A conservative British diplomat (Ralph Fiennes) plunges into the riddles of a dark Third World conspiracy after his activist wife (Best Supporting Actress Oscar-winner Rachel Weisz) is murdered apparently by forces trying to protect pharmaceutical companies testing experimental drugs on the poverty-stricken African populace. This blistering, provocative thriller from director Fernando Meirelles ("City of God") is based on the John Le Carre novel; Danny Huston, Gerard McSorley and Pete Postlethwaite also star. 129 min.

Bernardo Bertolucci's sensuous, beautifully filmed drama stars Liv Tyler as a 19-year-old woman who travels to Italy to renew a relationship with an old friend and discern the secret of her late mother's diary. While staying with a sculptor and his wife, she learns about love, sex, life and herself. Jeremy Irons, Jean Marais and Sinead Cusack also star. 118 min.

An ex-convict returns home to an English coastal town and pursues his former lover.

From Jean-Jacques Annaud ("The Lover") comes this intense true-life war drama set during the Nazi siege of Stalingrad and focusing on Soviet sharpshooter Vassili (Jude Law), an expert at assassinating German officials. But Germany answers with their top gun, the icy Major Konig (Ed Harris). As the killers square off against each other, Vassili also finds himself in the middle of a love triangle with a beautiful soldier (Rachel Weisz) and his journalist friend (Joseph Fiennes). 131 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English; featurette; interviews; deleted scenes; theatrical trailer.