100% LUCHA, EL AMO DE LOS CLONES (Argentina, 2009, in Spanish). Sequel to the Argentine wrestling hit produced by Telefé network channel. Taking advantage of groundbreaking scientific advances, a crazed scientist clones famous wrestlers to replace the originals with.
Directed by: Pablo Parés and Paulo Soria. Starring: Daniel Casablanca, Dallys Ferreyra, Delfina Gerez Bosco, Eduardo Husni, Natalia Kim, Vicente Viloni, Leo Montero, Osvaldo Príncipi, Roberto Carnaghi. NR. Running time: 84 minutes.

KATYN. (Poland, 2007, in Polish, Russian and German with Spanish-language subtitles). Acclaimed Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda is back (well, this film dates back to 2007, and he already has other projects in the making) in top form with a historical-political reconstruction.
Directed by: Andrzej Wajda. Written by: Przemyslaw Nowakowski, Wladyslaw Pasikowski and Andrzej Wajda, on a story by Andrzej Mularczyk. DVD format. NC16. Running time: 118 minutes.

THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3 (Rescate del metro 1 2 3, US/UK, 2009, in English with Spanish-language subtitles).
Remake of the 1974 Joseph Sargent thriller about the hijacking of a convoy of NYC subway trains. Pelham 1 2 3 (the 1974 original, was electrifying and had you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end) pits Denzel Washington against a merciless gang commanded by John Travolta.
Directed by: Tony Scott. Written by: Brian Helgeland, based on the novel by John Godey. NC13. Running time: 105 minutes.

IL Y A LONGTEMPS QUE JE T’AIME (Hace mucho que te quiero, Germany/France, 2008, in French with Spanish-language subtitles). Kristin Scott Thomas plays a woman released from prison after serving 15 years. Written and directed by: Philippe Claudel. NC16. Running time: 116 minutes.

HA-SADOT (Los secretos, Israel/ France, 2007, in Hebrew, French and English with Spanish-language subtitles).
Kabbalah is the subject of academic-religious studies by two women in the city of Safed, where Kabbala his said to have been born and developed. Directed by: Avi Nesher. Written by: Avi Nesher and Hadar Galron. Running time: 120 minutes.

PENELOPE (UK/US, 2006, in English with Spanish-language subtitles). Fairy tale (sort of) in which Cristina Ricci plays the daugther of a well-off but rather dysfunctional family with a penchant for strange beliefs. Their daughter, they argue, must bear the malediction of only being capable of being loved by a man with certain special traits, very hard to find, of course. Directed by: Mark Palansky. Written by: Leslie Caveny. With: Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Catherine O’Hara, Reese Witherspoon, Peter Dinklage, Nick Frost. Scope. NR. Running time: 104 minutes.