John Powers John Powers is the pop culture and critic-at-large on NPR's Fresh Air with Terri Gross.
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On Their Own: Zhang Qin and her brother, Zhang Yang, aren't allowed to live with their parents in urban Guangzhou — and so must depend on each other in a rural village in Sichuan province. Zeitgeist Films hide caption
The Godfather Gerald Depardieu plays a Parisian crime boss named Guido -- who wants Mesrine to commit bigger and bigger crimes. Music Box Films hide caption
What's New, Pussycat? Romy Schneider starred in Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno, a major cinematic flop. Flicker Alley, LLC hide caption
Tattooed Vigilante: Noomi Rapace returns as Lisbeth Salander, a gifted hacker on the run from the law in The Girl Who Played with Fire. Music Box Films hide caption
An Updated Ms. Bovary: Tilda Swinton stars as Emma, the Russian-born wife of the head of a Milanese dynasty. Magnolia Pictures hide caption
Ian Carmichael played Lord Peter Wimsey, an archetype for the British gentleman detective. Acorn Media hide caption
Take It Easy Hospital — the name of the fictionalized band in No One Knows About Persian Cats — performs in Tehran's underground music scene. From left: Pouya Hosseini, Ashkan Koshanejad, Kourosh Mirzaei and Negar Shaghi. Mijfilm hide caption
Kyle MacLachlan played FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper, who headed the investigation of Laura Palmer's brutal murder on Twin Peaks. Michael Ontkean played Harry Truman, Cooper's assistant. Paramount hide caption
Set in the streets of an ethnically and religiously diverse Jaffa neighborhood, Ajami employs nonprofessional actors to depict stories of crime, tragedy and love in a place where enemies live side by side. Kino International hide caption
John Heilemann (left) and Mark Halperin are the authors of Game Change. Heilemann is a writer for New York magazine. Halperin is editor-at-large and senior political analyst for Time magazine. hide caption