Monkey See . . . the Year Ahead

Amy. Alana De Roma plays the title character, a girl shocked into a world of silence by her father’s death. With Rachel Griffiths, Ben Mendelsohn. (World Wide)

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Buying the Cow. Romantic comedy pivots on a couple rocked by questions of commitment and true love. (Destination Films)

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Downward Angel. A man penetrates a criminal organization, seeking vengeance for his parents’ deaths. (Phaedra)

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Faithless. An actress’ affair sparks emotional turmoil in Ingmar Bergman’s script directed by Liv Ullmann. (IDP Distribution)

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Hannibal. Anthony Hopkins returns as Dr. Hannibal Lecter, pursued by vengeful victim Gary Oldman. Julianne Moore assumes Jodie Foster’s role as FBI agent Clarice Starling. Directed by Ridley Scott, with script by David Mamet and Steven Zaillian. (MGM)

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Hooking Up Ethan. Campus scam artists are blackmailed into setting up a date between a nerd and the object of his obsession. (Destination Films)

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In the Mood for Love. Two neighbors in 1962 Hong Kong make a shocking discovery about their spouses. Wong Kar-wai wrote and directed Hong Kong’s official entry for the foreign-language Oscar. (USA Films)

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The Invisible Circus. Jordana Brewster seeks to unravel the mysterious death of her sister, played by Cameron Diaz. (Fine Line)

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The Million Dollar Hotel. Wim Wenders directs a story co-created by U2’s Bono about the residents of a downtown L.A. flophouse. With Jeremy Davies, Milla Jovovich and Mel Gibson. (Lions Gate)

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The Price of Milk. New Zealand writer-director Harry Sinclair tells the story of a woman who subjects her lover to a series of increasingly bizarre tests. (Lot 47)

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The Prime Gig. Theater impressario Gregory Mosher makes his feature directing debut with the story of a telemarketing scam artist (Vince Vaughn) seduced into a high-stakes deal by Ed Harris and Julia Ormond. (Independent Pictures/Fine Line)

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Recess: School’s Out. Animated adventure about kids’ efforts to save summer vacation from a mad principal. (Walt Disney)

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Ring of Fire. An ambitious young rodeo bull rider’s recklessness strains his relationship with his brother. Marcus Thomas, Kiefer Sutherland and Daryl Hannah star. (Destination Films)

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Simon Magus. The 19th century visionary (Noah Taylor) is the central figure of a fable about a struggle to build a rail station in a European village. (IDP Distribution)

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Sugar and Spice. A cheerleading squad earns notoriety when it plots a bank robbery. (New Line)

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Two Ninas. Triangular troubles with Amanda Peet, Cara Buono and Ron Livingston. (Castle Hill)

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Valentine. Four women who have been friends since grade school are stalked by a killer in San Francisco. (Warner Bros.)

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The Visit. Hill Harper, imprisoned for a crime he says he did not commit, sorts out his demons with therapist Phylicia Rashad. (Urbanworld Films)

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The Wedding Planner. That’s Jennifer Lopez, whose role as a matrimony maven is complicated by a close encounter with a client’s fiance, Matthew McConaughey. (Columbia)

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With a Friend Like Harry. A vacationing Frenchman’s encounter with an old school friend takes on menacing overtones. (Miramax)

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Monkeybone

Cartoonist Brendan Fraser finds himself in the strange world of Down Town in a fantasty- adventure from writer Sam Hamm and director Henry Selick (“The Nightmare Before Christmas”). (Fox)

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Saving Silverman

Neil Diamond, left, helps out buddies Jason Biggs, Jack Black and Steve Zahn. The pals are trying to save Biggs from the clutches of Amanda Peet. (Columbia)

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Head Over Heels

Art restorer Monica Potter (center, with Freddie Prinze Jr.) and her fashion-model roommates plunge into make-overs and murder (or so it appears). (Universal)

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The Taste of Others

The relationship between a businessman (Jean-Pierre Baeri, above with Christiane Millet) and an actress is the centerpiece of Agnes Jaoui’s collection of romantic vignettes. (Artistic License/Offshore Releasing)

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Company Man

Bumbling spy becomes entangled with everyone from defecting Soviet dancers to Fidel himself in the early ‘60s. Features Sigourney Weaver and Alan Cumming. (Paramount Classics)

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3,000 Miles to Graceland

Ex-cons impersonate Elvis impersonators to pull off a monumental heist in Las Vegas. With David Arquette, left, Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Christian Slater and Bokeem Woodbine. (Warner Bros.)

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Sweet November

Free-spirited Charlize Theron offers to help ad man Keanu Reeves sort out his emotional problems in this romantic comedy. (Warner Bros.)

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Series 7

Reality-based TV goes to extremes in this film about a show in which the contestants must bump each other off. Featuring Brooke Smith. (USA Films)

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Down to Earth

“Heaven Can Wait” redux: After being killed in a bus accident, comedian Chris Rock is temporarily placed in the body of a white business mogul. (Paramount)

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Original Sin

Noir novelist Cornell Woolrich’s “Waltz Into Darkness” is the basis for writer-director Michael Cristofer’s erotic thriller, with Angelina Jolie and Antonio Banderas. (MGM)

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Editor: Kinsey Lowe

Capsules: Richard Cromelin

Research: Kevin Crust