VERA DRAKE (director/writer: Mike Leigh; cinematographer: Dick Pope; editor: Jim Clark; music: Andrew Dickson; cast: Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake), Phil Davis (Stan Drake), Peter Wight (Det. Inspector Webster), Daniel Mays…

VICE (director/writer: Adam McKay; cinematographer: Greig Fraser; editor: Hank Corwin; music: Nicholas Britell; cast: Christian Bale (Dick Cheyney), Amy Adams (Lynne Cheyney), Steve Carell (Donald Rumsfeld), Sam Rockwell (George W.…

VILLAGE, THE (director/writer: M. Night Shyamalan; cinematographer: Roger Deakins; editor: Christopher Tellefsen; music: James Newton Howard; cast: Bryce Dallas Howard (Ivy Walker), Joaquin Phoenix (Lucius Hunt), Adrien Brody (Noah Percy),…

VIOLETTE (director/writer: Claude Chabrol; screenwriters: Odile Barski/Hervé Bromberger/Jean-Marie Fritere/Frédéric Grendel; cinematographer: Jean Tabier; editor: Yves Langlois; music: Pierre Jansen; cast: Isabelle Huppert (Violette Nozière), Stéphane Audran (Germaine Nozière), Jean Carmet…

THE VISITOR (STRIDULUM) (director: Michael J. Paradise; screenwriters: Lou Comici/Robert Mundy/story by Michael J. Paradise and Ovidio Assonitis; cinematographer: Ennio Guarnieri; editor: Robert Curi; music: Franco Micalizzi; cast: John Huston…

VOX LUX (director/writer: Brady Corbet; screenwriters: story by Mona Fastvold & Corbet; cinematographer: Lol Crawley; editor: Matthew Hannan; music: Sia/Scott Walker; cast: Natalie Portman (Celeste), Jude Law (The Manager), Raffey…

WAITING FOR NESARA  (director: Zeb Haradon; cinematographer: Zeb Haradon; editor: Elisa Haradon; music: 3 Leg Torso; cast: Jim, Marge, Joey, Art, John, SallyRuntime: 77; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: Elisa Haradon;…

WALK EAST ON BEACON! (director: Alfred L. Werker; screenwriters: Emmett Murphy/Leo Rosten/Leonard Heideman/Virginia Shaler/ J. Edgar Hoover article “The Crime of the Century”; cinematographer: Joseph C. Brun; editor: Angelo Ross;…

WAL-MART: THE HIGH COST OF LOW PRICE (director: Robert Greenwald; cinematographer: Kristy Tully; editors: Chris Gordon, Douglas Cheek, Robert Florio and Jonathan Brock; music: John Frizzell; Runtime: 95; MPAA Rating:…

WAR IS OVER, THE (la guerre est finie) (director: Alain Resnais; screenwriter: Jorge Semprún; cinematographer: Sacha Vierny; editors: Eric Pluet/Ziva Postec; music: Giovanni Fusco; cast: Yves Montand (Diego Mora), Ingrid…