. Her parents go to Spain to rescue Fernando's sister and husband from persecution. The experience brings them back radicalized and determined to ditch their bourgeois life style. All and well for them, but Anna loves American cartoon characters and going to Catholic school and. Soon she is in the midst of strange people discussing politics and tagging along to protests in support of Chilean reformer Allende. She wants none of it. She's a child who knows her own mind, and it is the mind of a nine-year-old.

Director: Julian Schnabel

With: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josee Croze, Max von Sydow, AnneConsigny

French with English subtitles, Rated PG-13, 112 Min.

Jean-Dominique Bauby, 43-year-old editor of Elle Magazine , suffers a stroke that leaves him completely paralyzed except for the ability to blink his left eye. He is all but trapped inside of himself, but through sheer human spirit "At the end we are left with the reflection that human consciousness is the great miracle of evolution, and all the rest (sight, sound, taste, hearing, smell, touch) are simply a toolbox that consciousness has supplied for itself." - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun- Times. Best Director Prize, Cannes Film Festival.

Director: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud

With: Chirara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darieux

French, Persian, German with English Subtitles, Rated PG-13, 95 Min.

Growing up under the pall of religious fundamentalism in Iran is the fate of young Marjane. She remembers a delightful childhood, but her ninth year coincides with major political changes of Ayatollah Khomeini regime. Her parents can see that her spirited teenage nature is on a collision course with prevailing religious fundamentalism. Fearing for her they send her off to Vienna where she finds herself out of place for other reasons. "The same history translated into a live-action drama could never be depicted with the clarity and narrative drive that bold, simple animation encourages." - Stephen Holden, The New York Times. Best Animated Feature, New York Film Critics Circle

Director: Michael Curtiz

With:Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henried, Claude Rains, Peter Lorrey

Not Rated, 110 Min.

It's the eve of America's entry into World War II. Hitler has overrun most of Europe and thousands flee to North Africa. "Pretty bad timing," says Rick to Ilsa, but not for us incurable romantics looking for the best way to celebrate Valentine's day. So if you have never seen the legendary Casablanca or if you just want to "play it again," treat someone special to the most romantic movie ever made. "The world will always welcome lovers" and so will Cinema International. Who knows? "This could be the start of a beautiful friendship." "Bogart gave his best remembered performance... which just happened to wrap up a whole era in an entertaining package." - Leslie Halliwell. Academy Awards, Best Picture, Best Direction, Best Screenplay.

Director: Patty Kim, Chris Sheridan

With:Shgeru Yokota, Sakie Yakota, Teruaki Masumoto

Japanese with English Subtitles Not Rated, 85 Min.Zhijun.

Sponsored by the Consulate General of Japan, Nashville

One night 1977 Megumi Yokota didn't come back from school. Every parent's nightmare played itself out in the usual sequence of events: first the neighbors, then the school, the police and finally despair. Sheridan and Kim's documentary chronicles the ordeal of one of several Japanese who were abducted by North Korean spies with the apparent intention of using them to learn language and customs in order to be become more effective spies. After years of negotiations and diplomatic efforts some of the abductees were returned, but closure remains elusive and tensions between the two countries remain high over the issue. Best Documentary, Audience Award: 2006 Sundance Film Festival and many other awards.

Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky

With: Karl Marcovics, August Diehl

German, Russian, English, Hebrew with English subtitles,Rated R, 98 Min.

Over 130 million pounds sterling were counterfeited by the Nazis to finance their war effort. Key to the project was the skill of master counterfeiter Salomon Sorowitsch, a bohemian and Russian Jew captured by the Nazis in 1944. Having few options, Sorowitsch agrees to help carry out what was easily the most grandiose counterfeit money scheme of all time. "A fascinating story of faking it." - Entertainment Weekly. Academy Award, Best Foreign Film.

Director: Zhang Yimou

With: Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou

Mandarin with English subtitles, Rated R, 114 Min.

When it comes to period spectacle, Shakespearian royal tragedy, and Hong Kong martial arts action wrapped up in the same egg roll, only the Chinese can do it right. If you enjoyed Zhang Yimou's Hero or House of Flying Daggers you are sure to enjoy this one of a tenth century power struggle between the emperor and the empress and their three sons. "Two hours of solidly over-the-top entertainment featuring incredible visuals and powerful performances by international icons Gong Li and Chow Yun Fat." - James Berardinelli , Reelviews.

The Best of the 2007 River's Edge Film Festival.

Narrative, Documentary, Animation and Experimental film from Paducah's international film festival.

Some highlights include: Best of the Fest winner "."

Director: Christopher Quinn

Narrated by: Nicole Kidman with John Bul Dau, Panther Bior and Daniel Abul Pach

English, Rated PG-13, 86 Min.

We never seem to learn the lesson of the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" no matter how many times we hear the story or learn the lesson from life anew. Forty years ago a small experiment went awry from an environmental perspective. Nile perch were introduced into the Lake Victoria, in Tanzania. It was an economic success for some, but the rapacious predators gobbled up most everything else in the ecosystem. Austrian filmmaker Hubert doesn't leave the story at the level of biology. What gradually emerges is the face of a more voracious predator than nature has ever had to confront. "The Nile perch is an apt metaphor for the First World and is rapacious exploitation of Africa's natural resources..." - Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post. Film Threat. Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award, Sundance Film Festival

Documentary, 111 Min.

A re-interpretation to be sure. Sponsored by the Murray Shakespeare Festival

72 Min.

A documentary of critical importance for Kentucky. Sponsored by Murray Environmental Student Society.